Articles filed under Illinois
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'Urgency is required': Pritzker promises to fix DCFSMay 15, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois' child welfare agency reviewed 1,100 of its ongoing abuse and neglect cases as part of a stepped-up effort to right a department that has been cri...
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Transgender inmate sues; seeks transfer to female prisonMay 14, 2019 7:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - A transgender prisoner is suing Illinois' Department of Corrections, accusing it of doing too little to protect her from abuse for over 15 ye...
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Apps cost too much? Court allows suit adding to Apple's woesMay 14, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumers can pursue a lawsuit complaining that iPhone apps cost too much, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday, adding to Apple's woes that already inclu...
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Pritzker, legislators promote strengthening of Move Over LawMay 14, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has joined with state lawmakers in promoting legislation that would increase penalties for drivers who don't slow or...
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Today in HistoryMay 14, 2019 7:00 am - Today in History Today is Tuesday, May 14, the 134th day of 2019. There are 231 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 14, 1955, representatives fro...
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Sports betting at Wrigley, Soldier Field? Some proposals would allow itMay 14, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Sports betting could take place at the homes of the White Sox, the Bears, the Bulls and the Cubs depending on which details emerge in a final bill to legal...
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Prison sentence handed man who left baby in soybean fieldMay 13, 2019 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - An 18-year prison sentence has been handed a central Illinois man found guilty but mentally ill of attempted murder and child abduction. Thomas Boitn...
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Lindenwood University to end daytime programs in BellevilleMay 13, 2019 7:00 am - ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri-based university will end daytime undergraduate programs at its campus in Belleville, Illinois, after the 2019-2020 academic year. St....
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Mayor quits after being charged with soliciting a prostituteMay 13, 2019 7:00 am - SANDWICH, Ill. (AP) - The mayor of a northern Illinois city has resigned after being named one of nine people charged in a police investigation into soliciting a prostit...
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EXCHANGE: Kids get their day in processing emotionsMay 12, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Nine-year-old Ben Turner of Springfield said there were times he felt he didn't fit in at school, not growing up with a father. Nathan Turner di...