ILLINOIS (WAND) – The Tobacco 21 bill is again going to the Illinois House of Representatives.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND)- Former Governor Bruce Rauner issued pardons and record expungements for 30 people during his last full day on the job.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A court-appointed expert would guide the overhaul of health care for Illinois prison inmates in a proposed federal consent decree filed Thursday.

ILLINOIS (WAND) – A bill to raise the tobacco buying age to 21 failed to pass the Illinois House. 

ILLINOIS (WAND) – J.B. Pritzker will be the next governor of Illinois, according to NBC News projections. 

CHICAGO (AP) - Billionaire Democrat J.B. Pritzker has donated $15 million more to his campaign for Illinois governor, pushing his self-financing total to $161.5 million. 

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A humbled Gov. Bruce Rauner is promising a different kind of governor in a second term. 

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a law allowing medical marijuana to be used as a painkiller instead of highly addictive opioids. 

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a law requiring quarterly reports on the health of veterans under state care after a Legionnaires' disease crisis at a state-run veterans' home.   

SPRINGFIELD Ill. (WAND) -- A very Happy Birthday to Illinois is in order. Hundreds gathered to commemorate the adoption of the constitution that took place back in 1818. Community members, tourists and even Governor Rauner, his wife and the Mayor of Springfield attended to celebrate the Bicentennial Plaza that they've been working on for months.  Marching Illini was there to open the event and was there to honor the state capitol.  The Bicentennial Plaza was created...