Articles filed under Illinois
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Schaumburg share of Roselle Road ramp cost is $988,310Mar 09, 2016 12:00 am - Schaumburg will pay $988,310 toward the Roselle Road interchange on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90), according to an intergovernmental agreement finalized this w...
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Illinois awaits decision on federal flood assistanceMar 08, 2016 6:00 am - ALTON, Ill. (AP) - Illinois communities affected by historic flooding more than two months ago are still waiting to hear whether they will receive assistance from the fe...
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Illinois lawmakers seek to expand concealed carry lawMar 08, 2016 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois legislators from both parties are continuing to fine-tune the state's concealed carry law nearly three years after it was passed. The S...
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Rural Illinois wildlife park set to openMar 08, 2016 6:00 am - ARCOLA, Ill. (AP) - A planned wildlife park is set to open outside a small, eastern Illinois town. Owner James Aikman tells The News-Gazette in Champaign (http://bit.ly/...
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No state funding in millions U of Illinois will pay coachMar 08, 2016 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois is spending tens of millions of dollars to hire its new football coach. And the school's leaders say they anticipated q...
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Illinois man gets almost 20 years for extorting women onlineMar 08, 2016 6:00 am - EFFINGHAM, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois man has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for extorting women and producing child pornography. The Effingham Daily News (htt...
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Is Illinois second worst for property taxes in U.S.? Sort ofMar 08, 2016 12:00 am - Only residents of the Garden State are paying more property taxes this year than those living in the Land of Lincoln. That's according to a report issued Tuesday by Wall...
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Duckworth, Kirk trade critiques over 'standing up' tweetMar 08, 2016 12:00 am - A deleted post to Twitter that said U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth "has a sad record of not standing up" on veterans issues caused a stir online Tuesday, a week before Illino...
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Illinois GOP chairman: Get behind winner, even if it's TrumpMar 08, 2016 12:00 am - Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider says the state organization will get behind the nominee for president whoever it is after the March 15 primary election....
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Eureka College to plan memorial for Nancy ReaganMar 07, 2016 6:00 am - EUREKA, Ill. (AP) - The president of Ronald Reagan's alma mater Eureka College says the Illinois school will have a public memorial for Nancy Reagan. Eureka College Pres...