Articles filed under Illinois
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Rauner budget hits hospitals, nursing homesFeb 22, 2015 12:00 am - CHICAGO - In proposing to cut Illinois' Medicaid program by $1.5 billion, Gov. Bruce Rauner has chosen to go toe-to-toe with three powerful business lobbies: retail phar...
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St. Clair judge: Funding shortage could delay court casesFeb 21, 2015 10:00 pm - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - St. Clair County's chief judge says court cases will be delayed if state funding to pay court reporters doesn't arrive soon. The Belleville News-...
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Report: Few sex crimes prosecuted in southern IllinoisFeb 21, 2015 10:00 pm - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Thousands of sex crimes reported to police in southern Illinois aren't being prosecuted, even though most victims can identify their attackers. A...
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Iowa Gov. Branstad's cannabis oil idea faces roadblocksFeb 21, 2015 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Gov. Terry Branstad has suggested Iowa residents could one day buy cannabis oil in neighboring Illinois, a move that industry experts say has maj...
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Lawmaker wants to make more fireworks legal, tax salesFeb 21, 2015 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois lawmaker wants to make it legal to sell fireworks such as Roman candles and rockets in the state. The (Champaign) News-Gazette repor...
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Illinois lawmakers propose dozens of bills aimed at gun lawsFeb 21, 2015 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois lawmakers have proposed dozens of bills to tweak the state's gun laws. The Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises reports that (http://b...
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Why no state vegetable? Question spurs Illinois class to actFeb 20, 2015 10:00 pm - CHATHAM, Ill. (AP) - A class of fourth-graders in central Illinois was learning about state symbols when students stumbled upon a puzzling question: Why does Illinois ha...
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U of I approves $3 mil in facility improvementsFeb 20, 2015 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois State University Board of Trustees has approved nearly $3 million to improve campus facilities and systems. University officials ha...
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Democrats: We must better explain what it means to be a DemFeb 20, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats are struggling to answer a simple question - "What's a Democrat?" - and must do a better job of explaining their core values to voters, accor...
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Illinois man gets 8 years in prison for pesticide fraudFeb 20, 2015 10:00 pm - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois man has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison after selling a pond-clearing solution that included a pesticide not inten...