Illinois
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Social service groups decry likely state budget cutsJun 16, 2009 11:00 pm - McHenry County social service groups on Tuesday offered to help solve the state's budget impasse. Representatives from six county agencies that serve at-risk clients sai...
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SIU's med school shares in $8.6 million grant
Jun 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A scientist at Southern Illinois University's School of Medicine will share in an $8.6 million federal grant to continue his study of aging and longevity....
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Burris interviewed by prosecutor
Jun 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Sangamon County state's attorney has interviewed Sen. Roland Burris in a probe into the senator's testimony before a legislative panel looking into hi...
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Would massive state layoffs make recession worse?Jun 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - If Illinois state workers are laid off under the bare-bones budget lawmakers approved last month, the effects will go beyond the possibility of criminals b...
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State education leaders to discuss additional spending cutsJun 16, 2009 11:00 pm - State education leaders thought they'd submitted a lean budget proposal to the General Assembly earlier this year, but now it looks like they'll have to cut closer to th...
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2 children shot in separate incidents
Jun 16, 2009 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- A 7-month-old boy and a 5-year-old girl have been shot and wounded in separate incidents in East St. Louis. Police say the girl was asleep in her home ...
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Unpaid days off not an option in IllinoisJun 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - While Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn could unilaterally start state worker layoffs after giving the employees' union 30 days notice, other states have tried to fi...
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Hearing held to decide release of sexual predator
Jun 16, 2009 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- A hearing is being held in McLean County Circuit Court to determine if a man who has been held in a facility for the sexually dangerous since he was 15 ye...
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3 more swine flu deaths in state
Jun 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Three more deaths in Illinois have been attributed to the swine flu virus, bringing the state's total to eight. Chicago Department of Public Health spokesman Tim Hadac s...
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4 ex-high school wrestlers charged in assault
Jun 16, 2009 11:00 pm - LINCOLN -- Four former central Illinois high school wrestlers have been indicted in the alleged sexual assault of a teammate. The four are accused of attacking the boy d...