Articles filed under Illinois
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Details of Quinn's billion-dollar budget cutJul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Pat Quinn says even with the tax increase he wants the state budget will need to be trimmed by $1 billion. Here's his plan for those cuts. Of note, th...
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U of I chancellor calls for end to clout listJul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - University of Illinois Chancellor Richard Herman testified Monday that he had the best interests of the school in mind when he pushed for admitting politically connected...
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Deere Russia farm equipment sales fall 50 percentJul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Deere & Co., the world's largest maker of agricultural equipment, said sales in Russia have plunged more than 50 percent this year after the country imposed tariffs and ...
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Driver in fireworks show death ticketedJul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - ROANOKE -- Authorities have ticketed a central Illinois woman who they say drove a car into a crowd at a fireworks show. One man died in the accident. Woodford County Sh...
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Cops find ton of pot in paper truckJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- Illinois State Police have arrested an Arizona man after finding more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in the back of a tractor trailer he drove on I...
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Car stolen in Ill. involved in fatal wreckJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Cedar Rapids police have arrested a Hawaii woman after officials say she drove a stolen car from Illinois around a barricade at a deadly accident. ...
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U. of I. chancellor to testify about cloutJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - University of Illinois Chancellor Richard Herman is slated to testify before a state commission that's investigating allegations that political clout was used to get les...
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Deere to 'significantly' expand Russian operationsJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Deere & Co., the world's largest agricultural-equipment maker, said Monday it's prepared to significantly expand its farm, forestry and construction operations in Russia...
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Quinn meets with rank-and-file lawmakersJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn and the four legislative leaders haven't agreed on how to fix Illinois' budget mess, so Quinn is taking his case directly to dozens of rank-and-file lawma...
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Bradley University gets nearly $10K for researchJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- Bradley University is getting nearly $10,000 for research on neurodegenerative diseases. The money comes from the Don Bohlander Parkinson's Foundation and was ...