Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois boy trapped alone on runaway boatAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - EAST CHICAGO, Ind. _ Parents from northeast Illinois said Thursday they watched helplessly as their 4-year-old son was trapped alone on a runaway boat on Lake Michigan f...
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Invasive snail found in Lake Michigan causing worriesAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Scientists worry that a rapidly reproducing, tiny invasive snail recently found in Lake Michigan could hurt the lake's ecosystem. The New Zealand mud snail ...
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State Republicans' dream agenda: fight tax increases, look for tax breaksAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - If Republicans ran state government, they say they'd make it harder to raise taxes, fast track property tax relief and make it easier to kick unpopular pol...
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State budget cuts mean layoffsAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias has laid off six employees and will require others to take time off without pay to deal with budget cuts, officials said...
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Illinois unemployment highest in 15 yearsAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois' unemployment rate has increased to its highest level since September 1993. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says July's rate of 7....
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Democratic infighting continues at state fairAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Not even a former United Nations ambassador could quell feuding among Illinois Democrats Wednesday. With former diplomat and current New Mexico governor Bi...
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House gives governor a win on vetoed billsAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House on Wednesday approved new versions of legislation that Gov. Rod Blagojevich had rewritten to cut taxes for disabled veterans and lower i...
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Lawmakers kill pay raisesAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - A nearly 12 percent pay raise for lawmakers and other leading state officials was rejected Tuesday. The Illinois Senate voted 47-0 to decline the raises, w...
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Downstate PE teacher charged in child porn caseAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - DECATUR -- A central Illinois physical education teacher is facing child pornography charges for allegedly possessing computer video files that include images of underag...
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Marine from N. Illinois killed in IraqAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - CHERRY VALLEY _ The Department of Defense says a Marine from northern Illinois has been killed while serving in Iraq. Twenty-one-year-old Corporal Adam T. McKiski of Che...