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Casinos, workers' comp in play at session's finaleMay 30, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois lawmakers are considering a massive, last-minute gambling expansion and maneuvering over the fate of workers' compensation system. Higher el...
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'Recurrent requesters' would wait longer for infoMay 30, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — People who file piles of requests under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act would have to wait longer for responses from public bodies under legislatio...
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Ill. Senate rejects borrowing to pay old billsMay 28, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois senators said "no" to more borrowing Sunday, even if it would have let the state pay its overdue bills. Senators considered one part of a plan to ...
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Big questions surround Ill. electricity planMay 28, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers are considering a plan to let electric companies raise their rates to help pay for modernizing the state's power grid. The 10-year proje...
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Power grid bill moves to House floorMay 27, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A measure that would increase Illinois electric rates to pay for modernizing the power grid was approved overwhelmingly by a House committee Friday. The bi...
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Man imprisoned in Illinois case claims he abducted 39 womenMay 26, 2011 11:00 pm - A convicted kidnapper long suspected in dozens of disappearances now claims that he abducted 39 women and killed some of his victims before he went to prison in 1994, in...
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Blagojevich finishes second day of testimonyMay 26, 2011 11:00 pm - Rod Blagojevich, testifying Friday for a second day, switched his focus from a virtual monologue about his wholesome youth to describing a rough-and-tumble political wor...
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Powerful storms pound Midwest statesMay 26, 2011 12:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — In storm-weary middle America, many people were counting themselves fortunate after powerful storms swept through the region for the third time in fo...
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Images: Storms pound MidwestMay 26, 2011 12:00 am - In storm-weary middle America, many people were counting themselves fortunate after powerful storms swept through the region for the third time in four days but apparent...
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Diocese ends adoptions over gay rights lawMay 26, 2011 12:00 am - A Catholic diocese in northern Illinois said Thursday that it will end its state-funded adoption and foster-care program rather than comply with a new law that would req...