Articles filed under Illinois
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Percentage of older lawyers growingMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- If you think younger people are pushing their elders out of the way in the work force, step inside a courtroom or law firm. In Illinois the number of olde...
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Working Mother honors diversityMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Working Mother magazine honored three area companies for their diversity efforts. Northbrook based Allstate Insurance, Kraft Foods of Northfield and State Farm Insuranc...
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Cause of death for ex-Wilco member not determinedMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - URBANA -- Further testing is needed to determine what killed ex-Wilco member Jay Bennett. Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup says the 45-year-old Bennett was found ...
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Downstate road named after fallen MarineMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - ALTON -- Part of a southern Illinois road has been named after a U.S. Marine who died in Iraq nearly five years ago. Marine Cpl. Christopher Belchik was killed in 2004 i...
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Wrongful-death lawsuit filed in triple killingMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - WATERLOO -- The family of a southwestern Illinois woman found strangled in her home with her two sons filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Tuesday against her husband, who is ...
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Reform will return pride in governmentMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - CHANGE Illinois!, which we co-chair with Deborah Harrington, is a coalition of more than 100 individuals and nearly 50 organizations representing more than 2.5 million v...
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Anti-tax crusader condemns Illinois income-tax proposalMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist told lawmakers Monday that a higher income tax will not fix the state budget, will drive jobs out of Illinois and turn th...
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Lawmakers OK self sacrifice, but tax hikes still on tableMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - State senators gave initial support to cutting their own pay Tuesday while Democrats are trying to round up Republican votes for a possible income tax incr...
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Hometown street poles salute soldiers in war zonesMay 25, 2009 11:00 pm - SULLIVAN -- A drive around the small central Illinois town of Sullivan is a lesson in patriotism. The lamp posts and telephone poles on two streets are adorned with whit...
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Former Illinois Commerce Commission chairman killed in IraqMay 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Former Illinois Commerce Commission Chairman Terry Barnich was killed by a bomb while traveling in a convoy in Iraq, according to friends and family. Philip O'Connor, fo...