Articles filed under Illinois
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Supreme Court won't hear casinos-vs.-tracks disputeJun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - The U.S. Supreme Court, leaving intact a law that played a role in former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's ouster, refused to question a state statute that diverts casino...
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State has tentative deal over college fund lossesJun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois has a tentative agreement with a fund management company to recover millions of dollars lost in a college savings program. In a statement Monday, state Treasure...
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Blago: Phone conversation was not 'inappropriate'Jun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says a recently released phone conversation taped secretly by federal authorities shows his brother participated in "nothing inappro...
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Local projects funded with video poker, alcohol taxes, vehicle feesJun 07, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Suburban mayors may not be keen on video gambling coming to their local bars and taverns, but the taxes from those electronic slots and poker would finance...
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Who won or lost at the Illinois statehouseJun 06, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - State taxpayers were among the winners in the 95th General Assembly this year - at least for now - when a higher income tax was voted down. But the outcome...
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IDOT revises it's five-year road plan to reflect influx of new c apitalJun 06, 2009 11:00 pm - So how healthy are Illinois' highways and bridges? "The system would have hit an all-time low without the action of the federal government and General Assembly." The quo...
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Mom gets probation for DUI crash that killed babyJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - OTTAWA -- A northern Illinois mother has been sentenced to 45 days in jail and 4 years of probation for a fatal DUI crash that killed her infant daughter and injured thr...
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Galesburg plant gradually shrinking work forceJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - GALESBURG -- A Galesburg manufacturing firm has been gradually reducing its work force over the past few months, letting go of 135 people. Mid-State Manufacturing plant ...
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Congressman wants decision on FutureGen projectJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson is calling for the Obama administration to decide whether or not to pay for the FutureGen clean coal demonstration plant. In a Friday ...
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Some suburban schools' funding could lose political protectionJun 05, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The apparent demise of a more than decade-old political provision thrown into an education funding law could cost nearly a dozen suburban school districts ...