Articles filed under Illinois
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Lawmakers approve plan to protect monarch butterfly habitatsNov 07, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois lawmakers have approved a plan proponents say will help protect the habitat of monarch butterflies. The proposal would prohibit countie...
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Illinois nonprofit to dissolve to settle fraud lawsuitNov 07, 2017 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois attorney general has announced a settlement by the state and more than 20 other states in a lawsuit accusing a Rockford-based veterans...
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Police: 6-year-old weighed 17 pounds at death; parents chargedNov 07, 2017 12:00 am - JERSEYVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A downstate father and stepmother are charged with first-degree murder in the starvation death of their 6-year-old boy who authorities say weigh...
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Data: 116 state jobs moved to Springfield in past 2 yearsNov 06, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A Springfield-area lawmaker who wants to bring more state jobs to the Illinois capital city says new data show more work needs to be done on the...
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Groups raising funds to preserve, relocate Rockford muralsNov 06, 2017 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - An effort is underway to preserve 13 mosaic murals created by a group of Rockford high school students more than 15 years ago. The Rockford Registe...
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Judge to rule on trial delay in Chinese scholar's caseNov 06, 2017 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A federal judge in central Illinois must decide in coming days whether to grant a defense motion to delay the trial of a 28-year-old man accused of k...
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Copy of Gettysburg Address to be on display in SpringfieldNov 06, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - One of the five surviving copies of the Gettysburg Address written by Abraham Lincoln will be on display this month in Springfield. Officials wi...
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Appellate court rules against Rauner on pay increasesNov 06, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Fifth District Appellate Court in Mount Vernon has ruled that Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration should be paying unionized state workers sc...
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Donated Army uniform leads to Genoa tribute to soldierNov 05, 2017 6:00 am - GENOA, Ill. (AP) - A donated U.S. Army uniform has led to an exhibit of a Vietnam War soldier's life at the Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Society and Museum. It's a tribute...
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Grand opening for student union at UIS set for mid-JanuaryNov 05, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Officials say the student union at the University of Illinois in Springfield will open in January after a $21.7 million construction project. ...