Articles filed under Illinois
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Supreme Court upholds hospital 'charity care' tax exemptionSep 21, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld a 2012 law that sought to clarify property tax exemptions for charitable hospitals. The court voted 7-0 in...
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Bill barring employers asking applicants' pay history vetoedSep 21, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed an amendatory veto of a bill that imposes a prohibition on employers asking applicants their salary history. T...
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Ironworker killed at southern Illinois construction siteSep 21, 2018 7:00 am - CENTRALIA, Ill. (AP) - An ironworker was killed while working on a construction site at Centralia Junior High School in southern Illinois. Marion County Coroner Troy Can...
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Urbana hotel ordered closed over faulty fire-alarm systemSep 20, 2018 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A hotel near the University of Illinois' main campus has been ordered closed because of a faulty fire-alarm system. Urbana fire officials issued the ...
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Illinois gets $44M in federal funds to fight opioid abuseSep 20, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois has been awarded a $43.5 million federal grant to fight opioid abuse. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednes...
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NIU names woman president for first time in school historySep 20, 2018 7:00 am - DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - Northern Illinois University's board of trustees has chosen a woman as president for the first time since the school opened its doors in 1899. In a n...
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Retired Illinois priest faces deportation over illegal voteSep 20, 2018 7:00 am - GODFREY, Ill. (AP) - A retired Episcopal priest in southwestern Illinois is facing deportation to his native England for what he says was mistakenly voting 12 years ago....
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Illinois students healing 1 year after school shootingSep 20, 2018 7:00 am - MATTOON, Ill. (AP) - Illinois high school students are still healing a year after a teen shot a student in the cafeteria. The Journal Gazette & Times-Cou...
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GOP pushing forward for Kavanaugh, accuser wants 'fairness'Sep 20, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans say they're forging ahead in their drive to push Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination through the Senate, even as the woman accusing ...
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Watch candidates for Illinois governor debate liveSep 19, 2018 11:00 pm - $(window).load( function() {$( '#embeddedVideo' ).fitVids();} ); The candidates running for Illinois governor squared off in the first televised fo...