Illinois
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Ill. prison on lockdown after inmate attack
Mar 06, 2009 10:00 pm - LINCOLN -- State Department of Corrections officials say a prison in central Illinois remains on lockdown after an inmate attacked an officer. Spokeswoman Januari Smith ...
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Madigan pushing revisions to disclosure law
Mar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Attorney General Lisa Madigan is backing legislation intended to improve Illinois' public-records disclosure law. The rewrite of the Illinois Freedom of I...
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Boy dies after father's abuse arrest
Mar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - DECATUR -- A 7-month-old boy has died a day after his father was jailed for allegedly hurting him. Caden Sollman died Thursday at a Peoria hospital and doctors say his i...
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Lawmakers want to know more about suburban salt grant oversightMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - State lawmakers want to know exactly which suburbs would be in line for millions of dollars to offset the higher prices they had to pay for road salt this ...
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Court ends terror suspect's detention challenge
Mar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge Friday by suspected al-Qaida sleeper agent Ali Al-Marri to the president's authority to detain people without charg...
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Police breaks up medical pot club
Mar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The operator of a medical marijuana club was being held in the Sangamon County Jail following his arrest during a raid on the facility. Bond was set at $1...
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Prosecutor seeking FBI tapes of Burris
Mar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - A county prosecutor exploring the possibility of perjury charges against U.S. Sen. Roland Burris has asked federal officials in Chicago for FBI tapes of phone conversati...
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Campaign funding limits has limitsMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - In the wake of years of escalating political corruption scandals, the governor's reform commission delved into campaign funding laws Thursday against seemingly long odds...
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The one spot where Roland Burris can truly be at peaceMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - The controversy, anger, racial debate and general mess swirling around embattled Junior Sen. Roland Burris might follow him until the day he dies. But when Burris finall...
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Man accused of damaging construction vehicles
Mar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A Granite City man is jailed on $100,000 bond on charges that accuse him of damaging four heavy construction vehicles in Edwardsville last summer. Madiso...