This state is far too important and its position has long been far too precarious to sacrifice it on the altar of national ambition.

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The government says the Illinois workplace privacy law discourages employers to use the federal E-Verify employment ...

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The Lincoln Presidential Foundation presented Sam Waterston with its 18th annual Lincoln Leadership Prize at a ceremony in ...

Near the end of President Donald Trump’s marathon Cabinet meeting Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted that the ...

In 1837, 28-year-old Abraham Lincoln met a 23-year-old shopkeeper named Joshua Speed in Springfield, Illinois. The two became ...

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Data from the Illinois Board of Higher Education, which oversees public universities, shows university income has had to make ...

Full Text Of Sen. Dole's Speech. By The Associated Press. I appreciate very much the resolution (renaming the balcony off his office for him) just passed. Will it be in big letter ...

Abraham Lincoln remains one of America’s enduring figures and most famous presidents. However, one man does not exist in a ...