Articles filed under Illinois
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Police saying litle about discovery of woman, boyfriend along I-55Mar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - ODELL -- Illinois State Police is releasing little information about the case of a woman who was found in a ditch along Interstate 55 near Odell earlier this week and la...
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February 2008 the wettest on record in IllinoisMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- The state climatologist says last month was the wettest February in Illinois since records started being kept in 1895. The 4.48 inches of precipitation Illi...
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State lawmakers to investigate misdirected church grant, pardonMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - A panel of state lawmakers plans to probe a $1 million grant mistakenly awarded by Gov. Rod Blagojevich to a Chicago school, while also investigating the circumstances i...
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Cole Hall demolition 'off the table'?Mar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Northern Illinois University's president and DeKalb-area lawmakers are now rethinking plans to demolish the university building that was the scene of a ho...
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Hastert may push for construction planMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is expected to be tapped today to help round up support for Gov. Rod Blagojevich's statewide construction spendin...
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State takes over control of controversial hotelMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A boondoggle hotel that had become a financial albatross for taxpayers and a political one for others is now being run by the state, officials announced T...
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Lawmakers shoot down exemptions for statewide smoking banMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Complaints about Illinois' new statewide smoking ban aren't translating into action by state lawmakers. A House committee overwhelmingly shot down two pro...
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Abortion bill creates new standoff in Illinois LegislatureMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Another fight is brewing at the state Capitol, and this one appears ugly from the onset. Abortion rights advocates and foes are bracing for another clash ...
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Lawmakers push for revamped State Board of EducationMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Four years after giving Gov. Rod Blagojevich more control over Illinois' elementary and high schools, some state lawmakers want to move authority over edu...
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No class time for God, but a license plate?Mar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State lawmakers voted Tuesday to kick God out of the classroom but put him on special license plates. Within a matter of minutes, the Illinois House first...