Articles filed under Illinois
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House OKs releasing local funding with additional moneyDec 02, 2015 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois House has endorsed a partial spending plan that frees up $1.9 billion for local governments, but also adds money for public safety ...
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40% of ex-judges' pensions higher than old salariesDec 02, 2015 4:28 am - Thousands of former Illinois public employees get more each year in retirement benefits than they were paid when they were actually working, and nowhere is that more pro...
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Mayors a little closer to getting their state moneyDec 02, 2015 12:00 am - Illinois lawmakers Wednesday began approving a rare bipartisan agreement to get some money moving for local mayors, lottery winners and others, but the ongoing budget bi...
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Illinois man faces murder charges in wife, stepson's deathsDec 01, 2015 6:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - A 47-year-old northern Illinois man is accused of beating his wife and teenage stepson to death with a metal baseball bat. Armando Trejo was charge...
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Interim chancellor: Illinois football needed stabilityDec 01, 2015 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The interim chancellor of the University of Illinois' flagship campus says the decision to give interim football coach Bill Cubit a two-year deal was...
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Man charged in library knife attack to get mental examDec 01, 2015 6:00 am - PEKIN, Ill. (AP) - A mental fitness exam will be done on a 19-year-old central Illinois man accused of trying to kill a 75-year-old man and attack children at the Morton...
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Mitsubishi plant in Normal ends productionDec 01, 2015 6:00 am - NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - The Mitsubishi Motors plant in Normal has produced its last vehicle. The plant on Monday ended production of its only vehicle, the Mitsubishi Outland...
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Officials: Prep football championship crowds close to 30,000Dec 01, 2015 6:00 am - DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - Officials in DeKalb say they believe almost 30,000 people attended last weekend's state high school football championship games in spite of cold, wet...
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Aurora rapist gets 6 years for failing to report new addressDec 01, 2015 6:00 am - AURORA, Ill. (AP) - A convicted sex offender from Aurora has been sentenced to six years in prison for repeatedly failing to notify authorities of a new address. Court r...
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Kirk, Duckworth clash over Syrian refugeesDec 01, 2015 12:00 am - Republican U.S. Sen Mark Kirk has begun airing his first TV ad of the 2016 campaign to try to split with Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth over how to handle Syrian r...