Articles filed under Illinois
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Hearing on Dakota Access Pipeline begins in South DakotaSep 30, 2015 7:00 am - PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Opponents in South Dakota of a proposed $3.8 billion pipeline to move North Dakota oil east say they worry it could contaminate water supplies and fa...
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Lockport mayor wants museum open despite closure orderSep 30, 2015 7:00 am - LOCKPORT, Ill. (AP) - The mayor of Lockport says he's trying to keep open an art gallery that Gov. Bruce Rauner has ordered closed amid state budget cuts. Lockport Mayor...
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VW plant cuts shift, financial arm freezes hiringSep 30, 2015 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - A Volkswagen engine factory said Wednesday it has dropped one shift a week and the company's financial services division imposed a temporary hiring freeze ...
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U of Illinois begins search for dean at new medical schoolSep 30, 2015 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois and the hospital it's working with to open a new engineering-based medical school hope to have the first dean hired by ...
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Bloomington weighing water concerns raised by pipelineSep 30, 2015 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - City staff in Bloomington plan to review concerns raised by an Illinois State University professor about the effect a new oil pipeline might hav...
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St. Clair County settles police coercion lawsuit for $900KSep 30, 2015 7:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - St. Clair County Board members have approved $900,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed sheriff's detectives coerced a 17-year-old into gi...
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Demolition begins at Springfield's Honeywell-Hobbs plantSep 30, 2015 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Demolition work has started at the former Honeywell-Hobbs plant in Springfield. The company said in a statement Tuesday that it expects to finis...
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Quincy moving into 3rd phase of recovery after July stormSep 30, 2015 7:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - The city of Quincy in western Illinois has started the third phase of cleanup after a damaging windstorm in July. The Quincy Herald-Whig reports (htt...
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Jayees accepting nominations for The Outstanding Young Person of Illinois AwardsSep 29, 2015 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Jaycees is currently accepting nominations for 2016 class of The Outstanding Young People. Each year, The Outstanding Young People award...
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Roskam: Boehner move has caused a 'frantic race for position'Sep 29, 2015 12:56 pm - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam described the Republican leadership race in Congress as a "frantic race for position" that needs to slow down. The Wheaton Republican called a mee...