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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 ...
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SIUE looks at text-message warningsOct 31, 2021 4:37 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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State cigarette tax now proposed at 90 centsOct 31, 2021 4:36 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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Predatory lenders targetedOct 31, 2021 4:37 pm - Predatory lenders targeted: People applying for a mortgage in Illinois might get some extra protection against corrupt lenders. The Illinois House has approved legislati...
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LaHood retiring after 7 terms in CongressOct 31, 2021 4:38 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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Smokers' drag: State ban signed into lawOct 31, 2021 4:30 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...