Articles filed under Illinois
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Madigan creates task force to examine school fundingMar 04, 2015 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' longtime House speaker is forming a bipartisan task force to examine a way to fix the state's outdated school funding formula. Michael...
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Cornel West cancels speech at U of Illinois over SalaitaMar 04, 2015 10:00 pm - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A prominent civil rights activist and academic has cancelled a speech at the University of Illinois because of the school's decision to rescind a job...
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Illinois man gets 12 years for selling heroinMar 04, 2015 10:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Prosecutors say an Alton man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for selling heroin to a man that later resulted in his death. The U.S. ...
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Correction: Oil Train Derailment-Illinois storyMar 04, 2015 10:00 pm - GALENA, Ill. (AP) - In a story March 5 about a train derailment in northern Illinois, The Associated Press erroneously reported the capacity of older tank cars involved ...
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Plan would ax university employee tuition breaks for kidsMar 04, 2015 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois lawmaker is proposing that the state do away with tuition breaks for children of employees at public universities. A plan from Rep. ...
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Lawmaker wants harsher penalties for scofflaw truckersMar 04, 2015 12:00 am - Lawmakers want to stiffen penalties for truckers who willfully violate safety regulations following a deadly I-88 accident last year near Aurora that killed a tollway wo...
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Illinois medical marijuana patients now number 1,600Mar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The number of Illinois patients getting state approval to use medical marijuana continues to climb. The Illinois Department of Public Health ann...
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Southeastern Container to close Effingham bottle factoryMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - EFFINGHAM, Ill. (AP) - Owners of a plastic soft drink bottle plant in Effingham say they plan to close the factory later this year or early next year. The Effingham Dail...
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$134.5M contract awarded to begin Savannah harbor expansionMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - The federal government has awarded a $134.5 million contract to begin deepening the shipping channel to the Port of Savannah, meaning the long-sough...
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Scott Air Force Base surveys workers on sexual harassmentMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Il. (AP) - Workers in a key Air Mobility Command unit at Scott Air Force Base will meet in gender-specific focus groups to discuss sexual harassmen...