Articles filed under Illinois
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New state toll authority chief a familiar faceOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is turning to its past for its future. Tollway directors are expected to approve hiring former chief engineer Jeffrey Dailey as...
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Belleville teens banned from trick-or-treatingOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE _ Authorities will look a little closer at tall trick-or-treaters in Belleville this Halloween. The city has limited trick-or-treating to kids in eighth grade...
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Governor not donating to candidatesOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich has told the Board of Elections he is not giving out campaign cash to help other candidates or support or oppose policy issues on the...
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Feds subpoena hospital's ties to Blago friendOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Federal prosecutors have broadened their investigation of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration, subpoenaing records of ties between his lobbyist friend and a hospital t...
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Blagojevich defies taxpayers on health programOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- First, Gov. Rod Blagojevich gave out state-subsidized health care without permission. Now, he won't tell taxpayers how many people are participating, how ...
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Cleaner aboard school bus sends 5 kids to hospitalOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - METAMORA -- Five central Illinois students are being treated at a hospital after experiencing breathing problems after someone sprayed an aerosol cleaning product aboard...
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Judge: Indiana early voting sites to stay openOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - SOUTH BEND, Ind. _ Early voting centers that Republicans contend increase the risk of voter fraud will remain open in Gary, Hammond and East Chicago under an order from...
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More Illinois schools fail to meet No Child Left Behind goalsOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Roughly one-third of all Illinois public schools failed to meet No Child Left Behind testing standards this year, state education officials announced Tuesday. Test resul...
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State to receive $3 million from Pfizer settlementOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Attorney General Lisa Madigan says Illinois will receive $3 million from a $60 million settlement with Pfizer over the marketing of the drug maker's pain relievers Celeb...
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500 bats close Shelbyville schoolOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - SHELBYVILLE, Ill. _ The middle school has gone a bit batty in Shelbyville. The school board said Tuesday that Moulton Middle School will be closed for the rest of the we...