Articles filed under Illinois
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Businesses, others still not getting paid in Illinois' budget warDec 29, 2015 4:00 am - One business cries out, 'Please help!'
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Will Elgin's Rep. Moeller get to stay on 2016 ballot?Dec 29, 2015 12:00 am - A Democratic state lawmaker facing potential removal from the 2016 ballot for signing a Republican's petitions argues she should get to run because she signed her own fi...
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7-year-old Kankakee girl dies in house fireDec 28, 2015 6:00 am - KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - Authorities in Kankakee say a 7-year-old girl has died in a house fire. Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner identified the girl as T'Niyah Hale. Au...
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Illinois activates emergency center due to winter stormDec 28, 2015 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois officials say the State Emergency Operations Center in Springfield has been activated in response to threats of winter weather and flooding. The ...
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Much of Illinois State Museum management leaves amid closureDec 28, 2015 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Most of the management team at the Illinois State Museum has retired or taken other jobs amid the museum's closure due to a lack of a state budg...
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Kentuckians identified as southern Illinois drowning victimsDec 28, 2015 6:00 am - PATOKA, Ill. (AP) - A Kentucky couple and their three children headed to visit family in Minnesota have been identified as the weekend drowning victims caught in a rain-...
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East St. Louis ousts city manager after 4 months on jobDec 28, 2015 6:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - The merry-go-round of East St. Louis city government continued to spin Monday as elected leaders jettisoned a city manager hired only after l...
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AP Exclusive: Schools ease athlete penalties for marijuanaDec 28, 2015 6:00 am - LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - At least one-third of the Power Five conference schools are not punishing athletes as harshly as they were 10 years ago for testing positive for mar...
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Illinois' official pie among 2016 new lawsDec 27, 2015 6:20 am - The coming of a new year means 237 new state laws take effect on Jan. 1, with a full state budget not among them. Some new laws are serious reflections of the time, inte...
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Illinois Teacher of Year to train others, conduct workshopsDec 27, 2015 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' 2016 Teacher of the Year won't be returning to her classroom in Peoria in January. The (Peoria) Journal Star reports (http://bit.ly/1ZuzZXp...