Articles filed under Illinois
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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...
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Restructuring FutureGenMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - The U.S. Energy Department will solicit bids sometime this spring for its plan to restructure the FutureGen clean-coal project. Department spokeswoman Julie Ruggiero say...
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Police oppose returning guns to husband of missing Lisa StebicMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Plainfield police contend their efforts to find a missing woman would be hurt if they are forced to return guns and vehicles seized from her husband. A hearing is schedu...
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Peoria couple indicted on murder charges in baby son's deathMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - PEORIA -- A mother and father from Peoria face murder charges after they were indicted by a grand jury ruled for neglecting their five-month-old son who died from starva...