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A shortage of correctional staffers prompted the county to begin sending inmates to the LaSalle County Jail in Ottawa. Sheriff Matt Lane says 30 correctional staffers have been hired since March.

Candidates for Bloomington mayor sparred on several key issues at a WGLT forum Tuesday evening at Illinois State University's Brown Ballroom.

The Republican leadership has pulled a provision to allow drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge out of a House budget bill in an effort to secure support for passage. But opponents are seeking a written guarantee the measure won't reappear in the conference report.

Officials say they have dismantled the jihadi cell responsible for the vehicle attacks that killed 14 people but are continuing a manhunt for three suspects still at large.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the law late Monday allowing for a ban on residential evictions for tenants who endured a "COVID-related hardship."

By studying the number of all current deaths compared to those in previous years, researchers have found that high-poverty, crowded areas where people of color live have been hard hit by the pandemic.

The Republican proposal would eliminate grad PLUS loans, set strict limits on parent PLUS loans and create a system in which colleges would be on the hook if their students don't repay their loans.

Consolata Agunga goes door-to-door in her village in Kenya. She is paid next to nothing. It's a tough job. So what's the appeal?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered a nationwide eviction ban for people who can't pay rent and have no place to go. It's helping some, but many others are getting evicted anyway.

Services for Britain's longest-serving monarch took place at Westminster Abbey, followed by a procession through London. Leaders from around the world gathered to honor her.