Articles filed under Illinois
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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...
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Evanston latest suburb to repeal gun banAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - The city of Evanston has become the latest to react to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling affirming the right to gun ownership by repealing its handgun ban. Members of the Evan...
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Doctor group apologizes for snub of black physicianAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Nearly 80 years after the organization denied membership to a black doctor, the Sangamon County Medical Society is apologizing for its action. Because the...
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Tollway director extols 50 years of smooth drivingAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois drivers were shocked 50 years ago by the new phenomenon of having to pay tolls, but such user-funded roadways are proving an efficient and effective transportat...
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Your $129 could buy state pols a lot of corn dogsAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - In ordering state lawmakers back to the Capitol this week, Gov. Rod Blagojevich did them a favor. Many were already planning to be in Springfield for the I...