Articles filed under Illinois
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Cost of University of Illinois sports complex jumps higherMay 08, 2019 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The cost for a new track and soccer facility at the University of Illinois has bounced 50% higher. The (Champaign) News-Gazette re...
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Corrections, Juvenile Justice agencies honor fallen heroesMay 08, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois state prison officers who have died in the line of duty are being honored as part of National Correctional Officers and Employees Week....
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What adults should know about the measles vaccine as disease makes a comebackMay 08, 2019 5:00 am - Your child or grandchild is immunized for measles, but what about you? If you can't remember getting the MMR vaccine or were inoculated in the 1960s, here's what you nee...
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Republicans say state windfall means new taxes aren't neededMay 08, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - One day after lawmakers learned the state collected $1.5 billion more in tax revenue than was expected in April, House Republican leadership argued Wednesd...
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Women urge Democrats to act on abortion legislationMay 08, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - House Democratic legislators are the subject of an open letter penned by nearly 200 women who wrote they are "alarmed by the lack of action" on a bill that...
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Bipartisan group wants to raise state gas tax, fees to fund road projectsMay 08, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A bipartisan coalition laid out a plan Wednesday that would raise $2.4 billion for road and bridge infrastructure improvements by hiking the state's gas ta...
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Today in HistoryMay 07, 2019 7:00 am - Today in History Today is Tuesday, May 7, the 127th day of 2019. There are 238 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 7, 1945, Germany signed an unc...
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2 Illinois universities launch twins research projectMay 07, 2019 7:00 am - EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - Two Illinois universities are putting together what they say is the first database to focus on twins in the state. Northwestern University and the ...
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April tax-revenue windfall alters Illinois budget pictureMay 07, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An unexpected tax-revenue windfall has so bolstered Illinois finances that Gov. J.B. Pritzker has nixed a plan to reduce pension-payment obligat...
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Costello resigns from Illinois House for DNR positionMay 07, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A state representative from southern Illinois has resigned to become the director of law enforcement for the state Department of Natural Resourc...