Articles filed under Illinois
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Nearly 800,000 can clear records for pot possession. Here's how.Jun 27, 2019 5:30 am - SPRINGFIELD - For decades, getting caught with a small amount of marijuana could put Illinois residents in jail for up to six months and perhaps worse. The criminal reco...
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Supreme Court refuses to intervene in gerrymandering cases: What Illinois lawmakers want to doJun 27, 2019 1:00 am - Saying it's none of its business, a 5-4 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that partisan gerrymandering of congressional and state legislative districts w...
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The Latest: Zhang family says no promise body would be foundJun 26, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Latest on the offer by a former U of I student to locate body in exchange for a life sentence (all times local): 3:25 p.m. The family of a scholar fro...
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Marijuana legalization allows criminal record clearingJun 26, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - There are nearly 800,000 criminal records in Illinois for marijuana possession despite a new state law legalizing it. So part of the legislation...
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Ice cream company owner pleads guilty to child porn chargesJun 26, 2019 7:00 am - WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - The owner of a northern Illinois ice cream company has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges. Martin Hey Sr., the owner of Hey Brothers Ice Cr...
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Kenya court stops building of coal plant in heritage siteJun 26, 2019 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A Kenyan environmental tribunal Wednesday blocked the construction of a government-backed coal power plant in Lamu County, which hosts a UNESCO wor...
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Defense: Chinese scholar's killer offered to locate bodyJun 26, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Lawyers for a former University of Illinois doctoral student who faces a possible death sentence for kidnapping and killing a visiting scholar from China ...
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Illinois offers $1.5 million in search for resort operatorJun 26, 2019 7:00 am - WHITTINGTON, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is continuing its efforts to find vendors interested in reopening facilities at the Fitzgerrell Sta...
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Where marijuana can and can't be used once law goes into effectJun 26, 2019 5:00 am - While marijuana consumption and possession will become legal for Illinois residents age 21 and older starting Jan. 1, consumption in public places will still be prohibit...
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State financial report is six months lateJun 26, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois officials are six months late publishing an annual document presenting the state's fiscal health in detail, and they are unsure when it will be re...