Articles filed under Illinois
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Caterpillar weighed down by slowing global economic growthOct 22, 2015 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Caterpillar was stung by ongoing weakness in the mining and oil and gas industries during the third quarter and revenue fell short of expectations. T...
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Inmate population dwindling at work camp planned for closureOct 22, 2015 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The number of inmates at a southern Illinois work camp that Gov. Bruce Rauner said he planned to close has dropped considerably. According to th...
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Illinois village of Tolono ditches idea of coyote huntOct 22, 2015 7:00 am - TOLONO, Ill. (AP) - Officials in the eastern Illinois community of Tolono are dropping the idea of allowing an organized coyote hunt to control the animal's population. ...
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St. Louis panel OKs resolution in bid for spy agency campusOct 22, 2015 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - A committee on St. Louis' governing board is pressing ahead with a resolution listing properties that may be subjected to eminent domain in the city's q...
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Illinois ash borer firewood restrictions droppedOct 22, 2015 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Agriculture says the emerald ash borer has spread to the point that a nearly 10-year-old ban on in-state transportati...
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Rauner responds to Edgar, Thompson criticismOct 22, 2015 1:00 am - Facing criticism from two past Republican governors in recent days, Gov. Bruce Rauner pushed back today, saying Illinois faces harder challenges than when Govs. Jim Thom...
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Medical marijuana to be sold legally in suburbs 'very shortly'Oct 22, 2015 1:00 am - More than two years after lawmakers approved the landmark law, sales of medical marijuana to sick Illinoisans will begin “very shortly,” the program's director says. So ...
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Roskam, Clinton clash at Benghazi hearingOct 22, 2015 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, a Wheaton Republican, clashed with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a daylong hearing Thursday centering on the 2012 terrorist attack...
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Ousted College of DuPage president sues board of trusteesOct 21, 2015 7:00 am - GLEN ELLYN, Ill. (AP) - The ousted president of Illinois' largest community college is suing the school's board of trustees for wrongful termination. Robert Breuder file...
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Rockford man gets 60 years in road-rage killingOct 21, 2015 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A 35-year-old Rockford man has been sentenced to six decades in prison in the 2011 death of a motorist who was gunned down in what authorities call...