Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois Senate vows swift action on ambitious budget planJan 15, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Senate leaders are hoping to move swiftly on their pledge to advance a state-budget compromise by month's end. The Democratic-controlle...
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Winter a good time for bird watching in IllinoisJan 15, 2017 6:00 am - KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - There are a lot of things that can't be done in Illinois during the winter but bird watching isn't one of them. Chris Gutmann of the Isle a la Cach...
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Man pleads guilty to stealing tree tops from Chippewa forestJan 15, 2017 6:00 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A Grand Rapids man has pleaded guilty to cutting thousands of tree tops from black spruce in the Chippewa National Forest. Seventy-year-old Joseph...
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Illinois schools boost recruitment for substitute teachersJan 14, 2017 6:00 am - CHATHAM, Ill. (AP) - Faced with a shortage of substitute teachers, school districts in Illinois are increasing their recruitment efforts and getting a boost from a new l...
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Adams County to use grant to help mentally ill offendersJan 14, 2017 6:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - Adams County will use a $29,000 state grant to begin a court specifically for nonviolent criminal offenders. The grant announced Thursday comes from ...
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Some parts of Illinois dealing with ice-covered roadwaysJan 14, 2017 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Freezing rain and cold temperatures are causing highways and roads in some parts of middle and southern Illinois to become ice covered. The (Champ...
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Transient charged in death of woman, attack on boyJan 13, 2017 6:00 am - OTTAWA, Ill. (AP) - Prosecutors say a transient has been charged with stabbing to death a rural Illinois woman and assaulting an 11-year-old boy. Murder, predatory sexua...
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Federal agencies budget $42M for Asian carp preventionJan 13, 2017 6:00 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Federal officials say they'll continue efforts to prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, despite uncertainty about what Donald Tru...
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Illinois prepares to celebrate 200 years with new state logoJan 12, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner kicked off planning for the state's 200th birthday by unveiling the bicentennial logo. Rauner showed off the gold-and...
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High Court hears arguments over hospital tax exemptionsJan 12, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Lawyers for a central Illinois hospital and the city of Urbana on Thursday went before the state Supreme Court to argue whether a law allowing n...