Chicago woman charged with abusing female relative
CHICAGO (AP) -- A 29-year-old Chicago woman is charged with physically and sexually abusing a female relative over three years....

Quinn creates Human Services Commission
CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn has created a commission tasked with making recommendations about human services in Illinois....

Group aims to improve hospital care in childbirth
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. (AP) -- A regulatory group hopes to improve the quality of childbirth and delivery services in hospitals by tracking data in a new way....

Report: Ill. prison deal could create 3,000 jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal lawmakers from Illinois and Iowa say their constituents want new jobs and support a plan to house Guantanamo Bay detainees at a prison in Thomson, Ill....

Report: Ill. prison deal could create 3,000 jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A deal to house Guantanamo Bay detainees at a northwestern Illinois prison could bring nearly 3,000 jobs to the area, a White House analysis says....