Articles filed under Illinois
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Free-speech group sues University of Illinois over policiesJun 05, 2019 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois has become the target of lawsuit claiming the school has violated its students' free-speech rights. Virginia-based Speech ...
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'We're putting our fiscal house in order': Pritzker says gambling, pot will help repair broken stateJun 05, 2019 1:00 am - Bringing a massive casino to Chicago's struggling neighborhoods and legalizing marijuana across Illinois is the price to pay for stabilizing the fiscal basket case that ...
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No state funds for Longmeadow Parkway leaves Lauzen fumingJun 05, 2019 1:00 am - Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen blasted local state lawmakers for not delivering money for the Longmeadow Parkway that would help prevent the need for a toll bri...
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She hit 'record' before falling 7 stories to her death. The footage led to her husband's arrest.Jun 05, 2019 1:00 am - A week and a half after her wedding, Allissa L. Martin plummeted seven stories to her death. The 27-year-old had headed to Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Saturday to catc...
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How Illinois became the first state legislature to legalize marijuana salesJun 05, 2019 1:00 am - Ten states have legalized recreational marijuana use through ballot initiatives. On Friday, Illinois took things one step further, becoming the first state legislature t...
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Buffett foundation pledges $2.8M for Decatur 'sober housing'Jun 04, 2019 7:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - Howard Buffett's foundation plans to build sober housing apartments as part of the $30 million drug treatment campus he's funding in the central Ill...
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Chicago Alderman Burke pleads not guilty in corruption caseJun 04, 2019 1:00 am - One of the most powerful aldermen in Chicago's history has pleaded not guilty to federal political corruption charges. Alderman Edward M. Burke entered the plea Tuesday ...
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Chicago police: 44 injured, 8 killed in weekend shootingsJun 03, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's police chief on Monday decried a "despicable level of violence" during a weekend in which 52 people in the city were shot, eight of them fatally...
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Sheriff says man died after saving daughter from dog attackJun 03, 2019 7:00 am - FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) - Authorities say a man died after saving his 5-year-old daughter from a dog attack in southeast Iowa. Lee County Sheriff Stacy Weber says 33-yea...
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No retrial for Illinois man who served 20 years for murderJun 03, 2019 7:00 am - KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois man who spent nearly two decades in prison for a killing he claims was self-defense will not be retried as ordered by an appellate cour...