Articles filed under Illinois
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Aurora approves city's first gay pride parade for JuneFeb 14, 2018 6:00 am - AURORA, Ill. (AP) - The city of Aurora will have its first gay pride parade this June. Members of the Aurora City Council's Government Operations committee voted Tuesday...
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NIU to mark 10th anniversary of deadly campus shootingFeb 14, 2018 6:00 am - DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - Hundreds of people gathered at a memorial garden at Northern Illinois University to mark the tenth anniversary of a shooting that left five students ...
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Rauner wants $1 billion tax cut with pension fixFeb 14, 2018 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner said Wednesday he could balance the Illinois budget and cut taxes by $1 billion provided the Democratic-controlled General Ass...
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2 more Legionnaires' disease cases found at veterans homeFeb 13, 2018 6:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - Officials say there are two more laboratory-confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease among residents of a veterans' home in western Illinois. The Ill...
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Ex-staffer: Madigan, top Democrats too slow to probe sex harassment claimFeb 13, 2018 12:00 am - A campaign worker for Illinois Democrats said Tuesday that it took party officials too long to respond after she reported sexual harassment by a male supervisor last yea...
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Corruption, opioid epidemic priorities for GOP attorney general candidatesFeb 13, 2018 12:00 am - On the surface, the only things Illinois attorney general candidates running in the March 20 Republican primary share are membership in the GOP and law degrees from pres...
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Illinois university to mark 10-year anniversary of shootingFeb 12, 2018 6:00 am - DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - Families are remembering their loved ones 10 years after a shooting Northern Illinois University shooting that killed five and injured 21. Students G...
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Rock Falls man charged in accident that killed girlfriendFeb 12, 2018 6:00 am - STERLING, Ill. (AP) - A suspected Illinois cocaine dealer whose girlfriend was killed when he ran a stop sign and crashed his car into a pickup truck has been charged wi...
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Illinois courts adjusting to state's new bail reform lawFeb 12, 2018 6:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - Courts across Illinois have had about a month to adjust to the requirements of the new bail reform law that took effect Jan. 1. The Q...
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Madigan fires political consultant after inappropriate textsFeb 12, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has dismissed a long-time political consultant after an investigation found he sent inappropriate text me...