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Republicans vote down another Indiana teacher pay boost planJan 16, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A Democratic proposal to immediately boost Indiana teacher pay by $100 million a year by stretching out payments to a teacher pension fund was reject...
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Survey of Plains, Western bankers says rural economy growingJan 16, 2020 6:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A new survey of bankers suggests the economy is growing in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states. The overall economic index for rural parts of ...
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Suburban lawmakers consider statewide lobbyist regulationJan 16, 2020 12:00 am - If the state requires lobbyists to register to increase transparency, why shouldn't local governments? Those were among anomalies and loopholes lawmakers on the state's...
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State Senate to elect Cullerton's replacement SundayJan 16, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate will hold a special meeting Sunday to elect a new chamber president. Senate President John Cullerton, a Chicago Democrat, surprised his...
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Potential implementation of Equal Rights Amendment is complicatedJan 16, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Two years after Illinois' Legislature approved new language for the U.S. Constitution codifying that rights cannot be denied due to gender, the Equal Right...
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University of Illinois administrators hike tuitionJan 16, 2020 12:00 am - University of Illinois administrators on Thursday approved a hike in tuition costs for in-state freshmen for the first time in six years. Freshmen entering the universit...
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Victim's 14-year-old daughter testifies at Hinsdale murder trialJan 16, 2020 12:00 am - The daughter of a slain Hinsdale woman testified Thursday as the murder trial of suspect Dominic Sanders of Chicago entered its third day. The girl, now 14, testified th...
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Lawsuit against Indiana university given class action statusJan 15, 2020 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - A judge has granted class-action status to a lawsuit alleging an Indiana university breached its contract by provided substandard living assignm...
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Chicago-area zoo lion dies after mysterious fall into moatJan 15, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A 14-year-old lion at the Brookfield Zoo near Chicago mysteriously fell into her enclosure's dry moat and died less than two weeks after her mate was put ...
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Autopsy didn't find cause of death of suburban Chicago womanJan 15, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An autopsy has failed to determine the cause of death of a suburban Chicago woman whose body was found in the trunk of her car, the Cook County medical ex...