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In 1961, Illinois became the first state in the nation to adopt the recommendation of the American Law Institute and pass a comprehensive criminal code revision that repealed the law against sodomy. In 2012, President Obama easily carried Illinois again, with 58% to Republican candidate Mitt Romney's 41%. During the Pleistocene Epoch, vast ice sheets covered much of Illinois, with only the Driftless Area remaining exposed.

On May 1, 2019, the Illinois Senate voted to approve a constitutional amendment that would have stricken language from the Illinois Constitution requiring a flat state income tax, in a 73–44 vote. Bolstered by continued immigration from southern and eastern Europe, and by the African-American Great Migration from the South, Illinois grew and emerged as one of the most important states in the union. However, the " collar counties" (the suburban counties surrounding Cook County) can be seen as moderate voting districts. In addition to the state's rail lines, the Mississippi River and Illinois River provide major transportation routes for the state's agricultural interests.The state is the site of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield and the future home of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.

The southern part of the state, from about Carbondale southward, has a humid subtropical climate (Koppen Cfa), with more moderate winters. Most of the coal produced in Illinois is exported to other states, while much of the coal burned for power in Illinois (21million tons in 1998) is mined in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. In 1957, Argonne National Laboratory, near Chicago, activated the first experimental nuclear power generating system in the United States. This etymology is not supported by the Illinois language, [ citation needed] as the word for "man" is ireniwa, and plural of "man" is ireniwaki.An NBA expansion team known as the Chicago Packers in 1961–1962, and as the Chicago Zephyrs the following year, moved to Baltimore after the 1962–1963 season.

The German immigrants from agricultural backgrounds who settled in Illinois in the mid- to late 19th century are in part responsible for the profusion of fruit orchards in that area of Illinois. Louis line to bring the maximum speed up to 110mph (180km/h), which would reduce the trip time by an hour and a half. As defined by the federal government, the Chicago metro area includes several counties in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, and has a population of over 9. Divisions At 279 feet (85m) above sea level, [64] the lowest elevation point in the state is located near Cairo and the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.The southern portion of Illinois Territory was admitted as the state of Illinois, and the rest was joined to Michigan Territory.

Normal annual snowfall exceeds 38in (965mm) in the Chicago area, while the southern portion of the state normally receives less than 14in (356mm).Annual average number of tornadoes, 1953–2004 Archived October 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine", NOAA National Climatic Data Center. The floodplain on the Mississippi River from Alton to the Kaskaskia River is known as the American Bottom. The Interstate Highways in Illinois are all segments of the Interstate Highway System that are owned and maintained by the state. The Illinois's name for themselves, as attested in all three of the French missionary-period dictionaries of Illinois, was Inoka, of unknown meaning and unrelated to the other terms.