Illinois
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State execs disappointed by budget cuts
Dec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - NORMAL -- Officials of Illinois State University are expressing disappointment at Gov. Rod Blagojevich's decision to take back a $2.1 million increase planned for fiscal...
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New process installed for evaluating judgesDec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - The Judicial Performance Evaluation Program that had been voluntary for more than 900 judges who preside over Illinois courts became mandatory Monday with the Illinois S...
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Checkers champ Richard Fortman dead at 93
Nov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Checkers champion and lifelong Springfield resident Richard L. Fortman has died at the age of 93. Fortman was a six-time Illinois State Champion in checke...
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Blagojevich names new deputy governor
Nov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has appointed a deputy governor to serve as adviser for economic development, business regulation and environmental affairs....
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Giannoulias wants pensions pooled
Nov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is proposing that the five state-funded pension systems be merged into a single new investment system. Giannoulias on Monday said me...
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DCFS suspends jobseeker drug tests
Nov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Budget restraints have halted drug testing of applicants for child-welfare jobs at the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. Drug screening...
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Budget troubles raise plenty of questions
Nov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois government faces a budget crisis. A big one. The deficit is growing, bills are piling up, state services are being cut and officials have no easy...
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Historic sites, some parks to close after Sunday
Nov 29, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Donald Hallmark first walked the dark-oak halls of the Dana-Thomas House in the 1970s and was awed by the house and its architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. "I ...
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Dog rescued from fire dies
Nov 29, 2008 10:00 pm - CICERO -- Authorities in the Chicago suburb of Cicero say a dog whose owner died after trying to rescue his pet from a house fire has died at a veterinary clinic. Regis,...
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State announces $760K in recycling program
Nov 29, 2008 10:00 pm - State officials say they're awarding about $760,000 in grants for 17 recycling projects in northeastern Illinois. The money will go communities, universities and busines...