Articles filed under Illinois
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Rauner signs expansive mental health care lawsAug 22, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed five laws expanding mental health and addiction-treatment services and Medicaid coverage of them. Advocates say the...
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4,600 tons of tires removed from northern Illinois siteAug 22, 2018 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Officials say the removal of more than 4,600 tons of used tires this summer from a former used tire processing business in northern Illinois was th...
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Former banker pleads guilty to stealing from elderlyAug 22, 2018 7:00 am - WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - A former suburban Chicago banker has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $328,000 from three elderly customers. DuPage County Assistant State's Att...
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Ex-Illinois congressman Schock wants corruption trial movedAug 22, 2018 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - Former Illinois congressman Aaron Schock is seeking to move his corruption trial from a federal court in Urbana to Peoria. Schock's attorneys argue i...
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Why Illinois is making penalties for texting while driving tougherAug 22, 2018 5:30 am - Starting next summer, drivers caught texting while driving will face stiffer penalties that - with enough violations - could ultimately lead to a judge's suspending thei...
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Today in HistoryAug 21, 2018 7:00 am - Today in History Today is Tuesday, Aug. 21, the 233rd day of 2018. There are 132 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 21, 1831, Nat Turner laun...
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Illinois to build $150M prison mental-health unitAug 21, 2018 7:00 am - JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Illinois corrections officials have announced construction will begin next spring on a 200-bed inpatient mental health and medical facility. The Joli...
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US judge off corruption, kidnapping cases after emailsAug 21, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge in two of Illinois' highest profile cases has been removed from hearing all his criminal cases after it was revealed he exchanged emails w...
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Illinois-Springfield orders halt to feeding feral catsAug 20, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The future of feral cat colony at the University of Illinois-Springfield is in question after employees and students have been ordered to no lon...
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Illinois State Fair vendors see drop in attendance, salesAug 20, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State Fair vendors say attendance and sales declined from last year. The State Journal-Register reports that vendors sa...