Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois GOP calls Democrats' college spending bill a hoaxJan 28, 2016 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Democrats have approved $721.5 million for tuition grants and community colleges, but Republicans call it an empty promise because the ...
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Recorded interrogation shown at ex-prosecutor's murder trialJan 28, 2016 6:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - The fourth day of a trial for a former Illinois prosecutor accused of killing his wife on Valentine's Day in 2006 has focused on a two-hour videotape...
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Illinois sues dairy over fish-killing sewage runoffJan 28, 2016 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois dairy faces a lawsuit that claims runoff from the operation's septic system killed hundreds of thousands of fish. Illinois At...
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Illinois sets spring football for April 16Jan 28, 2016 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Illinois will hold its annual spring game on April 16 in Champaign. The team announced Thursday that the Orange and Blue Game will be at 1 p.m. at...
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Carle to appeal to Illinois Supreme Court on tax exemptionsJan 28, 2016 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois health care system plans to appeal a court ruling involving whether hospitals should pay taxes. Urbana-based Carle health system said Thu...
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Sentencing delayed after Dennis Hastert nearly diedJan 28, 2016 12:00 am - A federal judge agreed Thursday to delay Dennis Hastert's sentencing in a hush-money case after his attorney said the former U.S. House Speaker nearly died in November f...
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1,750 U of Illinois union workers wait 2 weeks for back payJan 27, 2016 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - Officials say that about 1,750 union employees at the University of Illinois who ratified new contracts will have to wait two weeks for negotiated ba...
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Western Illinois laying off 30 as it waits for state moneyJan 27, 2016 6:00 am - MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - Western Illinois University is firing 30 faculty members as the school tries to cut costs while it waits for long-overdue state funding. University t...
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Opening statements given in ex-Illinois prosecutor's trialJan 27, 2016 6:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - The trial of a former Illinois prosecutor accused of killing his wife on Valentine's Day in 2006 got underway Wednesday with a special prosecutor sho...
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Rockford Christmas tree getting new life as tableJan 27, 2016 6:00 am - DURAND, Ill. (AP) - The towering Christmas tree that illuminated downtown Rockford this holiday season is getting a second life as a custom-designed wood table. Members ...