Articles filed under Illinois
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State plan calls for $200M to make railroad crossings saferMar 26, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois will spend nearly $200 million over the next five years to help local communities and railroads make railroad crossings safer. The Illi...
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Ex-inmate dies months after release in 1970s murder caseMar 26, 2018 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A 75-year-old central Illinois man who spent 47 years behind bars for a murder he insisted he didn't commit has died just 10 months after his release...
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FTC, states increase pressure on Facebook on privacyMar 26, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. regulators and state attorneys general are increasing pressure on Facebook as they probe whether the company's data-collection practices have hurt t...
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Districts 300, 207 join state program to revise graduation requirementsMar 26, 2018 1:00 am - Six more Illinois school districts are joining a state program to test competency-based high school graduation requirements. Among the newcomers are Algonquin-based Comm...
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Illinois hospital uses new app to communicate with EMSMar 25, 2018 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois hospital has partnered with seven EMS providers to test a new app to improve communications. The Twiage app was created to foster better ...
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Iowa family died of gas asphyxiation at Mexican resortMar 25, 2018 7:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Autopsies indicate an Iowa couple and their two children died from inhaling toxic gas at a rented condo on Mexico's Caribbean coast, but there was no ...
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Illinois smoking ban part of everyday life 10 years laterMar 25, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Ten years after the indoor smoking ban was enacted in Illinois, it has become part of everyday life. The statewide ban went into effect on Jan. ...
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Western Illinois University to keep tuition at same levelsMar 25, 2018 7:00 am - MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - The board of trustees at Western Illinois University has voted to keep costs for the 2018-2019 school year at current levels. The decision at a board...
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Donations keep Rockford trolley on the tracks this summerMar 25, 2018 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A Rockford couple's Go Fund Me effort is keeping a local trolley car on the tracks. The Rockford Register Star reports that Jodi Be...
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Plan would bring $2M gondola to Illinois riverfront cityMar 25, 2018 7:00 am - GRAFTON, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois riverfront community is finalizing a deal for a $2 million gondola and a new shuttle service. The Alton Telegraph reports the gondola wo...