Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois State Police director resignsMar 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois State Police Director Larry Trent has resigned, effective immediately. In a statement issued Friday, Trent says "it was time for a change to do something else a...
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Quinn urges unions to 'leave the door open' to contract changesMar 20, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Pat Quinn said teachers unions and public sector employees should be open to concessions and voluntary cost savings as all agencies from state governm...
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When a no-tax pledge isn't a no-tax pledgeMar 20, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Suburban members of Congress who voted this week to raise taxes on big bonus recipients at AIG say their votes in favor of that hike do not violate their p...
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Critics: Budget plan fails to 'cut, cut, cut'Mar 20, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Before he presented his plan for balancing a crumbling state budget, Gov. Pat Quinn offered three words about his approach: "cut, cut, cut." Now many stat...
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State's new fraud unit targets workers' comp abusersMar 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Machine operator Jeffrey Lotesto of Naperville cut his eye on a piece of metal while working at a job site in Hoffman Estates in 2006. His employer paid his medical bill...
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Could Cook County sales tax hike be rolled back?Mar 19, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Cook County's widely reviled sales tax increase would be rolled back and future hikes restricted under a plan that narrowly passed an Illinois House commit...
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ADM loses court challenge over fineMar 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Archer Daniels Midland Co. lost an appeal at the European Union's highest court against a 10.1 million-euro ($13.6 million) antitrust fine levied eight years ago for fix...
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1,400 specialty plates featuring president soldMar 19, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- More than 1,400 specialty license plates featuring an image of President Barack Obama have been purchased in Illinois in the past month. The 60-day plates...
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Mom wants new judge in attempted murder trialMar 19, 2009 11:00 pm - WATERLOO, Ill. -- A southern Illinois woman charged with trying to drown her newborn in a toilet wants a new judge. John O'Gara, the attorney for 23-year-old Elyse Mamin...
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50 days on the job for QuinnMar 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn likes to keep count of how many days it's been since he replaced his disgraced predecessor Rod Blagojevich. Friday was his 50th day in office and he refle...