Articles filed under Illinois
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GOP wants tax holidayMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - House Republicans are calling for a suspension of the Illinois sales tax on gasoline this summer. Lawmakers claim the average family would save up to $60 over a four-mon...
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Peterson online forum shut downMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Friends of missing Bolingbrook mother Stacy Peterson say administrators of the Web page findstacypeterson.com have shut down the site's online forum. Peterson's friends ...
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Accuser of Gary Dotson diesMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Cathleen Crowell Webb, the woman who accused a man of a rape that never occurred and recanted eight years later, has died of cancer. Webb's husband says the 46-year-old ...
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25,000 bees found in Jerseyville 5th-grade classroomMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - JERSEYVILLE, Ill. -- About 25,000 bees have swarmed a fifth-grade classroom at Delhi Elementary School in Jerseyville. Principal Michelle Brown tells The (Alton) Telegra...
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Electoral College a brilliant conceptMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Kevin Martin (Fence Post, Saturday) informs us that he read with amusement my response to his view of the Electoral College. It is always gratifying to bring a note of c...
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Budget battles shaping up at the CapitolMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Five years after Gov. Rod Blagojevich blasted them as "drunken sailors" bent on a "spending orgy" with taxpayers' dollars, it is the Illinois Senate Democ...
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Tax collectors have troubleMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois tax collectors are having trouble balancing their own books. An audit found that the Department of Revenue wasn't paying attention to an account that reimburses...
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Obama opposes rail dealMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Add Illinois senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama to those opposing Canadian National's plan to buy the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. In a letter to Barri...
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Clinton shows future presidential stuff in her refusal to quit the raceMay 19, 2008 11:00 pm - The New York Times recently ran down the list of women who might someday become the nation's first female president. Out of both courtesy and caution, it included Hillar...
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Man charged with attempted murder in house blastMay 19, 2008 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- A Belleville man is accused of trying to kill his wife and their 5-year-old daughter with natural gas moments before their house exploded. St. Clair County...