Illinois
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NIU still counting on stateJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Northern Illinois University officials said they hope they'll get another chance at state money to remodel the lecture hall where five students were gunned down during a...
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Lawmakers divided on trusting BlagojevichJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Top lawmakers left a closed door meeting Thursday in Chicago without reaching a budget deal and split over whether to trust Gov. Rod Blagojevich given the conviction of ...
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Illinois overspends on fairs
Jun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- According to the auditor general, the costs of Illinois' two state fairs exceeded revenues last year. In a report issued yesterday (Thursday), Illinois Au...
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Budget battles could become new Illinois summer traditionJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - As Wednesday's guilty verdict against insider Antoin "Tony" Rezko continued to call into question the governor's judgment and ethics, top lawmakers left a backroom meeti...
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Casinos have to pay tracks, court rulesJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Arlington Park is in line to get millions of dollars courtesy of the Empress Casino and other suburban riverboats, thanks to an Illinois Supreme Court rul...
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Illinois GOP to Blagojevich: Give it all backJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The chairman of the Illinois Republican Party urged Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich to come clean and return any and all money linked to Tony Rezko, the p...
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Chicago cop, Wood Dale man charged in scam
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State police must expunge criminal records
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GOP quick to exploit Rezko ties to ObamaJun 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Echoes of the Antoin "Tony" Rezko verdict had barely faded in the courtroom Wednesday before Republicans began e-mailing. "Today's verdict and Obama's friendship with Re...
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Blagojevich impeachment talk could reheat this summer