Articles filed under Illinois
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Mattoon memorializes fatal fire truck accidentMar 25, 2016 7:00 am - MATTOON, Ill. (AP) - The fire department in the central Illinois city of Mattoon plans to dedicate a plaque commemorating a fatal collision of two fire trucks 50 years a...
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Rauner: School funding formula rewrite can be done over timeMar 25, 2016 7:00 am - PAXTON, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner says an overhaul of Illinois' outdated school funding formula can be done over time. Rauner supports a rewrite but says the formula...
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Without budget, Illinois owes $2.8B for worker health careMar 25, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois owes roughly $2.8 billion for health care coverage in its state employee group insurance program. The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports ...
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Court rules AFSCME not owed pay raises without appropriationMar 24, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that former Gov. Pat Quinn was correct in 2011 when he denied state workers promised pay raises becaus...
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EIU accepts salary deferment offer from faculty unionMar 24, 2016 7:00 am - CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) - Eastern Illinois University has accepted a faculty union plan to defer more than $2 million in salaries so the university can make payroll until ...
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Peabody tells Illinois it can cover mine closing costsMar 24, 2016 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - Financially troubled Peabody Energy tells Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan it is "committed" to restoring land at its three coal mines in the stat...
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Bloomington considers Iowa company to run city's coliseumMar 24, 2016 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - The city of Bloomington has chosen an Iowa company to operate the city-owned, 7,000-seat U.S. Cellular Coliseum. City Manager David Hales on Wed...
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Peoria airport to name international terminal for Ray LaHoodMar 24, 2016 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Peoria's airport is naming its new international terminal after Ray LaHood to honor the hometown Republican who represented the city in Congress for ...
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Trustee board increases SIU-Carbondale tuition by 3 percentMar 24, 2016 7:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Southern Illinois University's board of trustees has voted to increase tuition next year at the school's Carbondale campus by 3 percent. The vo...
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Jurors to start deliberating Rockford police shooting caseMar 24, 2016 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A civil lawsuit filed against the city of Rockford by a church where police shot and killed an unarmed black man in 2009 is headed to the jury. The...