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Blagojevich gets $40,000 after state trip

Associated Press
Jan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich took a taxpayer-funded flight to southern Illinois in November on the same day he raised $42,000 from contributors in the area, includ...
Study finds U of I a $13 billion economic engine

Associated Press
Jan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- The University of Illinois' three campuses add $13 billion to the state's economy every year, according to a new study from a campus think tank. The study, ...
New legislators discuss their priorities

By Nicole Milstead Daily Herald Staff
Jan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Several new suburban lawmakers took the oath of office for the first time Wednesday. The Daily Herald touched based with them in recent days to ask them ab...
Renewed impeachment drive crashes lawmakers' Opening Day

By John Patterson Daily Herald Staff
Jan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Their proud families and friends were in the crowd. The local hotels booked for inaugural celebrations. But the ethics cloud that swirls over Gov. Rod Blag...
Senate takes first steps toward impeachment trial

Associated Press
Jan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Senate officials have delivered a summons to Gov. Rod Blagojevich for his impeachment trial. Blagojevich spokeswoman Kelley Quinn says the govern...
Smoking opponents to push higher state tax

By Nicole Milstead Daily Herald Staff
Jan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The cost to light up may go up exponentially this year. State Sen. Jeff Schoenberg, an Evanston Democrat, said Tuesday he'll push to add $1 in taxes to a p...
College savings plan fund loses $85 million

Associated Press
Jan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - State officials are investigating the management of a fund in Illinois' college savings program that lost $85 million last year. State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias told i...
Blago aide to employees: Thank you for dedication

Associated Press
Jan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's acting chief of staff has written a letter to all state employees to bolster flagging spirits in one of the state's rockie...
Ill. vets exposed to incorrect drug doses

Associated Press
Jan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Veterans Affairs health centers nationwide, including in Illinois, suffered software glitches that showed faulty displays of electronic health records. Doc...
Gov. Blagojevich to preside over Senate, which will try him

Associated Press
Jan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- In an ironic, surreal scene, impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich will preside briefly over the chamber that holds his political future in its hands. On Wednesd...

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