Articles filed under Illinois
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Man in jail more than 2 years on gun charges releasedNov 23, 2015 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A man who spent more than two years in jail on gun charges in Champaign County has been released after a judge says that the state didn't bring him t...
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DeKalb City Council to consider pay raises for its membersNov 23, 2015 6:00 am - DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - The DeKalb City Council is debating whether its members should get a pay raise. The (DeKalb) Daily Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/1jeMTbA ) Alderma...
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Election filing starts today in IllinoisNov 23, 2015 4:45 am - A full state budget hasn't been approved since before Illinois' last election, but candidates today will start running in the next one. Candidates for offices as high as...
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Illinois AG Madigan to release annual safe shopping guideNov 23, 2015 12:00 am - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has released a list of toys and children's products that have been recalled. With her 2015 Safe Shopping Guide, Madigan gives desc...
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Rauner: State will prep loans for cash-strapped suburbsNov 23, 2015 12:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration said Monday it's preparing to make loans to communities and state vendors after legislation to send communities a long-delayed share o...
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Primary contests for Congress take shape. Who's running?Nov 23, 2015 12:00 am - Illinois contenders for U.S. Senate wasted no time trying to get on the primary election ballots today, and suburban races for the U.S. House are starting to officially ...
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Officials see uptick in historic renovations in SpringfieldNov 22, 2015 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Officials say they're seeing an uptick in historic renovation projects in the Springfield area thanks to low interest rates, federal historic ta...
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Former nursing home employee charged in battery of patientNov 22, 2015 6:00 am - GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) - A former Galesburg nursing home employee faces a battery charge stemming from the death of an elderly nursing home patient. Twenty-five-year-old C...
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Report: $7M in repairs needed for S. Illinois housing unitsNov 22, 2015 6:00 am - CAIRO, Ill. (AP) - A new report says it will cost more than $7 million to make two apartment complexes operated by a troubled Southern Illinois public housing authority ...
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Why Illinois budget deal unlikely before 2016Nov 22, 2015 12:00 am - Much attention is being focused on a Dec. 1 sit-down between Gov. Bruce Rauner and legislative leaders as Illinois approaches the five-month mark without a state budget....