Articles filed under Illinois
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Minnesota attorney general tells Illinois tollway to stop ticketingApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Minnesota drivers have been receiving erroneous fines for allegedly blowing off tolls in Illinois, prompting Minnesota's attorney general to call on tollway officials to...
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Lawmakers want to know what happened to funeral fundingApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House of Representatives voted 115-0 Wednesday to investigate the alleged mismanagement of millions of dollars held in pre-need funeral and bu...
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Quinn orders agencies to cut waste, pollutionApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Pat Quinn marked Earth Day by ordering state agencies to cut waste and making the Governor's Mansion more environmentally friendly, but he gave a col...
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Duckworth confirmed to federal postApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Former Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs Director Tammy Duckworth has won final confirmation to become the face of the United States Department of Veterans Affair...
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State lawmakers getting raises despite move to blockApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - State lawmakers are still in line to get a pay raise July 1, after Democrats in the Illinois House on Wednesday blocked a Republican plan that would have c...
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Duckworth confirmed for Veterans Affairs postApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed former Iraq war helicopter pilot Tammy Duckworth's nomination as an assistant secretary at the Veterans Affairs Department. Duckwo...
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Opening of surveying museum delayedApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The planned opening this summer of the National Museum of Surveying is unlikely to take place because of a decline in donations. Illinois Professional Lan...
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Tax supporters descend on CapitolApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Just a week after hundreds protested taxes at the Capitol, a larger group, including some suburban residents, turned out Wednesday to support higher taxes ...
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Ex-Ill. firefighter gets prison for arsonApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - WATSEKA -- A former volunteer firefighter from eastern Illinois has been sentenced to three years in prison for setting a fire. Iroquois County Judge Susan Tungate sente...
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'Grateful' Blago says judge saved him from eating bugsApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he was willing to eat bugs for his children, but a federal judge saved him from that. The judge this week refused to allow Blagojevich t...