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A federal judge is ordering Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration to move the vast majority of those incarcerated at Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet out of the aging prison by the end of September, citing health and safety concerns posed by the facility.

Stateville Correctional Center could close as early as September under a plan laid out by Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration on Friday.

AFSCME members and supporters showed up at CGH Medical Center in Sterling Tuesday night, to protest what they say is management’s refusal to come to a contract agreement – an accusation the top hospital administrator denies.

Gov. JB Pritzker and the state’s largest public employee union announced Tuesday that they have agreed on a new contract that will provide a nearly 18 percent pay raise over four years, including a 4 percent raise this year.

A judge has ruled on three objections from the hospital. Here's what happens next.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner won a legislative victory Wednesday evening when the Illinois House failed to override his veto of a bill aimed at limiting his ability to negotiate a new contract with a powerful state employee union.