Articles filed under Illinois
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Funeral held for ex-Springfield mayor, medical examiner wifeFeb 04, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Funeral services were held Tuesday for a former mayor of Springfield, Illinois and his medical examiner wife who died last week in the crash of ...
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'Major flaws' reported as state shifts former foster children into Medicaid managed careFeb 04, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - An estimated 2,500 children and young adults in Illinois who had been in the custody of the state's foster care system within the last year abruptly lost t...
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House bucks governor to OK reinstatement of tax break on aircraft partsFeb 04, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to override the governor's veto of legislation restoring and retroactively applying a tax break for aircraf...
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Gun rights advocates sue state police over FOID delaysFeb 04, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD -- A pair of gun rights advocacy groups are suing the Illinois State Police, its director and the chief of the Illinois State Police Firearms Services Bureau...
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Tax amnesty program nets more than $60M more than expectedFeb 04, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A tax amnesty program created during the passage of last year's state operating budget has brought in nearly $240 million - approximately $60 million more ...
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How coronavirus in China could hurt Illinois soybean farmersFeb 03, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Soybean farmers in Illinois cannot catch a break. After a promising trade deal with China last month gave farmers hope amid an intense trade war, the deadl...
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Racketeering lawsuit targets Sandoval, SafeSpeedFeb 03, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Former state Sen. Martin Sandoval and SafeSpeed LLC, the red-light camera company at the center of federal corruption charges against him, are now the targ...
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Illinois mistakenly cancels ex-inmates' voter registrationsFeb 03, 2020 12:00 am - CHICAGO - The voter registrations of nearly 800 former Illinois inmates may have been mistakenly canceled because of a "data-matching error" between state agencies, the ...
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Transportation agency plans event for minority entrepreneursFeb 02, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - State transportation officials have planned an event next month in Springfield for minority and women-owned businesses. The conference on Feb. ...
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Driver in Kansas crash that killed 5 pleads no contestFeb 02, 2020 6:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - A semi-trailer truck driver from Colorado pleaded no contest Friday to five counts of vehicular homicide for hitting three vehicles on the Kansa...