Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois gets 'D' for mental health care systemMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois' mental health care system has raised its grade on an advocacy group's report card to a D from an F. The National Alliance on Mental Illness issued its second "...
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S&P cuts state's bond ratingMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Ratings on Illinois's $19 billion of general obligation bonds were cut by Standard & Poor's to AA-, its fourth-highest level, after the state failed to address a budget ...
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Treasurer wants to lump state pension fundsMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The state treasurer says Illinois could save $82 million by consolidating its pension systems. Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias says he wants to lump managemen...
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Museum reveals engraving hidden in Lincoln watchMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- For nearly 150 years, a story has circulated about a hidden Civil War message engraved inside one of Abraham Lincoln's pocket watches. Now we know what it ...
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S. Illinois woman gets 2 years probation in fraud caseMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS. -- A southern Illinois woman has been sentenced to two years probation for her role in a federal bankruptcy fraud case. U.S. District Judge G. Patrick Mu...
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Northbrook doctor pleads pleads guilty to hiding $3 mil. from IRSMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - The business partner of a key government witness against in the investigation of corruption in the Blagojevich administration pleaded guilty Tuesday to hiding $3 million...
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Pontiac mayor finally meets with QuinnMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Pontiac Mayor Scott McCoy, after weeks of failed efforts, has finally gotten to talk to Gov. Pat Quinn about the need to keep open the Pontiac Correctiona...
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Quinn says state stimulus to be $25 billionMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday put a dollar figure on Illinois' homegrown effort to stimulate the economy: $25 billion. Quinn said he wants to spend the money on Illinois' own...
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Durbin pushes Chicago-St. Louis high speed rail lineMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - It's notorious for being the most delayed train route in Illinois, but the trek from Chicago to St. Louis would become the state's fastest if Sen. Dick Durbin and Gov. P...
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Alleged enemy combatant gets day in court in IllinoisMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - CHARLESTON, S.C. -- An alleged al-Qaida sleeper agent gets his day in court after almost six years confined to a military brig near Charleston. Ali al-Marri had been det...