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Layoffs coming in comptroller's office

Associated Press
Aug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes plans to lay off employees and has instituted unpaid days off and a hiring freeze to deal with budget cuts. Hynes spokeswoma...
Duckworth to speak on veterans issues at convention

By Joseph Ryan Daily Herald Staff
Aug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - DENVER - Since losing her bid for Congress, Hoffman Estates resident Tammy Duckworth has kept in the spotlight as a spokeswoman for veterans as well as Democrats. Wednes...
Democrats laying groundwork to capture more Congressional seats

By David Beery Daily Herald Staff
Aug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - DENVER - One of Jan Schakowsky's biggest applause lines as she addressed Illinois Democratic delegates Monday, came when she declared, "In 148 days, George Bush no longe...
Free rides to cost RTA $5 million

Associated Press
Aug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - When Gov. Rod Blagojevich trumpeted a measure to give free bus and train rides to poor people with disabilities he neglected to mention that there's no state money for t...
Blagojevich eyes four more years as Dems try to hug away dysfunction

By John Patterson Daily Herald Staff
Aug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - DENVER - Gov. Rod Blagojevich all but announced he'd run for re-election Wednesday amid a seemingly impossible Democratic "lovefest" that saw him hugging his political r...
Rev. Wright resigns from state commission

Associated Press
Aug 26, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The former pastor of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ has resigned from a state commission formed in 2005 to educate people about slavery in Amer...
Man charged with fatal beating of 5-month-old son

Associated Press
Aug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) _ A 23-year-old Illinois man is being held without bond in an Indiana jail in the death of his 5-month-old son. Ryne White of Monee (moh-NEE'), Il...
CN in agreement with Joliet over EJ&E acquisition

Associated Press
Aug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Canadian National Railway Co. said Monday it has reached agreement with Joliet, Ill., over the company's proposed acquisition of part of a railway company. The company s...
Take a spin in a B-17 bomber

Associated Press
Aug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - BETHALTO -- World War II aviation enthusiasts have the chance to see -- and even take a ride in -- an airplane that did a lot of the heavy lifting during that era. A res...
U of I physics professor wins national award

Associated Press
Aug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- A University of Illinois physics professor will receive the National Medal of Science for his work in magnetic resonance. The university says that Charles P...

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