Articles filed under Illinois
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Task force: Let voters decide on dissolving local governmentsJan 04, 2016 12:00 am - A state task force on Monday released more than two dozen recommendations for stopping the proliferation of governments in Illinois — which has the most in the nation — ...
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Presidential candidates work to get on Illinois ballotJan 04, 2016 12:00 am - Republican presidential hopefuls Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump turned in their lists of convention delegates today, as did Democratic candidate Hil...
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More task force ideas on cutting governmentsJan 04, 2016 12:00 am - Here are some of the other recommendations included in the final report from the Local Government Consolidation and Unfunded Mandates Task Force to Gov. Bruce Rauner: • ...
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Rauner backs Chicago mayor recall proposalJan 04, 2016 12:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner said Monday that he'd sign legislation allowing for the recall of the Chicago mayor, though he stressed that he doesn't think it would immediately appl...
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Pyke: Why your license plate sticker could get you a traffic ticketJan 03, 2016 10:00 pm - Got that nagging feeling you've forgotten something? Better go outside and check the date of your license plate sticker. You could be among the thousands of drivers obli...
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Lincoln museum puts sheet music, song books onlineJan 03, 2016 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield is exploring history through music. The museum has placed song books, sheet m...
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Fire destroys roughly 100-year-old warehouseJan 02, 2016 6:00 am - MATTOON, Ill. (AP) - Authorities are investigating a fire that destroyed a two-story central Illinois warehouse that was roughly 100 years old. The Journal Gazette & Tim...
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Shorter Illinois highway emerges from failed interstate bidJan 01, 2016 6:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - A long-planned federal highway across southern Illinois connecting Cape Girardeau, Missouri to Paducah, Kentucky is no more - at least for now. Federal ...
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Peoria mass transit eliminates free bus transfersJan 01, 2016 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Peoria is getting a new fare structure for the city's public transit. The (Peoria) Journal Star reports (http://bit.ly/1P2Hxt2) that it takes effect ...
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Former central Illinois funeral home director faces forgeryJan 01, 2016 6:00 am - TUSCOLA, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois funeral home director without a valid professional license is accused of electronically forging another director's name on death ...