Articles filed under Illinois
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Berrios' assessor's office gives tax break to firm's lobbying clientMar 09, 2018 4:30 am - Tobacco giant Altria won a lucrative property tax break last year on a Franklin Park factory from the office of Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios, who also is the co-o...
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Man gets 8-year sentence for seeking bribes in AfghanistanMar 08, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois man who worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Afghanistan was sentenced to eight years in prison for accepting bribe...
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Illinois House committee approves credit card marketing banMar 08, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois House committee has approved a bill that would prevent credit card companies from marketing their products on public university and ...
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U of Illinois, graduate student negotiations last overnightMar 08, 2018 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Contract talks are continuing between University of Illinois officials in Champaign-Urbana and striking graduate teaching assistants after an all-...
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Pekin City Hall evacuated when pipe bomb found, detonatedMar 08, 2018 6:00 am - PEKIN, Ill. (AP) - Discovery of an apparent pipe bomb prompted the evacuation of the building that houses Pekin's City Hall and police department. The Pe...
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East-central Illinois participates in Stop the BleedMar 08, 2018 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Nearly 1,200 school employees in east and central Illinois have been trained since last year on how to stop life-threatening bleeding. Carle Found...
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Illinois teen faces felonies after school threats foundMar 08, 2018 6:00 am - O'FALLON, Ill. (AP) - A 15-year-old southern Illinois boy is in custody and faces felony charges after authorities say he made threats against an elementary school. Offi...
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Miller Park Zoo in Illinois welcomes birth of 2 otter pupsMar 08, 2018 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Miller Park Zoo in Illinois is celebrating the birth of two male otter pups and will auction off the chance to name the newborns. North American...
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Ill. House seeks accounting of Quincy Legionnaires' crisisMar 07, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois House is urging Gov. Bruce Rauner to provide a full accounting of the Legionnaires' disease crisis at the Quincy veterans' home. Th...
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Court grants resentencing for Peoria man in double killingMar 07, 2018 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois appellate court has ordered a resentencing hearing for a Peoria man convicted of killing a mother and daughter more than a decade ago. Ma...