Articles filed under Illinois
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Sex offender law tweakedApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois House has passed legislation that will repair a glitch in a state law intended to keep child sex offenders at least 500 feet from in-home day...
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How voters could decide future of taxApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Just days after the Illinois House rejected a possible tax increase on the state's wealthiest individuals, the Illinois Senate is advancing a similar plan...
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Former cop clearedApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - A former Maywood police officer has been acquitted of charges he tipped off a gang leader about a 2005 police drug raid. An investigation intended to net drug dealers wh...
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Recall debate killed by grade-school anticsApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- What some lawmakers referred to as grade-school antics Wednesday likely squashed voters' chances to choose whether they want the ability to recall the gov...
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Defense tries to distance Rezko from kickback schemesApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Key prosecution witness Stuart Levine has left the building, his testimony now completed. But Antoin "Tony" Rezko's attorney still is trying to convince jurors that Levi...
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Quinn stumps for recall amendmentApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn made his mark in Illinois politics as an outsider mobilizing people to challenge the powerful. Now a political insider himself, Quinn i...
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Parolee rules changeApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Corrections has changed its policy when it comes to domestic violence by parolees. An arrest warrant would be issued automatically to any paro...
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State report urges campus warning systemsApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich urged universities Tuesday to consider adding public address systems to notify students of danger -- a deficit brought out in a Daily Herald report ...
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New plan may help expand coverage for autismApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois families with autistic children may soon be better able to pay the costs of diagnosing and treating the developmental disorder. The Illinois Sena...
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NIU shooter's gun card details releasedApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - After repeatedly refusing Daily Herald legal requests, state police relented in part Tuesday, talking for the first time about details of the Northern Illinois Universit...