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Illinois digestOct 31, 2021 4:46 pm - Virtual campus, real tuition: University of Illinois trustees set tuition rates for the first degrees to be offered by the new Global Campus. Trustees also loaned the on...
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State budget delay hard on schoolsOct 31, 2021 4:40 pm - It's tough enough for administrators, guided by a board of education, to direct a school district's finances when lawmakers finish work on time. When lawmakers go into o...
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Frat adviser: Cartoon may have prompted alleged threatOct 31, 2021 4:41 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A Southern Illinois University student accused of writing a note threatening a "murderous rampage" similar to the April one at Virginia Tech may innocen...
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Capital needs, transit still prioritiesOct 31, 2021 4:35 pm - Illinois legislators, nearly two months into their longest overtime session ever, are showing small signs of movement on their budget deadlock -- but only small signs. O...
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Electric rebate plans goes to governorOct 31, 2021 4:37 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A plan to give angry consumers $1 billion in relief from surging electricity prices sailed through the Illinois Legislature on Thursday, despite some comp...
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State can't rely on smokers to fund programsOct 31, 2021 4:37 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Both critics and supporters of a now 90-cent cigarette tax increase essentially agree that the state can't rely on a steady stream of money from raising c...
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Nurse sentenced to 10 years in prison for DUIOct 31, 2021 4:38 pm - When Roberto Chavez's family visits him, they do not know if he even recognizes their faces. He cannot walk or talk. His one side is paralyzed. He still can weep, though...
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Mob witnesses testify to planted bombs, murdersOct 31, 2021 4:36 pm - CHICAGO -- As both a gun dealer and an undertaker, Ernie Severino was positioned to serve the Chicago mob in various ways. The soft-spoken 60-year-old testified Thursday...
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Estimated costs of keeping lawmakers in SpringfieldOct 31, 2021 4:39 pm - $613,824, and we're counting This is the estimated cost of keeping lawmakers in Springfield so far. Gov. Rod Blagojevich has ordered them to stay in overtime until they...
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Electric rate relief surging toward OKOct 31, 2021 4:38 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A plan to give angry consumers $1 billion in relief from surging electricity prices was on the fast track for legislative approval Thursday, despite some ...