Articles filed under Illinois
-
FutureGen, Energy Department reach new plant dealAug 31, 2009 11:00 pm - MATTOON -- U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says the companies planning to build the experimental FutureGen power plant in east-central Illinois have reached an agreement with the ...
-
Group asks for enforcement of parental notice lawAug 31, 2009 11:00 pm - The Illinois Supreme Court is being asked to make sure regulators are holding doctors immediately accountable for notifying unmarried girls' parents before performing a...
-
Man was reportedly texting before fatal crashAug 31, 2009 11:00 pm - CHARLESTON -- Coles County authorities say a man accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter in an accident on Aug. 19 was allegedly under the influence of alcohol and dr...
-
State payroll official nixes raises despite Quinn vetoAug 31, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The state official in charge of payroll has no plans to start writing bigger paychecks for lawmakers even though a plan changing how raises occur was vetoe...
-
Blago sprays the blame for ouster all over state's political sceneAug 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says in a new book that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel wanted his help in arranging to leave the Obama administration after...
-
Group launches Great Lakes education campaignAug 31, 2009 11:00 pm - A group devoted to protecting Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes is launching an education campaign to increase public awareness of the importance of the largest so...
-
50,000 felons released without submitting DNAAug 31, 2009 11:00 pm - About 50,000 felons have been released from Illinois prisons and county probation systems without submitting DNA samples. Under Illinois law, every felon sentenced on or...
-
Faculty puts off vote on U of I president, chancellorAug 31, 2009 11:00 pm - URBANA -- The University of Illinois' Faculty Senate has decided to wait two weeks before voting on whether to recommend the school start looking for replacements for Pr...
-
State reports first human case of West Nile virusAug 30, 2009 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- Health officials say a 50-something person in southwestern Illinois is the state's first human case of West Nile virus for 2009. The Illinois Department of...
-
U of I Global Campus staff notified of layoffsAug 30, 2009 11:00 pm - URBANA -- The University of Illinois has notified the staff of its online Global Campus program that they will be laid off. Of the program's 32 staffers, 20 will be laid...