Articles filed under Illinois
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Raoul rejects reported settlement with OxyContin makerSep 12, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week said he would reject a settlement with opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma under its reported current terms. ...
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Vendors named to provide safety training to cannabis sellersSep 11, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - State officials have authorized 26 businesses to provide health and safety training to operators who dispense cannabis in Illinois. The Departme...
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Ex-professor accused of sexually exploiting students in suitSep 11, 2019 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A federal lawsuit filed against a former University of Illinois associate professor on Asian cultures accuses him of sexually and emotionally exploit...
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Born in the shadow of 9/11, generation grows up affected by terrorist attacksSep 11, 2019 5:00 am - Jordan Bruder is too young to remember the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. But she recalls growing up believing the blame for the 9/11 attacks was squarely put “on Mu...
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Lisa Madigan joins Kirkland & Ellis law firmSep 11, 2019 1:00 am - Former Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who has been relatively out of the spotlight after announcing she wouldn't seek reelection two years ago, has joined Kirkl...
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Judge: Hastert victim broke terms of $3.5M hush-money dealSep 11, 2019 1:00 am - A former student who Dennis Hastert sexually abused decades ago breached an unwritten $3.5 million hush-money agreement with the former U.S. House speaker by telling fam...
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Anne Burke 'humbled and honored' to become chief justice of Illinois Supreme CourtSep 11, 2019 1:00 am - Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke will become the next chief justice of the state's highest court. Burke, the wife of indicted Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, has ser...
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No fare hikes as Metra relishes capital infusionSep 11, 2019 1:00 am - After years of gloomy budget forecasts, Metra riders Wednesday received a reprieve from fare hikes in 2020. The railroad has an estimated $1.45 billion in new money comi...
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Former nursing home chaplain gets 26 years on sex chargesSep 10, 2019 7:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - The former chaplain for a western Illinois nursing home has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for sex abuse charges involving both a child and eld...
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Police: Man who killed himself in Nebraska killed Iowa clerkSep 10, 2019 7:00 am - BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) - Police in eastern Iowa say they've determined that an Illinois man who shot and killed himself as he fled troopers in western Nebraska last month...