Articles filed under Illinois
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Teens plead guilty to abusing infant sonMay 18, 2009 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- Two central Illinois teenagers have pleaded guilty to abusing their 5-month-old son, allegedly biting his face and leaving him with fractures to more than a do...
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Lisa Madigan pitches stronger FOIA lawMay 18, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois' notoriously weak public information law could be in for an overhaul. Attorney General Lisa Madigan has come up with a proposal to strengthen the...
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Horses, inmates find care, comfort in each otherMay 18, 2009 11:00 pm - COLLINSVILLE -- Pete Luce was a bundle of nerves the first time he stood next to a towering former racehorse, knowing he could be seriously injured or killed with one ki...
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Some say Quinn's '79 initiative created environment for corruptionMay 18, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois governor ultimately responsible for many of the state's current ethics woes may not be Rod Blagojevich or even the imprisoned George Ryan. He ...
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Inmate says he confessed to end police tortureMay 18, 2009 11:00 pm - An inmate who wants a new murder trial claims he was tortured so badly by Chicago police officers in the 1990s that he would have signed anything, including his murder c...
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State's purchasing system shows complex challenges of reformMay 17, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - You can't buy a Coca-Cola in the state Capitol. Or a Sprite on campus at the University of Illinois. Or a Diet Coke at any of the dozens of state office bu...
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'Slash & Burn': Quinn paints doomsday picture if no tax increaseMay 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Criminals running free. Fewer police to catch them. Emergency rooms overflowing with the uninsured. Classrooms jammed with kids. No more preschool. More students who can...
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Quinn takes to suburbs to stump for government reformMay 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois politicians may not be ready for reform, but Gov. Pat Quinn and the head of his reform commission are counting on citizens to push for it. Quinn and Patrick Col...
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Local prosecutors support commission's idea to add powersMay 17, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Suburban state's attorneys say they support the added corruption-fighting powers recommended for their offices by members of the Illinois Reform Commission...
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Pros and cons of reform recommendationsMay 17, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Shortly before becoming governor, Pat Quinn assembled the Illinois Reform Commission and asked members to report back in 100 days with recommendations for ...