Articles filed under Illinois
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Report: Powerful Illinois speaker Madigan recorded in probeJan 29, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago newspaper reported Tuesday that a lengthy federal court affidavit says the FBI secretly recorded Illinois' powerful House speaker in 2014 discus...
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Lincoln library, museum, to tell history through artifactsJan 29, 2019 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is launching a new educational program designed tell the history of the nation's 16th presid...
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Cold forces Thursday closing of public schoolsJan 29, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The frigid weather blanketing Illinois means Chicago Public School students will get to spend another day at home. District officials announced Tuesday th...
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Mississippi lighting factory to close after business soldJan 29, 2019 6:00 am - OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. (AP) - A.L.P. Lighting Components is closing a 68-worker factory in northwest Mississippi, after it sold the business to another company. A.L.P. noti...
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Plunging temperatures send Illinois lawmakers homeJan 29, 2019 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Predicted severe weather conditions have forced the Illinois House to cancel sessions the rest of the week. The House met Tuesday and adopted ru...
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Alton woman indicted in daughter's diabetes-related deathJan 29, 2019 6:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois woman has been indicted in connection with her daughter's death and is accused of trying to hide the 14-year-old's diabetes...
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Illinois fairgrounds venue renamed Coliseum of ChampionsJan 29, 2019 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois State Fairgrounds Coliseum has a new name and is expected to reopen for this year's fair after being closed for repairs and renovat...
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State Senate education panel: Digital snow days don't count as class timeJan 29, 2019 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - There was general agreement at the Senate Education Committee meeting Tuesday that the definition of a "school day" is changing, but the committee voted un...
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Schillerstrom resigns as tollway chairman amid agency churnJan 29, 2019 12:00 am - A pivotal figure at the Illinois tollway for the last four years has resigned amid scrutiny of the agency and a legislative push to clean house. Chairman Robert Schiller...
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What's new with Illinois' standardized test for elementary, middle school studentsJan 29, 2019 12:00 am - Illinois students taking the state's new standardized test this spring can expect to find the questions and format similar to the previous exam's. What's different is h...