Articles filed under Illinois
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Some lawmakers wary of plan to move foster children into managed health careSep 10, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois is about to overhaul the way it provides health care to an estimated 74,000 of the state's most vulnerable children and young adults, and the pros...
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No one hurt in downstate derailmentSep 10, 2019 1:00 am - DUPO, Ill. - A freight train believed to be bearing a flammable liquid used in solvents derailed in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis Tuesday, causing a fire that sent thi...
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Illinois Secure Choice program takes aim at 'retirement crisis'Sep 10, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - More than 24,000 private-sector workers in Illinois have collectively stashed away more than $5 million in retirement savings since January as part of a ne...
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Ransomware locks Rockford Public Schools' phones, internetSep 09, 2019 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Public schools in Rockford, Illinois are operating without internet, telephone or computer systems that track student attendance because of a ranso...
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Springfield to consider cannabis zoning, taxesSep 09, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Officials in Illinois' capitol city will begin debating regulations on growing and selling recreational marijuana before it becomes legal Jan. 1...
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Yingling bill to target use of ethylene oxideSep 09, 2019 1:00 am - State Rep. Sam Yingling plans to introduce legislation banning the use of the cancer-causing gas ethylene oxide as a sterilizer and significantly capping its use in manu...
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EXCHANGE: As shootings increase, churches bolster securitySep 08, 2019 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - When it comes to safety, Minier Christian Church has decided not to turn the other cheek. Church leaders and members of the congregation recently fin...
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EXCHANGE: Efforts to make Urbana-Champaign ag tech centerSep 08, 2019 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Keeping startup companies in town, touting national expertise in agricultural technology and "med tech," and offering living costs and amenities t...
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AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EDTSep 08, 2019 7:00 am - A Purdue bankruptcy would make opioids cases even messier State and local governments have sought billions of dollars from Purdue Pharma as a way to hold the company and...
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Officials: Fewer sites available for disabled hunters' eventSep 08, 2019 7:00 am - LOVES PARK, Ill. (AP) - State officials say fewer sites are available for a turkey and deer hunting event for hunters with disabilities because of improvement work at a ...