Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois tax exemption would be among nation's most generousMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Pat Quinn's plan to raise the personal income tax exemption to $6,000 from $2,000 per person would make Illinois' exemption one of the most generous i...
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Quinn's budget at a glanceMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Suburban Appeal: Quinn proposed a 10-day sales tax holiday in August for parents to buy school supplies and clothing free of the state sales tax. Suburban Impact: A hou...
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Peoria officers charged in alleged beatingMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- One Peoria police officer allegedly shocked a suspect at least three times with a Taser while another allegedly stomped on the man a minimum of 20 times during...
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Inmate indicted over threatening lettersMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - ROCK ISLAND -- A central Illinois prison inmate is accused of threatening to kill prosecutors, judges or court officials in three counties. Lewis Clark has been indicted...
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Quinn's tax hike panned as too soon, too muchMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - There may very well be a tax increase emanating from Springfield this year to help solve an $11.6 billion deficit, but it almost assuredly will not be the ...
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Father Quinn lays down the law as Illinois family copesMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - I don't like paying taxes in the same way I don't like telling my sons that they can't chug Mountain Dew and wolf down Oreos while they stay up until midnight playing vi...
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Quinn: Illinois faces greatest crisis of modern timesMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn dared opponents of his income tax hike to point out which government programs they will cut instead, as he opened his budget campaign today in a speech be...
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House OKs change to moment of silence lawMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois House wants silent reflection in public schools to be voluntary again. The House voted 79-33 Thursday to change a law that a federal judge ru...
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Illinois Reform Commission coming to NapervilleMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - The Illinois Reform Commission will hold its fourth Town Hall meeting Thursday night in Naperville to solicit ideas and comments in its quest to reform Illinois Governme...
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Quinn using tax breaks to soften increaseMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Pat Quinn wants to raise the state income tax to help plug an $11.5 billion budge deficit, but he hopes to soothe some of the sting with tax breaks. ...