Illinois
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Video poker will benefit IllinoisMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Congratulations to the Illinois General Assembly for its courage and foresight in approving video gaming in on-premise, licensed liquor establishments. Hundreds of milli...
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Downstate town may spike police dept.
May 31, 2009 11:00 pm - ROANOKE -- The village board of the central Illinois community of Roanoke is slated to discuss disbanding its police department. Mayor Bob Huschen says the item was put ...
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Tax hikes stall at Capitol: Democrats likely to punt on budget fixMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House voted down a temporary tax increase Sunday, with members saying a similar fate awaited an even larger tax increase plan as the General A...
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Companies that stand to profit waiting for green lightMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - In the late 1980s, a former pinball machine company in Arlington Heights hit the jackpot with the golf video game Golden Tee. Today, Golden Tee Golf is billed as "the mo...
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Report: More Illinoisans refusing Breathalyzers
May 31, 2009 11:00 pm - More Illinoisans are refusing to take Breathalyzer tests when stopped on suspicion of drunk driving. The Chicago Sun-Times cites state statistics showing that around 40 ...
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Former letter carrier sentenced for mail thefts
May 31, 2009 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- A judge in East St. Louis has sentenced a former mail carrier to three months in federal prison for stealing mail from the people on her route. Forty-t...
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FAQ on video poker proposalMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Here is a look at what the new "video poker" law would mean for your restaurants, bars and local clubs: Q. What kind of machines would be allowed? A. The measure, which ...
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Deere names Samuel Allen new CEO
May 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Deere & Co. appointed Samuel R. Allen as its next chief executive officer to replace Robert W. Lane, effective Aug. 1. The company also named James Field as chief financ...
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Burris an outcast in clubby Senate
May 31, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Even in a Senate club famous for how it ostracizes the unwanted, the shunning of Democratic Sen. Roland Burris is unprecedented. Tainted from the day he wa...
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Durbin aides: Blago weighed Madigan move
May 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Just two weeks before his arrest on corruption charges, then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich floated a plan to give President Obama's former Senate seat to the daughter of his bigg...