Articles filed under Illinois
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Supreme Court sales-tax ruling could mean $200M for IllinoisJun 21, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Officials say that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that retailers must collect sales tax from buyers in other states could mean more than $200 milli...
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Last 7 weeks have been historically wet in ChicagoJun 21, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago is making some soggy history. The National Weather Service says more rain - 12.411 inches - has fallen in the city since May 1 than has ever falle...
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Pension granted to family of dead firefighter challengedJun 21, 2018 7:00 am - BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. (AP) - Officials of a northern Illinois village say they will appeal the granting of line-of-duty death benefits to the family of a veteran firefight...
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Deadlocked vote prevents suspension of SIU presidentJun 21, 2018 7:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Southern Illinois University President Randy Dunn survived a vote by the school's board of trustees on Thursday to place him on administrative ...
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Woman diagnosed with West Nile Virus, Illinois calls in CDCJun 20, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has agreed to investigate a confirmed case of West Nile virus in Illinois. The Illinois Departmen...
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Rauner orders backlog of discrimination complaints endedJun 20, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner is ordering his administration to develop a plan for dealing with over 1,000 backlogged discrimination complaints. The Republi...
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Alabama man charged in government-computer scamJun 20, 2018 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A federal grand jury has indicted an Alabama man in an alleged 10-year scam involving surplus federal computers. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the C...
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Peoria officials create videos to promote the cityJun 20, 2018 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - City officials in central Illinois hope new promotional videos will attract residents and show how their city is improving. The one-minute videos unv...
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Southern Illinois board sets meeting on removing presidentJun 19, 2018 7:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Southern Illinois University's Board of Trustees has set a special meeting to consider placing the school president on administrative leave aft...
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Chillicothe post office honors late native Navy SEALJun 19, 2018 7:00 am - CHILLICOTHE, Ill. (AP) - The U.S. post office in Chillicothe (chihl-uh-KAH'-thee) has been named in honor of a Navy SEAL killed in action last year. Senior Chief Petty O...