Durbin rips automaker execs, says bailout possible CHICAGO (AP) -- Sen. Dick Durbin is ripping into auto industry leaders, calling them out of touch with ordinary people. But he indicated there's still a chance for the industry to get a $25 billion bailout.
Illinois lawmakers pass autism insurance law
SPRINGFIELD (AP) -- Governor Rod Blagojevich is expected to sign a bill requiring insurers to cover autism treatment up to $36,000 a year until a patient turns 21.
Blagojevich Restores Some Budget Funds SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has signed legislation restoring money for drug treatment and child-welfare workers he earlier cut from the state budget.
Watson Returns To Statehouse
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The Illinois Senate's Republican leader credits his overall good health for his quick return to the Capitol after a stroke last month.
Saturday Night Football on ABC, the first and only weekly primetime college football series on broadcast television, will return for a third season Saturdays at 7 p.m. beginning August 30.
