Articles filed under Illinois
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Officer wants disciplinary hearing closedMar 31, 2009 11:00 pm - CLINTON -- A Clinton police officer accused of watching pornography while on duty is asking that disciplinary hearings be closed to keep confidential his allegations oth...
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Man gets 37 years for ice pick killingMar 31, 2009 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A man who stabbed his Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor to death ith an ice pick in Madison County has been sentenced to 37 years in prison. Thirty-year-old J...
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Why it might cost more to hunt, fish, use state parksMar 31, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Pat Quinn has reopened state parks for families to vacation this summer but these recreation sites won't be free. In order to keep these sites open th...
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Daley picks at Quinn's budgetMar 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says Gov. Pat Quinn needs to offer some relief to Illinois homeowners if he wants to raise their income taxes. Daley told reporters Tuesday t...
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Commercial fishermen remember monster Asian carpMar 30, 2009 11:00 pm - CHESTER -- Dragging their trammel nets through the muddy waters of the Mississippi River, Chad Isaak's commercial fishing crew are rarely surprised at what they'll find....
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Records show Tribune Co. lobbied BlagoMar 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Tribune Co. was secretly negotiating with then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich on a deal in which the state would buy Wrigley Field even as federal investigators were closing in on...
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Area sees most job losses in nearly 20 yearsMar 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Lake County saw a huge increase in unemployment - from 6.5 percent to 9.8 percent - during February, while every metro region in and around Chicago also saw its highest ...
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Chu believes FutureGen project has meritMar 30, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A proposal to build a futuristic coal-burning power plant in central Illinois that languished under the Bush Administration has merit, U.S. Energy Secreta...
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New law reduces charges for uninsuredMar 29, 2009 11:00 pm - A new law will reduce what hospitals charge the uninsured and cap how much they can collect in payment. Attorney General Lisa Madigan is reminding people about the new l...
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State gets $3 bil for education in stimulus moneyMar 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Federal officials say Illinois will receive about $3 billion for education in economic stimulus money. It's money President Barack Obama promises will save hundreds of t...