Illinois
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How other states approached budget crisesJun 15, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - When Gov. Pat Quinn and Illinois legislative leaders meet behind closed doors again this week to try to fashion a state budget compromise, they won't be al...
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Quinn wants lawmakers to return to Springfield
Jun 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says lawmakers should pack their bags and get ready to be back in Springfield next week. Quinn said Monday they need to return to the state Capit...
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Judge: Home where 3 bodies found can be sold
Jun 15, 2009 11:00 pm - COLUMBIA -- A southern Illinois judge says the home where the bodies of a women and her two sons were found is authorized for sale. But proceeds won't go to the woman's ...
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Second Ill. teen convicted in heroin death
Jun 15, 2009 11:00 pm - BELOIT, Wis. -- A second Illinois teen has pleaded guilty to a drug charge in the heroin overdose death of a Beloit teen last year. Michael Maginnis of Roscoe, will be ...
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Exelon identifies likely source of tritium leak
Jun 15, 2009 11:00 pm - MORRIS -- Officials with Exelon Corp's Dredsen nuclear plant have identified an aluminum pipe as the likely source of a tritium leak reported earlier this month. The le...
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Jail guards double pay with required OT
Jun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A published report says some prison guards at state facilities are doubling their annual pay because of mandatory overtime. Prison officials say the force...
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Irish company buys Ill. wind farms
Jun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - An Irish company hoping to benefit from the Obama administration's emphasis on renewable energy purchased three Illinois wind farms near Chicago. Mainstream Renewable Po...
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Is ex-radical Quinn maturing or just compromising?Jun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Pat Quinn sat shoulder-to-shoulder with House Speaker Michael Madigan as the two Democrats pushed a watered-down campaign finance package they said wo...
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Downstate teen gunned down pumping gas
Jun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- Illinois State Police and officers from East St. Louis were jointly investigating the shooting death of a teenager who was gunned down while pumping ga...
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Cheese sold in Ill. recalled
Jun 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Torres Hillsdale Country Cheese LLC, based in Reading, Mich., is recalling various types of its soft Mexican-style cheeses due to potential listeria contamination. A sam...