Articles filed under Illinois
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State adds 5,200 jobs in DecemberJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Illinois employers added 5,200 new jobs during December, the highest over-the-month job gain since June, according to data released this week by the U.S. Depa...
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Barbs fly after Obama's Reagan commentsJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - RENO, Nev. -- John Edwards and Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized Barack Obama's praise of the Republican Party and Ronald Reagan -- an anathema for many Democrats, parti...
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Interview ban challengedJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - A federal appeals court has ordered a trial in an inmate's lawsuit challenging a federal prison ban on face-to-face interviews of death row inmates by the news media. T...
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Grisham urges DNA testJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Several former U.S. attorneys and a best-selling crime novelist are asking Gov. Rod Blagojevich to order DNA testing in the case of a Peoria man who served 30 years in p...
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Plan to end patronage OK'dJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - A federal judge approved Friday a plan to end political patronage hiring at Chicago's city hall after modifying it to require officials to log all contacts about hiring ...
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6-year-old boy, man shot during home invasionJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - A 6-year-old boy and a man were both in critical condition after being shot during what police said appeared to be a home invasion Friday morning on Chicago's West Side....
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Warming centers openJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Several state facilities will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Sunday for anyone seeking refuge from the cold. The facilities include all tollway oases. Gov. R...
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Name change waiver soughtJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - A transgender woman who wants to change her legal name is asking the Illinois Supreme Court to order Will County's chief judge to waive about $450 in court fees because ...
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Smokers rack up violationsJan 17, 2008 10:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Public Health said it has received nearly 600 reports of people violating the state's new smoking ban. State officials said 578 violations wer...
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Lawmakers OK transit bailoutJan 17, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- With only days to spare before a mass transit "doomsday" would have cut routes, raised fares and resulted in thousands of layoffs, state lawmakers approve...