Articles filed under Illinois
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University of Illinois searches for chief diversity officerMar 27, 2018 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois is in the midst of a national search for its first-ever chief diversity officer. The News-Gazette repor...
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Illinois Tollway expects 6.5M holiday-weekend travelersMar 27, 2018 7:00 am - DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (AP) - Officials expect 6.5 million automobiles to travel the Illinois Tollway during the coming holiday weekend. The Easter and Passover holiday-tra...
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Cook County sues Facebook as FTC investigates company's privacy practicesMar 27, 2018 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Cook County is the latest group to sue Facebook and Cambridge Analytica over alleged breach of privacy protections, the Chicago Tribune is reporting. The Fed...
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Group assessing impact of Illinois Safe Roads AmendmentMar 26, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois advocacy group is looking to determine the impact of the state transportation lockbox amendment more than a year after voters approv...
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State plan calls for $200M to make railroad crossings saferMar 26, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois will spend nearly $200 million over the next five years to help local communities and railroads make railroad crossings safer. The Illi...
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Ex-inmate dies months after release in 1970s murder caseMar 26, 2018 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A 75-year-old central Illinois man who spent 47 years behind bars for a murder he insisted he didn't commit has died just 10 months after his release...
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FTC, states increase pressure on Facebook on privacyMar 26, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. regulators and state attorneys general are increasing pressure on Facebook as they probe whether the company's data-collection practices have hurt t...
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Districts 300, 207 join state program to revise graduation requirementsMar 26, 2018 1:00 am - Six more Illinois school districts are joining a state program to test competency-based high school graduation requirements. Among the newcomers are Algonquin-based Comm...
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Illinois hospital uses new app to communicate with EMSMar 25, 2018 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois hospital has partnered with seven EMS providers to test a new app to improve communications. The Twiage app was created to foster better ...
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Iowa family died of gas asphyxiation at Mexican resortMar 25, 2018 7:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Autopsies indicate an Iowa couple and their two children died from inhaling toxic gas at a rented condo on Mexico's Caribbean coast, but there was no ...