Section: Local

An ordinance to develop projections of future water demand in Springfield devolved into another debate about Hunter Lake, the front-runner to become the city’s second water source.

County GOP rally for Lincoln Day Dinner.

An old adage still stands the test of time.

Springfield Police issued 70 tickets and towed three cars during this year’s snow emergencies.

Whether accusations in a federal lawsuit filed by a former underling are true or false, state treasurer Dan Rutherford has a big mess that may take more than five weeks to clean up, in the opinion of a University of Illinois political science professor.

The Illinois Attorney General’s office says the number of identity theft complaints received by her office climbed 18 percent last year.

Cullerton: State unable to help Chicago Public Schools

He says no one in the treasurer’s office has been forced to do campaign work on state time.

A former worker in the Illinois treasurer’s office — Ed Michalowski — says in a federal lawsuit that Treasurer Dan Rutherford made inappropriate sexual advances toward him and made him do political work on state time.

A federal judge has sentenced a former fundraiser for ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. to two years in prison.