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Electric rebate plans goes to governorJul 26, 2007 11:00 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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Capital needs, transit still prioritiesJul 26, 2007 11:00 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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Nurse sentenced to 10 years in prison for DUIJul 26, 2007 11:00 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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SIUE looks at text-message warningsJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE-- In line on her college campus to donate blood, Angela Negron was unsure which was more surprising: that the school's police happened upon a fellow student...
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LaHood retiring after 7 terms in CongressJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood says he will retire next year after seven terms in Congress. The Peoria Republican said in an interview Thursday with Peoria radio station...
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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...