* Hugs, rolls for piano prodigy at White House

“I said, ‘Hi,’ and I gave him a hug,” Emily, 6, said in a telephone interview Monday afternoon after she’d played piano in front of about 300 people at the White House before the traditional annual Easter Egg Roll.

* City: We’ve got a way to keep cabbies from gouging

* Organic Frangos?

* Closing arguments heard in sex suit against agency

* Illinois hits record low in new TB cases

State Public Health Director Damon Arnold says everyone needs to be aware of the risks of TB, especially since the number of drug-resistant cases have been increasing.

* Residents speak out against housing plan near SIUE

* SIUC Chancellor Trevino placed on administrative leave

* Poshard: ‘I was determined to make it work‘

* Hookah lounge owners find options limited with new smoking law

* Hookah lounges havens for culture as well as smoking

* Impact of smoking ban: Casino Queen says it’s been devastating

* Illinois power disconnections begin in April

Ameren and ComEd plan to begin disconnecting electricity customers who are behind on their power bills beginning next month.

* Clydesdale sale taken out of state fairgrounds

* Illinois budget woes worry Q-C residents

* Taking a Closer Look At the Illinois GOP

* Terry Link Campaign Finance Disclosures a “Matter of Interest” for State Board of Elections

* Greg Blankenship: State leaders must shake ‘Groundhog Day’ mentality

* In Combine, cash is king, corruption is bipartisan

* Edward officials ‘kickstarted’ health board probe

* Jack Kevorkian formally announces run for Congress

* Something’s fishy about pork debate

You’ve got to hand it to Sen. Dick Durbin. When everyone is blasting the “earmarking” of federal funds for favored local projects, the Illinois Democrat defends the practice.

* Doing the math

The Obama campaign has relentlessly argued — for weeks now — that the delegate math makes Barack Obama the all-but-certain Democratic presidential nominee, even with 10 elections still ahead.