Articles filed under Illinois
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EIU accepts salary deferment offer from faculty unionMar 24, 2016 7:00 am - CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) - Eastern Illinois University has accepted a faculty union plan to defer more than $2 million in salaries so the university can make payroll until ...
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Peabody tells Illinois it can cover mine closing costsMar 24, 2016 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - Financially troubled Peabody Energy tells Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan it is "committed" to restoring land at its three coal mines in the stat...
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Bloomington considers Iowa company to run city's coliseumMar 24, 2016 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - The city of Bloomington has chosen an Iowa company to operate the city-owned, 7,000-seat U.S. Cellular Coliseum. City Manager David Hales on Wed...
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Peoria airport to name international terminal for Ray LaHoodMar 24, 2016 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Peoria's airport is naming its new international terminal after Ray LaHood to honor the hometown Republican who represented the city in Congress for ...
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Trustee board increases SIU-Carbondale tuition by 3 percentMar 24, 2016 7:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Southern Illinois University's board of trustees has voted to increase tuition next year at the school's Carbondale campus by 3 percent. The vo...
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Jurors to start deliberating Rockford police shooting caseMar 24, 2016 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A civil lawsuit filed against the city of Rockford by a church where police shot and killed an unarmed black man in 2009 is headed to the jury. The...
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Lester: College of DuPage's legal tab at $3.9 million and growingMar 24, 2016 5:20 am - The College of DuPage's legal bills since last May have now reached at least $3.9 million and are only climbing, according to a memo I obtained in recent days. The tab c...
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Rauner's office was interested in College of DuPage trustee pickMar 24, 2016 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner's office showed interest in the process to appoint a new College of DuPage board member to break a deadlock following the surprise resignation of Kathy...
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Rauner supports plan to privately fund Illinois fairgroundsMar 23, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says private donors could help pay for repairs to the state's fairgrounds. A bipartisan measure sponsored by Republic...
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Illinois village leader arrested on drug, firearms chargesMar 23, 2016 7:00 am - HEBRON, Ill. (AP) - The president of a northern Illinois village has been charged with drug and firearms offenses after police say they found cocaine, crack pipes and a ...