Articles filed under Illinois
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Siloam Springs State Park getting rails for hitching horsesMay 25, 2016 7:00 am - CLAYTON, Ill. (AP) - Siloam Springs State Park in western Illinois is getting 25 new metal hitching rails to give horseback riders a place to tie up horses. The park's o...
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APNewsBreak: Rauner board asked builders to lobby lawmakersMay 25, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Good-government advocates are criticizing the head of an agency that manages state construction projects for asking builders to lobby lawmakers ...
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Illinois House fails to override veto of union billMay 25, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois House Democrats failed to overturn a veto from Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on a bill that would let an arbitrator settle state-employe...
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1 suspect in shooting death of woman turns himself inMay 25, 2016 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - One man suspected of killing a woman in downtown St. Louis carjacking before throwing her 9-month-old baby out of the car has turned himself in. Police ...
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Legal medical marijuana on deck as Ohio lawmakers near breakMay 25, 2016 7:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A proposal to legalize medical marijuana in Ohio squeaked through the state Senate on Wednesday over the opposition of some Republicans and Democra...
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Man resentenced to life in prison in Alton teens' deathsMay 25, 2016 7:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A 35-year-old man has been resentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting two unarmed teenagers in southwestern Illinois in 1997. Terril Wi...
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Illinois man charged in fatal downtown St. Louis carjackingMay 25, 2016 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - A 19-year-old Illinois man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with a downtown St. Louis carjacking in which a 9-month-old was throw...
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Rauner veto of union plan sticks, with suburban Democrats' helpMay 25, 2016 1:00 am - Two suburban Democrats joined with Republicans today to block one of public employee unions' top priorities in their ongoing disputes with Gov. Bruce Rauner. Suburban De...
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Illinois: Publicly owned resort should be demolishedMay 24, 2016 7:00 am - SHELBYVILLE, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says a troubled, state-owned resort in eastern Illinois that has been closed since 2009 should be d...
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Healey, other AGs ask Congress to fund gun violence researchMay 24, 2016 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is urging Congress to fund research into gun violence. Healey sent a letter to Congress Tuesday seeking direct ...