Articles filed under Illinois
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Recycled pesticide containers to become fence posts, lumberMay 19, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Agriculture is asking farmers and agrichemical facilities to turn in their empty pesticide containers to be recycled....
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Wage increase for Community Care workers heads to SenateMay 19, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois House has approved a measure that would increase wages for the hundreds of thousands of workers who care for seniors. The proposal ...
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Champaign County sex offender gets 120 years in prisonMay 19, 2016 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A Champaign County judge has ordered a 120-year prison sentence for a convicted sex offender who repeatedly molested his girlfriend's 7-year-old daug...
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Plan would let casinos in on fantasy sports bettingMay 19, 2016 1:00 am - Illinois casinos would be allowed to set up daily fantasy sports operations online under a new plan pushed by DraftKings and FanDuel to make sure their games are legal h...
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Why lawmakers split on automatic voter registrationMay 19, 2016 1:00 am - Should people automatically be registered to vote when they renew their driver's licenses? It might sound like a simple idea, but suburban Democrats and Republicans lar...
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Ex-Speaker Hastert ordered to surrender to federal authorities June 22May 19, 2016 1:00 am - Disgraced former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert must surrender to federal authorities by 2 p.m. June 22 to begin serving his 15-month sentence for violating the very ...
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Board declines to act quickly on pipeline constructionMay 18, 2016 7:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa utilities regulators have declined to act quickly on a request to allow a Texas company to begin construction on an oil pipeline across Iowa...
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Illinois Senate panel advances automatic voter registrationMay 18, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A Senate committee has advanced a measure allowing automatic voter registration in Illinois. The measure filed Wednesday and approved by an exec...
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Lee County breathes life into wind farm projectMay 18, 2016 7:00 am - DIXON, Ill. (AP) - A long-delayed wind farm project in north-central Illinois has gained an extension from officials in Lee County. The Green River project would erect u...
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Illinois lawmakers pass marijuana decriminalization billMay 18, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Legislation to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana in Illinois is on its way to Gov. Bruce Rauner's desk. The House appro...