Articles filed under Illinois
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Will wealthy leave Illinois if graduated income tax happens? It didn't happen with last tax hikeApr 10, 2019 5:30 am - When Illinois' income tax rate jumped a record 67% earlier this decade, critics warned it would drive away the wealthy who invest in businesses and jobs. Instead, IRS da...
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Chicago mayor-elect calls for Illinois unity, addresses downstate resentment of cityApr 10, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD --- Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot issued a call for statewide unity Wednesday in a speech on the floor of the Illinois House. "We are all Illinoisans, a...
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Graduated tax amendment clears Senate committeeApr 10, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A constitutional amendment that would allow the state to adopt a graduated income tax is on its way to the full state Senate after clearing committee on pa...
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House votes to raise teacher payApr 10, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - More than 60 percent of Illinois public school districts have a starting annual salary for teachers of less than $40,000. That could change as both chamber...
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Wall commemorating Vietnam War to visit southern IllinoisApr 09, 2019 7:00 am - MARION, Ill. (AP) - The Marion Veterans Affairs Medical Center in southern Illinois will be the home for several days in May of The Moving Wall. The wall is a half size ...
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Peoria man gets 90-year sentence for 2017 shootingApr 09, 2019 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A 90-year prison sentence has been handed a northern Illinois man convicted of firing a bullet that left a man unable to walk, talk and breathe on ...
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The Latest: Attorney general guarded on conviction reviewApr 09, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Latest on a proposed Illinois "conviction integrity unit" (all times local): 5:40 p.m. Attorney General Kwame Raoul (KWAH'-may RAW'-ool) is ...
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Coroner: 5 killed in Illinois fire died of smoke inhalationApr 09, 2019 7:00 am - GOODFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Woodford County coroner says smoke inhalation killed three children and two adults in a weekend central Illinois mobile home fire. ...
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Lake County to begin testing levels of cancer-causing gasApr 09, 2019 7:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - Plans are under way to monitor outdoor air quality outside two Lake County plants that use the cancer-causing gas ethylene oxide. T...
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Garbage trucks escort Illinois hauler's hearse to burialApr 09, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The hearse carrying the late Ronnie Davis had some curious escorts: A dozen garbage trucks. The 60-year-old Springfield, Illinois, resident spen...