CHICAGO — Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, a popular two-term Republican credited with guiding the state into a period of greater financial stability in the 1990s, died Sunday, according to his family.

CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, a popular two-term Republican credited with guiding the state into a period of greater financial stability in the 1990s, died Sunday, according to his ...

Jim Edgar, a former Illinois governor who has gone down as one of the most successful and popular politicians in the state's history, has died. Edgar died on Sunday from complications of pancreatic ...

FILE - Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar speaks during a campaign rally outside the state Capitol on Nov. 3, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File) CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois Gov.