Articles filed under Illinois
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Editorial: Return sales tax-collection overage to local agenciesMar 28, 2018 11:00 pm - Eight months ago, the new Illinois budget empowered the state to begin taking 2 percent off the top of the sales taxes it processes and returns to each community and gov...
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Judge: Summer trial for Chicago officer in McDonald caseMar 28, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A judge says trial will begin this summer for a Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald. C...
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Hearings planned ahead of automatic voter registrationMar 28, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois State Board of Elections will hold public hearings on the state's automatic voter registration system before it takes effect this s...
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Illinois local sales tax fee generating more than expectedMar 28, 2018 7:00 am - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Revenue's new administrative fee is outpacing budget expectations and has generated almost $50 million during i...
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Poets invited to apply for annual statewide competitionMar 28, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Emerging writers are invited to submit their poetry to the 14th Annual Illinois Emerging Writers Competition. Secretary of State and State Libra...
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Rauner OK with aide campaigning during Legionnaires' crisisMar 28, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner is unconcerned that his Public Health Department's chief of staff took a 2016 leave of absence for political campaigning while...
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ISU sued over how school handles sexual misconduct casesMar 28, 2018 7:00 am - NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State University faces a federal lawsuit from a former male student who says the way the school handles sexual misconduct cases violated his...
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Yucky ducky? Study reveals bath-time toy's dirty secretMar 27, 2018 7:00 am - BERN, Switzerland (AP) - Scientists have the dirt on the rubber ducky: Those cute yellow bath-time toys are - as some parents have long suspected - a haven for nasty bug...
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APNewsBreak: Top aide campaigned during Legionnaires' crisisMar 27, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Records show that a top aide at the Illinois Department of Public Health took a leave of absence to work on political campaigns in the fall of 2...
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Public Health issues warning about synthetic cannabinoidsMar 27, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Public Health is issuing a warning about synthetic cannabinoids after six people who used them suffered severe bleedi...