Illinois
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Illinois to get federal flooding aidOct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois, which suffered severe flooding this summer, will receive about $14 million in federal aid as part of a U.S. Department of Transportation distribution. In tota...
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Ill. voters say no to taxes in new pollOct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - A new poll of Illinois voters finds support for balancing the state budget through cuts rather than tax increases, just so long as the things voters suppor...
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Threats to Neb. university over Ayers detailed
Oct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - OMAHA, Neb. _ Excerpts from e-mails, phone calls and Internet posts over the University of Nebraska's speaking invitation to former radical Bill Ayers show how blurred ...
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Report: Immigrant voters could swing 8 Illinois races
Oct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Immigrants could be a deciding voting bloc in at least eight Illinois congressional races where they make up more than 12 percent of the population, according to a repor...
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New state toll authority chief a familiar faceOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is turning to its past for its future. Tollway directors are expected to approve hiring former chief engineer Jeffrey Dailey as...
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Belleville teens banned from trick-or-treating
Oct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE _ Authorities will look a little closer at tall trick-or-treaters in Belleville this Halloween. The city has limited trick-or-treating to kids in eighth grade...
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Governor not donating to candidates
Oct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich has told the Board of Elections he is not giving out campaign cash to help other candidates or support or oppose policy issues on the...
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Feds subpoena hospital's ties to Blago friend
Oct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Federal prosecutors have broadened their investigation of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration, subpoenaing records of ties between his lobbyist friend and a hospital t...
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Blagojevich defies taxpayers on health program
Oct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- First, Gov. Rod Blagojevich gave out state-subsidized health care without permission. Now, he won't tell taxpayers how many people are participating, how ...
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Cleaner aboard school bus sends 5 kids to hospital
Oct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - METAMORA -- Five central Illinois students are being treated at a hospital after experiencing breathing problems after someone sprayed an aerosol cleaning product aboard...