Illinois
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State lawmakers getting raises despite move to blockApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - State lawmakers are still in line to get a pay raise July 1, after Democrats in the Illinois House on Wednesday blocked a Republican plan that would have c...
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Duckworth confirmed for Veterans Affairs post
Apr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed former Iraq war helicopter pilot Tammy Duckworth's nomination as an assistant secretary at the Veterans Affairs Department. Duckwo...
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Opening of surveying museum delayed
Apr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The planned opening this summer of the National Museum of Surveying is unlikely to take place because of a decline in donations. Illinois Professional Lan...
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Tax supporters descend on CapitolApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Just a week after hundreds protested taxes at the Capitol, a larger group, including some suburban residents, turned out Wednesday to support higher taxes ...
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Ex-Ill. firefighter gets prison for arson
Apr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - WATSEKA -- A former volunteer firefighter from eastern Illinois has been sentenced to three years in prison for setting a fire. Iroquois County Judge Susan Tungate sente...
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'Grateful' Blago says judge saved him from eating bugs
Apr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he was willing to eat bugs for his children, but a federal judge saved him from that. The judge this week refused to allow Blagojevich t...
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Eberts donate $1 million to U of I
Apr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- University of Illinois film students should start exercising their thumbs. Film critic Roger Ebert and his wife Chaz have donated $1 million to his alma mat...
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Roger Ebert's boyhood home marked with plaque
Apr 21, 2009 11:00 pm - URBANA -- Film critic Roger Ebert's boyhood home is getting the thumbs up. Officials in Urbana decided to honor the Chicago Sun-Times critic by placing a bronze plaque o...
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Duckworth nomination to top VA post advancesApr 21, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - A U.S. Senate committee has approved Tammy Duckworth's nomination to a top job in the federal Department of Veterans Affairs. The full Senate must now appr...
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Illinois prof says economic fix starts with gambling banApr 21, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - With unemployment in Illinois now at 9.1 percent and the state facing an estimated $12.4 billion budget deficit, the easiest way to fix the Illinois' econo...