Illinois
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No agreement yet on state budget
May 21, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- House and Senate Democrats moved ahead with dueling state budget proposals Wednesday without an agreement but with hopes they could reach one within the ...
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Sheriff fires dispatcher, accusing him of snitching
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Bus driver ordered to stand trial in firefighter's death
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GOP wants tax holidayMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - House Republicans are calling for a suspension of the Illinois sales tax on gasoline this summer. Lawmakers claim the average family would save up to $60 over a four-mon...
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Peterson online forum shut downMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Friends of missing Bolingbrook mother Stacy Peterson say administrators of the Web page findstacypeterson.com have shut down the site's online forum. Peterson's friends ...
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Accuser of Gary Dotson dies
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25,000 bees found in Jerseyville 5th-grade classroom
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Electoral College a brilliant conceptMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Kevin Martin (Fence Post, Saturday) informs us that he read with amusement my response to his view of the Electoral College. It is always gratifying to bring a note of c...
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Budget battles shaping up at the CapitolMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Five years after Gov. Rod Blagojevich blasted them as "drunken sailors" bent on a "spending orgy" with taxpayers' dollars, it is the Illinois Senate Democ...
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Tax collectors have troubleMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois tax collectors are having trouble balancing their own books. An audit found that the Department of Revenue wasn't paying attention to an account that reimburses...