Articles filed under Illinois
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Orson Welles' hometown celebrates actor's Shakespeare fameOct 06, 2016 7:00 am - WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) - Woodstock will celebrate its favorite son - Orson Welles - and one of his favorites - Shakespeare. The Orson Welles Creative Arts Festival celebra...
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Barrington-area GOP lawmakers deliver grim outlookOct 06, 2016 1:00 am - Four Republican state lawmakers painted a less-than-rosy picture of Illinois government Thursday during a breakfast forum hosted by business, education and municipal gro...
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Tech executive donates $32 million to U of IllinoisOct 05, 2016 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A foundation run by University of Illinois graduate and technology executive Thomas Siebel is donating $25 million to the school for a new design cen...
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Former White House reporter will speak on media and politicsOct 05, 2016 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A former CNN White House correspondent will discuss subjects at the heart of the contentious 2016 presidential election during a lecture on Oct. 13 a...
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3 win Nobel chemistry prize for world's tiniest machinesOct 05, 2016 7:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing the world's smallest machines, 1,000 times thinner than a human hair but w...
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Illinois marijuana sales top $20M since program beganOct 05, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Medical marijuana sales reached more than $3.8 million last month at licensed dispensaries throughout Illinois. The state released new monthly s...
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Thomson prison expected to be fully operational in 2017Oct 05, 2016 7:00 am - THOMSON, Ill. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said a western Illinois federal prison will be fully operational starting late next year. Durbin visited Thomson Administrativ...
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U of Illinois says it has reduced staff, costs since 2015Oct 05, 2016 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois says it has cut the number of its employees by 484 over the past 18 months, about 3 percent of the school's non-instructio...
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Plant in Belvidere to make interior parts for Jeep CherokeeOct 05, 2016 7:00 am - BELVIDERE, Ill. (AP) - A new manufacturing plant in northern Illinois will make interior cockpit components for the Jeep Cherokee. State Rep. Joe Sosnowski, a Rockford R...
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Demand for Illinois bobcat hunting permits exceeds supplyOct 04, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - New numbers from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources show that the number of people applying for the state's first legal bobcat hunt wa...