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Associated Press Police officers, teachers, caregivers and other rank-and-file public servants join Illinois AFL-CIO members in October 2011 to protest the state's pension situation at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Illinois government must cut pension and health care costs or see its backlog of unpaid bills nearly quadruple to $35 billion, the Civic Federation warns in a report that highlights the challenges facing Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn as he prepares to deliver his State of the State address.
Quinn looks at teacher pensions
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. Pat Quinn, responding to a dire new report on state finances Monday, said more clearly than ever that he wants schools and universities to help pay for their employees’ ret...
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Romney shows no mercy before vote
MIAMI — Cheered by new polls, Mitt Romney is all but predicting victory in Tuesday’s Republican presidential primary. Newt Gingrich is looking past Florida to regroup, vowing he won’t stay buried l...
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41 early-release inmates face revocation HIGHLAND HEIGHTS — Kentucky corrections officials say 75 of the prison inmates granted early release from prison in January have been found in violation ...
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Judge to rule on filing deadlines
FRANKFORT — A judge handling a high-profile court case sparked by Kentucky’s redrawn legislative districts is expected to rule with 24 hours on whether to postpone Tuesday’s deadline for candidates...
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Attempted espionage hearing to be set for Owenboro soldier
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — U.S. Army officials could decide in February when to schedule a court hearing for an Alaska-based soldier charged with attempted espionage. Army officials say Spc. William Co...
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Tennessee wants to curb deadly pain pill epidemic
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s death rate from drug overdoses has nearly tripled since 1999, a trend that state officials are trying to reverse with expanded regulations. Proposals include one f...
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Illinois seeks more female prison guards
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Department of Corrections wants to increase the number of female prison guards in Illinois because they’re crucial to all prisons, especially when it comes to searches of in...
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Lawmakers want welfare drug tests
FRANKFORT — Legislation that would require welfare recipients to be tested for drug use is gaining popularity among Kentucky lawmakers, more than 50 of whom have signed on as co-sponsors. It doe...
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Foreign students increasing in Kentucky
LOUISVILLE — The number of foreign students attending Kentucky colleges is growing. There were 5,111 foreign students enrolled at higher education institutions in Kentucky during the 2010-11 aca...
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Associated Press The handcuffed hands of Kentucky State Penitentiary death row inmate Randy Haight, 59, are shown on Oct. 26 at the Eddyville. State Penitentiary. Kentucky's death row is aging and it's costing the state. The 35 condemned inmates have an average age of 50, which is 14 years older than inmates not condemned to death. While the state doesn't keep separate statistics for the death row population, medical expenses for the Department of Corrections rose each year since 2008, from $49.1 million that year to $54.8 million in fiscal year 2011.
Age catching death row
EDDYVILLE — Randy Haight wakes every morning to sore hands and a creaking body. The 59-year-old blames the pain on arthritis — something that he describes as rampant at his home for the last 17 yea...
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