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Black politicians prosper in Obama's Illinois

Associated Press
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...
Tollway chief's move begs question on ethics law

By Marni Pyke
Sep 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...
U of I faculty chafes at no-campaigning policy

Associated Press
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...
State says its $400,000 prison report is wrong

Associated Press
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, ...
Police say 2 teens beat mentally challenged cousin

Associated Press
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...
Foster turns to ethics in first TV ad

By John Patterson Daily Herald Staff
Sep 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...
State begins process to recover $1 million grant

Associated Press
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 ...
Government wants VA lawsuit tossed

Associated Press
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...
UI president wants Global Campus changes

Sep 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...
Just 1 Illinois high school dropout costs $221,000

Associated Press
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 ...

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