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Budget sets out $12 million increase for Amtrak
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — One area of state government that’s not facing cuts under Illinois’s worst-ever budget is its support for passenger rail service. Gov. Pat Quinn is seeking to increase spendi...
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Lawmaker aims to ban the sale of lion meat
CHICAGO — A state lawmaker is pushing legislation that would ban the sale of lion meat and the slaughter of the animals in Illinois, saying he knows of at least two places where he believes the mea...
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St. Peters man dedicates life to helping dads
ST. LOUIS — Halbert Sullivan knows about being a distant, uninvolved father — he was once one himself. Now, the suburban St. Louis man helps other men become better dads. Sullivan recently won n...
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Judge attempts simultaneous trials
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee judge tried something unprecedented — overseeing two unrelated trials at the same time. A missing witness foiled the experiment of Criminal Court Judge W. Mark Ward ...
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Support growing for new special-needs playground
VINE GROVE — A community in central Kentucky has gotten behind a young girl’s request for special-needs equipment at a local park so that she can play with her friend. Since 9-year-old Rachel Ri...
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Police chief’s polygraph targets racist applicants
COOPERTOWN, Tenn. — A police chief hired to rebuild a tiny Tennessee department dismantled by scandal is using a lie-detector test to keep racists off his force. Coopertown Police Chief Shane Su...
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Ex-school leader got unapproved benefits
LOUISVILLE — A former superintendent of a struggling Kentucky school district pocketed nearly $224,000 in benefits and payments that weren’t authorized by the local school board during an eight-yea...
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Associated Press Commuters walk as a snow storm arrives Tuesday in downtown Chicago. Chicago was hit by a storm expected to dump as much as 10 inches of snow in the area before the end of the day, the most since the 2011 blizzard and its more than 20 inches of snow.
Storm barrels from Midwest to Atlantic
CHICAGO — A late winter storm packing up to 10 inches of snow sent officials in weather-hardened Chicago into action Tuesday to prevent a repeat of scenes from two years ago, when hundreds of peopl...
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Associated Press Michael Madigan, Illinois Speaker of the House, D-Chicago, listens to lawmakers argue about budget legislation on the House floor Tuesday at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield.
Quinn: Deal saves $900 million
BY JOHN O’CONNOR and SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A recent contract agreement with the state’s largest union will save Illinois nearly $900 million in health care co...
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February reported colder than average
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The average temperature for February in Illinois was slightly colder than average, after three months of above average temperatures. That’s why Illinois State Climatologist Jim...
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