Articles filed under Illinois
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State to close gaps in criminal DNA databaseFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Bureaucratic delays may have resulted in as many as 30,000 convicted felons being released from prison in recent years before providing DNA samples for a ...
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I-55 express bus plannedFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Pace is forging ahead with plans to start a rapid bus transit program on the Stevenson Expressway. Expected to begin in 2009, Pace would likely start the service in Will...
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Governor declares state of emergency in wake of shootingFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich declared a state of emergency in the aftermath of Thursday's shootings at Northern Illinois University, making disaster relief fund...
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Privatizing Midway Airport in worksFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - The city of Chicago is moving another step closer to privatizing Midway Airport. The city announced Wednesday it was asking operators that want a long-term lease to subm...
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Immigrant won't be deported yetFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Congressman Dan Lipinski says a widowed illegal immigrant from France who cared for her paralyzed husband for 14 years on Chicago's South Side has gotten a one-year stay...
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Briefs: Parents want special testFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - A group of Latino parents is expressing fears that requiring their children to take the regular state math and reading exams could result in widespread failure and shatt...
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Despite sales drop, area homes maintain valueFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Home sales in the Chicago area declined in the fourth quarter of 2007, but the Illinois Association of Realtors is hopeful housing provisions in the federal government's...
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More Illinois students failing Advanced Placement testsFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois high school students continue to enroll in Advanced Placement courses in record numbers. But data released by the College Board indicates the proportion of them...
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Tinley Park gunman's police sketch now seen on electronic billboardsFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Authorities hope electronic billboards will help them track down the gunman in this month's deadly shooting at a Tinley Park clothing store. The signs display a police s...
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Tobacco firms seek to weaken smoking banFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Tobacco companies have stepped up their efforts to scale back the statewide smoking ban and ward off efforts to nearly double Illinois' cigarette tax. In ...