Articles filed under Illinois
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From Mother Jones to Haymarket Affair, Illinois central to nation's labor movementSep 01, 2019 1:00 am - From organizing unions to effecting labor laws, Illinois has played a vital historical role as a flashpoint - sometimes involving violence and danger - for workplace fai...
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EXCHANGE: Climatologist's focus is earth and sky interactionAug 31, 2019 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Growing up in a central Illinois farming community impressed upon Trent Ford the importance of the soil. And when his family traveled from Roanoke...
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EXCHANGE: At 100, suburban Chicago man still bowls his ageAug 31, 2019 7:00 am - WOOD DALE, Ill. (AP) - Larry Vakoc of Wood Dale celebrated his 100th birthday bowling at Wood Dale Bowl. As unusual as it is for golfers to shoot their age, it's more ra...
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AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDTAug 31, 2019 7:00 am - At least 5 dead in West Texas shooting after traffic stop AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - At least five people were dead in West Texas after a man who was stopped by state troopers...
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10 Things to Know for TodayAug 30, 2019 7:00 am - Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. FLORIDA PREPS FOR POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY 4 HURRICAN...
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County chair in N. Illinois can get lawyer to sue colleaguesAug 30, 2019 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - The chairman of the Winnebago County Board has won approval to hire to a lawyer to file a lawsuit against fellow members who have diluted his power...
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Illinois to suspend road work to ease Labor Day traffic woesAug 30, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois officials are suspending road work at dozens of sites around the state to ease traffic congestion for the Labor Day holiday. The Depart...
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Editorial: Understanding the labor movement in Illinois historyAug 29, 2019 11:00 pm - A crackdown on child labor. Mine safety regulation and workers' compensation laws. An eight-hour workday and the creation of Labor Day itself. Illinois has played a sign...
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Martin Luther King Bridge at St. Louis to stay closed longerAug 29, 2019 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - St. Louis-area commuters who prefer to cross the Mississippi River on the Martin Luther King Bridge will have to wait quite a while longer for the bridg...
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Attorney general says ex-lawmakers waited too long to seek back payAug 29, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois attorney general says two former lawmakers should not receive back pay for frozen cost-of-living increases and forced furlough days because th...