By Anthony Brino | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — The federal tax credit that has supported wind energy for almost 20 years is set to expire at the end of 2012.

By Benjamin Yount and Anthony Brino | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers say they want to hear more from Gov. Pat Quinn than just talk about jobs — they want a plan. Quinn is expected to make employment a cornerstone of his State of the State address at noon Wednesday.

By Andrew Thomason | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Riding the wave of a victory in school reform last year, education activists are gearing up for another push this spring, this time for school vouchers.

By Stephanie Fryer | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Cynthia Colletti headed to her local hardware store this week after the handle on her toilet broke.  While shopping at Ace Hardware here, she noticed signs in the plumbing aisle that read “Illinois Caustic/Corrosive Substances Act: Effective January 1st  2012” along with a description of the information customers would have to provide [...]

By Lynn Campbell, Hannah Hess and Andrew Thomason  |  IowaPolitics.com DES MOINES — It was an Iowa caucus night that came down to the wire, with former MassachusettsGov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum running neck-and-neck for first place in the contest for the Republican presidential nomination. At 1:36 a.m. Wednesday, the Republican Party of [...]

By Lynn Campbell  |  IowaPolitics.com CLIVE — Hundreds of people jam-packed candidate events in hotels, businesses and restaurants for a final glimpse of the 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls in the hours leading up to Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses.