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Thousands of people marched through Chicago's business district in support of an effort to raise the minimum raise to $15 an hour.Click to Continue »

Finance reports show Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster has more than $3 million on hand to spend for his campaign for Missouri governor in 2016.Click to Continue »

Months after a teenager was shot 16 times by a Chicago police officer, the city is still refusing to release the dash-cam video of the fatal shooting and didn't even…Click to Continue »

Speakers at a service commemorating Abraham Lincoln's death say the president's influence is as powerful today as it was 150 years ago.Click to Continue »

More than 200 low-wage workers took to the streets in Kansas City in pursuit of raises to $15 an hour as part of an expanding national movement known as Flight…Click to Continue »

The Missouri Senate is sending back to the House a measure that supporters say will address problems with the state's flawed student transfer law.Click to Continue »

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he told film director Spike Lee that he's not happy the working title of Lee's upcoming motion picture is "Chiraq."Click to Continue »

An Illinois man indicted last year on accusations that he hacked online accounts of several women is now facing more charges, including child pornography.Click to Continue »

A liberal Missouri advocacy group is challenging restrictions on its ability to film Missouri Senate committee meetings under the state's open records law.Click to Continue »

The Illinois House has approved a measure that would grant greater access to experimental drugs for terminally-ill patients.Click to Continue »