Articles filed under Illinois
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Quinn defends state police director pickMar 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn is defending his pick to lead the Illinois State Police, saying Jonathon Monken is the right man to lead the agency in the wake of a scathing audit about ...
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Lawmakers back tougher penalties for school threatsMar 27, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Tougher penalties for making threats against students and schools were overwhelmingly approved Friday in two proposals by the Illinois House. Telephoning a...
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Backlogged files hamper law enforcementMar 27, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Delays at state crime labs mean local police often wait months to get fingerprint results and up to two years for gunshot residue tests, making it harder...
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Health centers get $15.2 mil in stimulus fundsMar 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Community health centers in Illinois will get nearly $15.2 million in grant funding through the national stimulus program. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said in a statement Frid...
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Ebert announces lineup for 2009 festivalMar 27, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- A documentary about hippie life in the late 1960s will kick off the 11th annual Roger Ebert's Film Festival in Champaign next month. The director's cut of t...
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House, Senate vote to raise truck speedMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois House and Senate have approved bills raising the speed limit for trucks on rural interstate highways to 65 miles per hour. Neither bill affec...
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Ill. Senate approves Olympics guaranteeMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Senate has voted a $250 million guarantee for the 2016 Olympics in a bid to boost the city's efforts to land the games. The Illinois House ha...
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Blagojevich on the radio againMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Impeached former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is again on the radio and says he's sought out media coverage because voters deserved to hear his side of the story. Blagojevich ta...
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Audit: Forensic backlog hurts criminal casesMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The backlog of tests on evidence at Illinois State Police labs climbed into the thousands and interfered with criminal cases while the agency sat on money...
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Lawyer who asked to tickled kids acquittedMar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A Madison County judge has ruled it was not illegal for a man to ask to tickle kids. Charles Douglas in September was charged with misdemeanor disorderly...