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Blagojevich sentenced to 14 years for corruption charges, says he’s ‘unbelievably sorry’

Online Staff Report Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, 54, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday, Dec. 7, on
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Ban on most electronic waste in landfills begins in January

Online Staff Report Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful (KNIB) reminds Illinois residents that the state’s Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act with
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Closing Illinois institutions: Cost savings or cost shifting?

By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Closing mental health and developmental institutions in Illinois will save at least $50
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Congress could help states collect online sales taxes

By Andrew Thomason Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinoisans who buy the latest best-selling book as a Christmas gift on Amazon.com
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Prisons, mental health facilities saved; Quinn friendlier on budget

By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’ seven endangered prisons and mental health facilities will stay open for at
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State Senate passes electric rate hikes to underwrite dirty coal

By Environment Illinois SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Senate voted Nov. 29 to force Illinois citizens and businesses to purchase power
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Pension double dipping could end soon

By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois will not retrieve the millions of dollars being paid to retired union
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Disability parking crackdown results in more than 30 citations statewide

Online Staff Report Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced that the Secretary of State Police issued 31 citations over the
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Report shows Illinois making progress in making after school programs available to all children

Online Staff Report WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new assessment of states’ progress toward offering after school programs to all children who
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Dec. 2 deadline for statewide school efficiency survey

Online Staff Report SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — If you have ideas about how Illinois school districts can operate more efficiently and enhance
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Survey finds toxic or dangerous toys on store shelves

Online Staff Report CHICAGO — Dangerous or toxic toys can still be found on America’s store shelves, according to Illinois Public
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Clean cars would save Illinoisans $11 million this Thanksgiving weekend

By Environment Illinois CHICAGO — As Illinoisans prepare for one of the busiest holiday travel weekends of the year, a new
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Public business on private electronics subject to FOIA

Staff Report SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Press Association (IPA) applauds the binding opinion issued Nov. 15 by the Illinois Attorney General
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State Police step up roadway patrols for Thanksgiving

Staff Report PECATONICA, Ill. — Illinois State Police (ISP) and local law enforcement agencies throughout the state are gearing up
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Illinois needs $1 billion more for FY13 budget

By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Every new dollar Illinois brings in next year is likely going to public
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Family Reading Night set for Nov. 17 throughout Illinois

Staff Report SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White is urging families in Illinois to spend
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Illinois Treasurer hopes to reunite service members with war medals

Online Staff Report CHICAGO — The vault beneath the Illinois State Capitol contains thousands of lost or forgotten valuables, including almost
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New plan forms to keep state facilities open, for now

By Andrew Thomason Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Notices have gone out to nearly 200 Tinley Park Mental Health Center employees
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Illinois home sales up 19.9 percent in third quarter

Online Staff Report SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – According to the Illinois Association of REALTORS (IAR) third quarter 2011 report, Illinois home sales
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Wage increases for state employees slow, while state’s largest public-sector union donates heavily to campaigns

By Andrew Thomason Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Pay increases for public employees in Illinois could become a trickle under a
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Audit recommends fewer state-owned vehicles

By Andrew Thomason Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois state employees aren’t driving state-owned passenger vehicles enough. “It doesn’t make sense to
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Pop tax proposal on sugary drinks bubbles up again in Illinois

By Andrew Thomason Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — If every man, woman and child in Illinois were to drink 18 ounces
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Some of governor’s $376-million budget veto could be spent to rescue Rockford’s Singer, six other state facilities from closure

By Andrew Thomason Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) used his veto pen in an attempt to
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Surprise sex offender compliance visits made in advance of Halloween trick-or-treating

Online Staff Report CHICAGO — Investigators for Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the state Department of Human Services (DHS) conducted
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Illinois Supreme Court: State money cannot be special

By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Supreme Court may have opened the door for Illinois Gov. Pat
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Odds on more gambling in Illinois improve, but still no sure bet

By Andrew Thomason Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Chances that Illinois will see more gambling could be getting better, as Illinois
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ComEd, Ameren hope tweaks to Smart Grid enough to override veto, opponents not satisfied with changes

By Andrew Thomason Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Lawmakers are trying to appease opponents of a measure that would allow Illinois’
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Half of Illinois high schoolers not reading, solving math problems at grade level

By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Half of Illinois’ high school students cannot read or solve math problems at
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September home sales up 13.5 percent in Illinois, but prices down

Online Staff Report SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — According to the Illinois Association of REALTORS’ (IAR) latest report, statewide home sales (including single-family
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ComEd, Ameren donate heavily to state lawmakers prior to likely vote on smart grid rate-hike veto

By Andrew Thomason Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’ two largest utility providers have given $116,400 to the campaign warchests of
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Quinn wants five new casinos — including one in Rockford

By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Danville Mayor Scott Eisenhauer has been waiting six years to hear an Illinois
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Work continues on casino compromise

By Andrew Thomason Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — It’s a sure bet that gaming expansion will come up during the Illinois
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Illinois adds jobs, but unemployment rolls continue to grow

By Andrew Thomason Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The extent of Illinois’ job loss this summer depends on who is speaking
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Madigan announces initiative to fight new forms of meth production in Illinois

Online Staff Report CHICAGO — Joined by lawmakers, law enforcement officials and pharmacists, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan unveiled two initiatives
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Quinn: Illinois economy not as bad as ‘complainers’ say

By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) says “complainers” about the Illinois economy need to look
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Illinois prisons at bursting point if Logan closes

By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Closing the Logan Correctional Center may save Illinois taxpayers $9 million in the
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Lots of concerns, few answers in Quinn closing plan that would eliminate 2,660 jobs, $300 million in economic activity

By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — New reports from Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s (D) administration say closing seven state
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Fewer state employees, but higher paychecks

By Andrew Thomason Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A fractured economy is swelling unemployment figures in Illinois, and a growing number
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Tax hike not enough to pull Illinois out of debt

By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Adam Andrzejewski says he’s not surprised by a new report showing that Illinois
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Survey: Illinois third worst state for business

By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A new survey backs up the belief that Illinois is not a
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Parents urged to get child safety seats installed correctly as part of National Child Passenger Safety Week

Online Staff Report Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White encouraged parents and caregivers to make sure children are properly secured in
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Quinn’s vetoes face tough road in Legislature

By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) has been busy with his veto pen this
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Some support Quinn’s facility closing plan, kinda

By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Advocates and lawmakers could support Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s (D) plan to close
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Governor’s veto stops electric utilities from imposing rate hikes

Online Staff Report CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) was joined by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (D) and advocates
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Illinois takes in more cash from taxpayers, less from feds

By Andrew Thomason Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Taxpayers gave Illinois a $1.2-billion shot of cash in August, or $464 million
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Illinois’ top earners rake in overtime

• Assistant medical director at Rockford’s Singer Mental Health Center state’s top-paid employee By Andrew Thomason Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’
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Few want state to run Illinois’ health-care exchanges

By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Almost no one wants the state running Illinois’ new health-care exchanges. Health-care advocates, unions,
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FOIA tweak could make getting info tougher

By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Ed Fleck said he believes the numbers on his water bill now. But in
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Statehouse News: Prison guard numbers worry lawmakers

By Andrew Thomason Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — State budget constraints are creating real safety concerns in Illinois’ prison system for
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State to offer permanent White Sox license plate; money raised to benefit public schools

Online Staff Report Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White and the Chicago White Sox recently unveiled the new White Sox permanent
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