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The state has nearly $15 billion in unpaid bills due to a standoff between Republicans and Democrats. The most vulnerable people in Illinois are feeling the pain of the standoff.
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There's a lot of talk about how to revive small towns, especially in the rural Midwest, which Donald Trump carried easily. Visit Cairo, Ill., and at times it feels like a place on life support.
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Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk's racially charged comment about Democrat Tammy Duckworth has made his already slim chances of holding his seat that much harder.