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BENTON, Ill. (AP)- The chief federal judge for Southern Illinois says if a partial government shutdown continues past early February the court may run out…
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Illinois Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker plans to pay his own money to double the salaries of several key staffers.Pritzker created East Jackson Street LLC to…
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Checks have been sent out to more than 900 Illinois workers to cover back pay owed since 2011.Comptroller Susana Mendoza says the checks were issued to…
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The former manager of Bloomington's city-owned arena faces a new theft indictment charging that he illegally transferred city money to a group that used…
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Southern Illinois University President Randy Dunn survived a vote by the school's board of trustees to place him administrative leave.Numerous professors…
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The odor of decomposing bodies has renewed calls to replace a county morgue in northern Illinois.The Kane County morgue only has room for two bodies in…
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A major credit ratings agency says Illinois' new budget is "more of the same" from the worst-rated state in the U.S.S&P Global Ratings released an…
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Illinois' new state budget relies on more than $400 million in savings from a new pension buyout plan that finance experts caution is highly speculative…
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The Illinois House has endorsed the idea of switching to a graduated income tax. Democrats who control the House voted 61-52 Tuesday on a resolution…
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The Illinois House has approved a measure to provide back pay to thousands of state workers who've been waiting for it since 2011.The bill passed the…