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Illinois Prison Possibly Shutting Off Water Due to Budget
One small Central Illinois community is considering shutting off water to its prison because it's owned nearly $370,000 from the state during the yearlong budget stalemate between Democrats and Republ...
Syndicated Author Jun 20, 2016
Bloomington Store Owner Charged After Allegedly Selling Synthetic Pot
Fifty-year-old Naiel Asad, of Peoria, has been charged with selling synthetic marijuana after Bloomington Police seized drugs, money, and over $40,000 from his Peoria residence and the Bloomington con...
Syndicated Author Jun 20, 2016
Proposed Short-Term Budget Would Pay Lottery Winners
Illinois lottery officials say they support a short-term budget proposed by Gov. Bruce Rauner because it would pay lottery officials, according to the Springfield State Journal-Register.The state of I...
Syndicated Author Jun 17, 2016
New Hotel Coming to Normal
Normal will soon have a new hotel. The Radisson Hotel on Traders Circle in north Normal will have its groundbreaking at 11 a.m. next Tuesday.Town Manager Mark Peterson said the upscale hotel will have...
Syndicated Author Jun 16, 2016
'Uncertain Future' For State Transportation
This year's road construction faces an uncertain future if Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Democrat-controlled General Assembly don't agree to authorize transportation spending by the end of June, according...
Syndicated Author Jun 16, 2016
Emergency Funding Will Soon Be Cut Due to State Budget
There is even more fallout from the lack of progress on the state budget deal.Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced Tuesday that the state has lost millions of dollars in investment income bec...
Syndicated Author Jun 15, 2016
Illinois State Museum Admission Fee Accepted, Set to Reopen July 2
The Illinois State Museum in Springfield in on track to reopen in early July after a legislative panel Tuesday approved a proposal to allow it to charge an admission fee.The bipartisan Joint Committee...
Syndicated Author Jun 15, 2016
Bill Hopes to Save Lifes by Allowing Police to Carry Allergy Auto-Injectors
A bill is awaiting action from Gov. Bruce Rauner that would give Illinois police training and authorization to carry epinephrine auto-injectors to help with severe allergic reactions.The measure is na...
Syndicated Author Jun 14, 2016
Champaign-Urbana Father Charged in Shooting Death of Son
An Urbana man has been charged in the shooting death of his son. According to the News-Gazette in Champaign, 66 year-old David Farrell was charged Monday with three counts of first-degree murder in th...
Syndicated Author Jun 14, 2016
Mautino Inquiry Postponed
The State Board of Elections is delaying its decision on whether to suspend a review into the campaign spending of Auditor General Frank Mautino pending a separate federal probe.The spending scrutiny ...
Syndicated Author Jun 13, 2016
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