Illinois
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Dean of SIUC law school to resign
Jun 01, 2008 11:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- Southern Illinois University School of Law dean and professor Peter Alexander has confirmed that he will resign his dean's position at the end of the comin...
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Suit challenging school tax hike
Jun 01, 2008 11:00 pm - MARION -- A company is challenging a one-percent Williamson County sales tax referendum that voters approved in February for school construction. P&S Grain and two attor...
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State budget plan leaves few happyJun 01, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - A $59.2 billion state spending plan that boosts education funding without raising state taxes cleared the General Assembly Saturday. The deal paved the way...
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Editor inducted in SIU hall of fame
Jun 01, 2008 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- A retired Chicago Tribune employee who now teaches at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale is among seven people who'll be inducted June 20th into the C...
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Trial set for Chicagoan charged in deputy's death
Jun 01, 2008 11:00 pm - DECATUR -- One of the two Chicago men charged with killing a central Illinois sheriff's deputy last summer is expected to go on trial next year. Macon County Judge Tim S...
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The Rev. Pfleger has gone too farMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - The Rev. Michael Pfleger has gone too far with his latest tirade against Hillary Clinton. He is no better than the so-called Rev. Wright. This man has forgotten that he...
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Ethics deal faces uncertain future on governor's deskMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Three years in the making, an ethics plan banning contributions from state contractors to elected officials who award the contracts is on its way to the g...
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State says mental heath check system ready to goMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State agencies argue a newly expanded system to crosscheck mental health records against gun card applications will be up and running by its deadline toda...
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If elected, Obama could face problems that doomed CarterMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - A year after Jimmy Carter lost his re-election race to Ronald Reagan, Hamilton Jordan, his former White House chief of staff, sat down for a lengthy interview with schol...
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Obama quits church after long controversy
May 31, 2008 11:00 pm - ABERDEEN, S.D. -- Barack Obama said Saturday he has resigned his 20-year membership in the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago "with some sadness" in the aftermat...