Articles filed under Illinois
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Southern Illinois University expects cuts amid funding lossMar 10, 2016 6:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Southern Illinois University expects to lay off several hundred employees if it loses over $45 million in state funding in the budget for fiscal ...
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Hoffman Estates drum corps to join London New Year's paradeMar 10, 2016 6:00 am - HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) - The Royal Airs Drum and Bugle Corps from Hoffman Estates will be featured in London's 2017 New Year's Day Parade. Officials say Lord Mayor D...
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Man, woman found slain inside Joliet auto body shopMar 10, 2016 6:00 am - JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - A man and a woman have been found slain inside an auto body shop in Joliet. Police say the owner of the business found the bodies shortly before noon...
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Armadillos in Illinois? SIU tracks them hereMar 10, 2016 6:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - The northward migration of a mammal more commonly associated with Texas, Florida and other warm-weather states is the subject of new research by ...
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Lessons from the last GOP contested convention: Reagan in 1976Mar 10, 2016 12:00 am - The last time Republicans traveled to their summer convention without a clear nominee to be crowned, Illinois native Ronald Reagan lost to Gerald Ford. Operating outside...
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Knox County Courthouse remodeling gets new funding sourceMar 09, 2016 6:00 am - GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) - Upkeep of the historic Knox County Courthouse in Galesburg looks more likely with revenue earmarked from a landfill dumping fee. The (Galesburg) R...
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Illinois businessman gets over 2 years for tax evasionMar 09, 2016 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A Douglas County businessman has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for failing to pay income tax. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Sp...
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Illinois advances bill to end tampon taxMar 09, 2016 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois lawmakers advanced a measure to exempt feminine hygiene and incontinence products from the state sales tax. The Senate revenue committe...
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Pedal-pubs get Champaign city OKMar 09, 2016 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Champaign city officials are pumping up the idea of the pedal-pub. The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1TtJCp4 ) the city council ...
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Exonerated Illinois man wants his lawsuit sent to juryMar 09, 2016 6:00 am - TUSCOLA, Ill. (AP) - An attorney for a man who was wrongfully convicted of murder in the death of a 22-year-old Illinois State University student argued in a Douglas Cou...