Articles filed under Region
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Mob witnesses testify to planted bombs, murdersJul 26, 2007 11:00 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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State can't rely on smokers to fund programsJul 26, 2007 11:00 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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Estimated costs of keeping lawmakers in SpringfieldJul 26, 2007 11:00 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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State cigarette tax now proposed at 90 centsJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Told Thursday that their 75-cent cigarette tax increase likely won't bring in as many millions as first predicted, Senate Democrats responded by adding ano...
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Smokers' drag: State ban signed into lawJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Starting Jan. 1, smokers won't be able to light up inside restaurants, bars, offices, shopping malls and other indoor public places in Illinois. Gov. Rod Blagojevich sig...
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Dems face online queriesJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Dems face online queries: CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Young, Internet-savvy voters challenged Democratic presidential hopefuls on Iraq, the military draft and the candidates' ow...
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Small progress on illegal immigrationJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Small progress on illegal immigration Illinois is beginning to make progress in the effort to end the flood of illegal immigrants who are invading our communities. Towns...
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Defense mocks mob trial witness's testimonyJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The star witness at the trial of five alleged Chicago underworld figures came under attack Monday from an attorney who accused him of making up his eyewitness account of...
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Woman's body found in Chicago closetJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A Chicago woman's decomposing body was found wrapped in a plastic bag inside a closet, and police said Monday they were questioning the ex-boyfriend of the victim's moth...
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Whims of time take toll on lifelong writerMay 23, 2003 5:15 am - Editor’s note: This column originally published May 29, 2003 This is the kind of compelling human story Bill Granger was made to tell. Instead, Granger sits in the Illin...