Illinois
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Local projects funded with video poker, alcohol taxes, vehicle feesJun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Suburban mayors may not be keen on video gambling coming to their local bars and taverns, but the taxes from those electronic slots and poker would finance...
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Who won or lost at the Illinois statehouseJun 06, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - State taxpayers were among the winners in the 95th General Assembly this year - at least for now - when a higher income tax was voted down. But the outcome...
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IDOT revises it's five-year road plan to reflect influx of new c apitalJun 06, 2009 11:00 pm - So how healthy are Illinois' highways and bridges? "The system would have hit an all-time low without the action of the federal government and General Assembly." The quo...
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Mom gets probation for DUI crash that killed baby
Jun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - OTTAWA -- A northern Illinois mother has been sentenced to 45 days in jail and 4 years of probation for a fatal DUI crash that killed her infant daughter and injured thr...
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Galesburg plant gradually shrinking work force
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Congressman wants decision on FutureGen project
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Some suburban schools' funding could lose political protectionJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The apparent demise of a more than decade-old political provision thrown into an education funding law could cost nearly a dozen suburban school districts ...
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Fair to start walk-up sales of concert tickets
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Illinois leaders seek pension, job cuts to balance budgetJun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Top lawmakers pushed Thursday to cut jobs and pensions from state workers as a way to balance the state budget. After a meeting of top legislative leaders with Gov. Pat ...
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Lawsuit filed in Cahokia boy's crushing death