Illinois
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Black politicians prosper in Obama's Illinois
Sep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- It's no coincidence the first black major-party nominee for president calls Illinois home. The state has sent more blacks to Congress than any other, in la...
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Tollway chief's move begs question on ethics lawSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - In Gov. Rod Blagojevich's first term, he declared the state's corrupt revolving door "closed." The Chicago Democrat pushed for and signed a law in 2003 that banned state...
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U of I faculty chafes at no-campaigning policy
Sep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- University of Illinois English professor Cary Nelson thinks she ought to be able to wear a a Barack Obama T-shirt or John McCain baseball cap on campus if s...
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State says its $400,000 prison report is wrong
Sep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Corrections spent more than $400,000 for an independent study of the prison system's needs but after sitting on the report for almost a year, ...
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Police say 2 teens beat mentally challenged cousin
Sep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS, _ A 34-year-old woman with the mental capacity of a 6-year-old was virtually defenseless to beatings inflicted by live-in, teenage cousins, and could not...
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Foster turns to ethics in first TV adSep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Democratic Congressman Bill Foster is touting his brief tenure on Capitol Hill in his first campaign ad hitting suburban households this week. "When you se...
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State begins process to recover $1 million grant
Sep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration is demanding repayment of a $1 million grant it has admitted it gave to a private school by mistake. The Department ...
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Government wants VA lawsuit tossed
Sep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. government says a lawsuit over a Kentucky man's death at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Marion should be thrown out because it was filed too s...
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UI president wants Global Campus changesSep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- University of Illinois President Joseph White wants to loosen the reins on the school's new online Global Campus to boost its disappointing enrollment and s...
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Just 1 Illinois high school dropout costs $221,000
Sep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Taxpayers lose $221,000 over the course of a lifetime for each Illinois student who drops out of school, according to a new analysis released Wednesday. "Taxpayers bear ...