Articles filed under Illinois
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Former Illinois purchasing director pays $440K to countyJul 09, 2017 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A former purchasing director of a northern Illinois county has paid more than $440,000 in restitution to the county less than a year after being se...
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Carbondale to offer free Wi-Fi downtown later this yearJul 09, 2017 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - City leaders in Carbondale say free wireless internet is coming to the southern Illinois city's downtown. Frontier Communications has a $20,000, ...
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Central Illinois officials push for e-cigarettes bansJul 08, 2017 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Central Illinois health officials are urging restaurants, bars and others businesses to voluntarily adopt bans on the use of electronic cigarettes...
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University of Illinois hosts human-animal studies instituteJul 06, 2017 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois has planned a summer institute on human-animal studies starting this weekend. University officials say the institute wi...
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Democrat St. Clair County prosecutor running for CongressJul 06, 2017 7:00 am - SWANSEA, Ill. (AP) - Democratic southern Illinois prosecutor Brendan Kelly says he's running for Congress in the state's 12th District. Kelly told the Belleville News-De...
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Trump on Russian meddling: 'Nobody really knows for sure'Jul 06, 2017 7:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Ahead of a crucial meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump stopped short Thursday of condemning Moscow for meddling i...
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Illinois House approves state budget, ends historic impasseJul 06, 2017 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House voted Thursday to override Gov. Bruce Rauner's vetoes of a budget package, giving the state its first spending blueprint in more than tw...
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Mega Millions, Powerball sales to resume in IllinoisJul 06, 2017 1:00 am - The Mega Millions and Powerball games will be sold again by the Illinois Lottery, it said Thursday. “The Illinois Lottery is pleased to announce that sales of Mega Milli...
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Moody's may still lower Illinois to junk even if budget enactedJul 06, 2017 1:00 am - Illinois is at risk of becoming the first junk-rated U.S. state on record even if lawmakers overturn Governor Bruce Rauner's veto and enact a budget, Moody's Investors S...
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Illinois spending bill still higher than averageJul 06, 2017 1:00 am - The $36 billion spending package voted on Thursday by Illinois legislators is less than what the state is estimated to have spent in the last fiscal year when there was ...