Articles filed under Illinois
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More school disclosure requiredJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - In addition to giving Illinois schools another $560 million, the budget implementation law approved by state lawmakers Thursday requires school boards to give the public...
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Chicago sex trade study criticizedJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Researchers have concluded in a yet-to-be published study of the economics of prostitution in Chicago that the women were forced to service police officers, worked more...
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Ryan's prison address would bar trip to accept Nobel PrizeJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - One more potential indignity for former Gov. George Ryan. Beyond the eight-digit prisoner number. In addition to being paid between 12 cents and a dollar an hour to do m...
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Mother's taped confession says she killed autistic daughter to 'fix' herJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - PEKIN -- A woman accused of killing her autistic daughter testified Friday that she attempted to suffocate the 3-year-old with a pillow three days before she succeeded w...
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Record crop harvestedJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Farmers in Illinois and the rest of the country harvested a record corn crop last year as an ethanol boom raged across the Midwest, but production of soybeans statewide ...
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Attorney for Drew Peterson asks for clemency for missing wifeJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - The attorney for a former Bolingbrook police officer suspected in his wife's disappearance has asked state officials for clemency if 23-year-old Stacy Peterson returns. ...
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State law diverts public money to private schoolsJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois private schools will receive millions of public dollars previously reserved for public schools, under the budget implementation law passed Thursday. The provisi...
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Legislators may also tinker with transit planJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A suburban supporter of an apparent state mass transit bailout said Friday he fears "the wheels are going to fall off the train" if lawmakers have to vote...
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Governor relents on transit plan, if seniors can ride freeJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich dropped his avowed opposition to higher sales taxes and said Thursday he will go along with a proposed mass transit bailout, but only...
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How local lawmakers voted on transit bailoutJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a mass transit bailout backed, in part, by higher sales taxes in the suburbs. Because Gov. Rod Blagojevich...