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State execs disappointed by budget cuts

Associated Press
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...
New process installed for evaluating judges

By Barbara Vitello
Dec 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...
Checkers champ Richard Fortman dead at 93

Associated Press
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...
Blagojevich names new deputy governor

Associated Press
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....
Giannoulias wants pensions pooled

Associated Press
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...
DCFS suspends jobseeker drug tests

Associated Press
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...
Budget troubles raise plenty of questions

Associated Press
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...
Historic sites, some parks to close after Sunday

Associated Press
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 ...
Dog rescued from fire dies

Associated Press
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,...
State announces $760K in recycling program

Associated Press
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...

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