Articles filed under Illinois
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Governor Quinn to sign credit card lawAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - A new law Gov. Pat Quinn plans to sign would clamp down on credit card marketing on college campuses. Under the law, credit card companies wouldn't be able to give out T...
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Blagojevich gets fresh legal firepowerAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich already has a sizable team of criminal defense attorneys working on his political corruption case. Now, Chicago attorney Jay Edelson has been...
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Quinn signs environmentally friendly billsAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation that he says will benefit the environment. Quinn on Monday signed one bill that prohibits health care institutions from flushing me...
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Quinn U of I trustees have 'few more days'Aug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn says University of Illinois trustees should have more time to reflect on his call for their resignations following a report on an admissions scandal at th...
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Belleville mother pleads not guilty in heat deathAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- A southern Illinois mother whose 1-year-old daughter died after she was left in a hot parked car in rural Belleville has pleaded not guilty to charges of e...
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LeBron promises shoes to Ill. kidsAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- About 50 central Illinois kids are waiting for new Nikes courtesy of LeBron James. The NBA star told children gathered Monday at State Farm Insurance's he...
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Man gets 6 six months in jail for yawningAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Drowsy spectators in one Will County courtroom might want to stifle their yawns. A 33-year-old suburban Chicago man is facing six months in jail for yawning in Judge Dan...
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Traffic to be changed around Illinois State FairAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- It's almost Illinois State Fair time and transportation officials say that means there will be changes in the flow of traffic around the fairgrounds. The ...
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Ill. man charged in bombing may be releasedAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - PHOENIX -- A federal judge said he'll decide by the end of the day on Tuesday whether to release one of two alleged white supremacists charged in a 2004 bombing that inj...
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Hynes taps Elk Grove native to run campaignAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Elk Grove Village native Michael Rendina, who ran the successful campaign of Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster in the far west suburban 14th District, has been hired to r...