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The Illinois House of Representatives has approved a massive overhaul of state pensions.

It's the first time the House has passed such a plan after more than a year of negotiating and many failed attempts.

The two men representing the eastern half of Iowa in Congress are pushing a plan that would encourage more private investment in river infrastructure.

The distribution of some unwanted flyers in Van Buren County led to a public forum on hate crimes.

The week of the Boston Marathon bombing and the workplace explosion in West, Texas, it was impossible not to feel guilty about a nagging sense of loss from flooding. Even there, many people in west-central Illinois were hit far harder, losing everything short of their lives.