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Ill. lawmakers look to raise cigarette tax again

Associated Press
Apr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- One of Bill McCloskey's gas stations used to sell 110,000 packs of cigarettes a month before a $2 Cook County sales tax kicked in three years ago. Now it ...
Accountability measure advances to state Senate

By Nicole Milstead Daily Herald Staff
Apr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Just as a federal grand jury handed up an indictment against former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, suburban state lawmakers were fighting to make sure future governors have fewer...
Ill. death penalty case stalled for lack of funds

Associated Press
Apr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - The nation's second-largest public defender's office has asked a judge to bar the death penalty in a double murder case because the office can't pay the expenses. Cook C...
Surgery performed on whooping crane

Associated Press
Apr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - URBANA -- Staff and volunteers at the University of Illinois Wildlife Clinic in Urbana were waiting to see if delicate surgery on the broken leg of a young whooping cran...
Evergreen Park won't host South Side Irish parade

Associated Press
Apr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - EVERGREEN PARK -- Chicago's South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade is still looking for a home. After organizers decided that it would no longer hold the parade that ...
Downstate man accused of fatally shooting dog

Associated Press
Apr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - ELDORADO -- A southern Illinois man is charged with felony animal cruelty after allegedly fatally shooting a neighbor's puppy. Saline County prosecutors have charged 60-...
East St. Louis cops suing for $891,000 in back pay

Associated Press
Apr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- East St. Louis police say they're owed at least nearly $900,000 in back pay over three years, and they're suing to get it. As an attorney for the Frate...
Suburban lawmakers eye Web for accountability check

By Nicole Milstead Daily Herald Staff
Apr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Just as federal prosecutors handed down an indictment against former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, suburban state lawmakers were fighting to make sure future governors have fewe...
AG Madigan questions income tax hike

Associated Press
Apr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who could run for Illinois governor next year, is raising questions about Gov. Pat Quinn's proposed income tax increase to help fill an $1...
Illinois will get $82 million for child care, vaccines

Associated Press
Apr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Obama administration says Illinois will get $82 million in federal stimulus money to help children and prevent disease. The state will receive $73.8 m...

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