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Does the Illinois Lottery pay for education? Well, sort of ...

By John Patterson Daily Herald Staff
Aug 01, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - So the governor's talking about leasing out the lottery to pay for new roads, and many of you may be thinking: I thought the lottery paid for education. Ti...
State Fair to Illinois: 'Eat it'

By John Patterson Daily Herald Staff
Jul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Weird Al, fried food on a stick and the ubiquitous butter cow. It's time again for the Illinois State Fair. Officials on Thursday took the wraps off the 20...
Police investigate links in Lane Bryant shootings

Associated Press
Jul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Police are investigating a possible link between the February killings at a Lane Bryant store in suburban Chicago and a shooting on the city's South Side in April. Each ...
Police: Texas leads in Lane Bryant slayings

Associated Press
Jul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Authorities say police investigating five slayings at a Tinley Park clothing store earlier this year have gone to Texas to follow up on leads. Tinley Park Police Chief M...
Former Illinois State University dorm residents can get piece of history

Associated Press
Jul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - NORMAL -- Former residents of two soon-to-be-demolished resident halls at Illinois State University will be able to purchase items that will allow them to always remembe...
Addiction fund cuts must be overridden

Jul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Just days before Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced plans to send the National Guard into Chicago, he slashed funding for vital programs that prevent violent crime in the fi...
State making it easier to travel

By Marni Pyke
Jul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - With the annual summer road trip to explore America comes another tradition -- stopping at toll booths in various states to pay the piper. But that practice could be on ...
Governor takes new casinos off budget table

By Dave Beery and Joseph Ryan Daily Herald Staff
Jul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - The unrelenting feud between Gov. Rod Blagojevich and House Speaker Michael J. Madigan overshadowed the governor's unveiling Thursday of a new, $25 billion plan to impro...
Regulators pressed on railroad sale

Associated Press
Jul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois lawmakers are asking federal regulators to give greater consideration to concerns expressed by suburban Chicago residents who would be affected by the proposed ...
Sheley indicted in slaying, home invasion

Associated Press
Jul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - MORRISON -- The man suspected of eight killings in a two-state spree in June has been indicted by a Whiteside County jury in the slaying of a 93-year-old Sterling man an...

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