Articles filed under Illinois
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Secretary of State worker accepted bribesApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A woman who works in the secretary of state's office is accused of accepting bribes to provide personal information on car owners and to help a convicte...
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Lawmakers in line for another pay raiseApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Fresh off a hefty pay increase last year, state legislators are in line for another raise -- and they will have the final say on whether they and ot...
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House passes gun measureApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - The Illinois House has approved legislation that would punish parents who fail to keep guns away from their mentally ill children. The measure would cover parents or gua...
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Lawyers want limit on questioning of witnessApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Prosecutors asked a federal judge Wednesday to bar political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko's defense attorney from cross examining key witness Ali Ata about his nephew'...
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Extension offices, others await ag fundsApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- State agriculture agencies on Thursday hoped to receive at least some of the $36 million in operating funds tied up in a state budget standoff, after being ...
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Suburb ends quirky stop-sign campaignApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - OAK LAWN -- Oak Lawn has removed comical remarks in octagonal shapes it placed under stop signs in an effort to get motorists to obey the law. Mayor Dave Heilmann says t...
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House orders formal audit of grant mistakeApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Without a single dissenting vote, the Illinois House has ordered a review of how the Blagojevich administration awarded a $1 million grant to the wrong or...
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Northwestern dean admits mistakeApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - The dean of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism told a meeting of alumni and students that he made a mistake when he quoted an anonymous student in a s...
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Past Illiniweks hail to St. Charles studentApr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - URBANA -- Officially, Chief Illiniwek is gone, but a group of University of Illinois graduates who once portrayed the controversial mascot has selected a new one, just i...
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Governor's pitch for state rebate checks goes nowhereApr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- In February, Gov. Rod Blagojevich teased taxpayers and lawmakers with the whimsy of state rebate checks that could add hundreds of dollars onto the typica...