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Quinn nixes executive order on campaign contributions

Apr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn has canceled his predecessor's sweeping ban on campaign contributions from companies doing business with the state. The executive order Quinn signed keep...
Burris won't say if he'll seek full term

Associated Press
Apr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - MASCOUTAH -- U.S. Senator Roland Burris isn't saying whether he'll seek election to a full term, but indicated that he won't be pressed into making that call. Burris wav...
Illinois schools get windfall from feds, but it's just a drop in the bucket

Associated Press
Apr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- With the federal government handing Illinois public schools more than $1 billion extra this year, you might think it's a good year for schools. But you'd ...
Quigley taking no chances in 5th District race

Associated Press
Apr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley isn't taking anything for granted even though he's the favorite in a heavily Democratic district to replace Rahm Emanuel, President...
Memorial for former Harvey mayor relies on laughs

Associated Press
Apr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Hundreds have paid tribute to former Harvey Mayor Nickolas Graves at a public memorial service where participants relied on comedy relief. Graves' childhood friend, come...
State can't force 'morning-after' pill

Associated Press
Apr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A judge has ruled state officials can't force pharmacists to dispense the so-called "morning-after" pill. Two Illinois pharmacists won the temporary restr...
State cuts after-school grant programs

Associated Press
Apr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - The Illinois Board of Education is eliminating after-school grant programs that a newspaper investigation found had recipients who weren't doing what they promised. The ...
Wind keeps the lights on at central Illinois drive-in

Associated Press
Apr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - GIBSON CITY -- Mike Harroun says the wind blows a steady 12 to 15 miles an hour around the central Illinois town of Gibson City. That's why he's set up two energy-produc...
ADM may revive FutureGen project

Bloomberg News
Apr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Archer Daniel Midland Co.'s effort to sequester carbon emissions from ethanol production may help revive Illinois's FutureGen project, which aims to do the same for a co...
Police probe fatal downstate shooting

Associated Press
Apr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - HARRISBURG -- Police in the southern Illinois community of Harrisburg are investigating a weekend shooting that killed a man. Investigators aren't yet releasing the name...

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