Articles filed under Illinois
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Effort to ban red-light cameras from smaller suburbs moves to full HouseApr 21, 2015 1:00 am - A plan to eliminate red-light cameras throughout the suburbs is changing, and state Rep. David McSweeney, a Barrington Hills Republican, won preliminary approval to bani...
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House OKs plan to allow cameras in nursing home roomsApr 21, 2015 1:00 am - A proposal that would allow nursing home residents and their families to install cameras in their rooms to monitor what goes on is moving forward in Springfield. The leg...
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Rauner's plan would increase pension penalties for schoolsApr 20, 2015 5:30 am - A law aimed at curbing late-career pay raises for educators continues to sting some suburban school districts with six-figure costs. And now a new proposal from Gov. Bru...
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Little chance state school funding overhaul will pass, lawmakers sayApr 20, 2015 5:30 am - Support wanes for efforts to rebalance
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Wauconda entrepreneur takes corn whiskey out of the back woodsApr 20, 2015 5:00 am - David Cunningham of Wauconda aims to take the production of corn whiskey to new levels, just as craft beer became a growing industry in recent years. Cunningham is the ...
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AT&T to launch GigaPower in suburbsApr 20, 2015 1:00 am - AT&T, which has its Midwest headquarters in Hoffman Estates, said Monday it has launched its U-verse GigaPower in parts of Elgin, Oswego, Plainfield, Skokie, Yorkville a...
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Kirk gives national broadcast speech on IranApr 18, 2015 5:30 am - U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk gave Republicans' national weekly address to the country Saturday, directing stern words toward Iran. "Stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons is ...
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Federal College of DuPage probe won't hamper state audit push yetApr 16, 2015 1:00 am - A federal investigation into the College of DuPage won't stop suburban lawmakers from pushing for a state audit of the community college, at least for now. The federal i...
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Obama signs Roskam Medicare planApr 16, 2015 1:00 am - President Barack Obama Thursday signed into law a plan from U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam to try to curb fraud in the Medicare system. The proposal will, among other things, be...
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Money race begins for Congress next yearApr 16, 2015 1:00 am - Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering showed some fundraising skills in the opening months of her bid for Congress, raising nearly $366,000 in the first quarter of the year...