Articles filed under Illinois
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Historical reenactor is also a shepherdessJan 10, 2009 10:00 pm - STOCKTON -- Besides being a volunteer and historical reenactor, Suzy Beggin Craft of Stockton is also a shepherdess. She has kept sheep for approximately eight years. In...
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While he's avoided scandal, Burris has made questionable decisionsJan 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Normally, a potential U.S. senator's record faces intense scrutiny by their opponent, the media and voters. That is, when the senator is elected. But when a senator is a...
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Analysis: Blagojevich faces tough trial in SenateJan 10, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich will face long odds, and perhaps some legal twists, in the Illinois Senate trial to decide whether he'll keep his job or be tossed ou...
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Illinois jobless feel squeeze of health insuranceJan 10, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The average unemployment check in Illinois would get largely eaten up to pay for health insurance through a benefit called COBRA. A report released Friday ...
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SIU, other schools step up out-of-state recruitingJan 10, 2009 10:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- For 20 years, Southern Illinois University's student numbers have languished, proving so vexing it cost a top administrator his job in 2006. Much of the pro...
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Ill. air quality held steady in 2007Jan 10, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency says the state's air quality held steady in 2007. In a report released this week, the state EPA says air qual...
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Who didn't vote to impeach?Jan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Only two out of 116 Illinois House members casting votes Friday didn't support impeaching Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Both are Chicago Democrats and neither is r...
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Whistle-blower gets national limelightJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - For weeks, the state's endured being a national and international punch line for jokes involving pay-to-play government, our disgraced governor and senate-seat shenaniga...
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Local reaction to Blagojevich's impeachmentJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Rep. Rosemary Mulligan, a Des Plaines Republican "I am really more worried about the state and what bad governance has done to the state. We are in really bad shape head...
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Durbin: Burris failed to get signature, shouldn't be seatedJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The battle over whether Roland Burris will become the next U.S. Senator from Illinois ping-ponged Friday between legal and political venues in Springfield,...