Articles filed under Illinois
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Retired judge running for U.S. Senate seatJul 17, 2009 11:00 pm - MARION -- A retired southern Illinois judge says he wants to be a U.S. senator. Sixty-two-year-old Don Lowery of Dixon Springs in Pope County says he'll be running as a ...
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Social-service groups waiting for details on future cutsJul 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Suburban agencies that serve the poor, the disabled and other at-risk populations aren't exactly sure what to make of the budget approved this week by state lawmakers. O...
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Senate president to review red light camera legislationJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Senate President John Cullerton, who was a chief proponent of red-light cameras, says he plans to take a fresh look at the law and potentially ban sending out automatic ...
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Stimulus funding produces little education excitementJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - When Illinois learned it would get $3 billion in federal stimulus money for education spending, it was easy to envision classrooms across the state getting...
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Illinois man drowns in Lake Vermilion in MinnesotaJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - LAKE VERMILION, Minn., -- Authorities say a 67-year-old Illinois man has drowned on Lake Vermilion in northeastern Minnesota. The St. Louis County rescue squad found Ja...
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Man arrested in deaths of Rockford coupleJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - ROCKFORD -- Police in Rockford have arrested a 24-year-old man wanted in the July 8 bludgeoning deaths of a couple in their 70s. Police say they arrested Omarrian T. Jon...
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As more state cuts loom, hard for agencies to planJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn brags that he got more money in the state budget for social services than lawmakers originally sent him. But it's not so clear-cut...
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Behind the numbers of the new state budgetJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - For months a state budget deficit that's ballooned to nearly $12 billion over two years terrorized taxpayers and lawmakers with talk of tax hikes and massi...
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Police: Vandals topple more than 150 tombstonesJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - ELDORADO -- Authorities are trying to identify the vandals who knocked over more than 150 tombstones in two graveyards in southern Illinois' Saline County. Investigators...
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State budget deal patches holes for now without tax hikeJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Unable to agree on how to fix a $12 billion budget hole, state lawmakers voted Wednesday to spackle on a patch by borrowing billions to keep the government...