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Head Of Illinois Child Welfare Agency Resigns
George Sheldonn the director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has resigned in the face of an ethics probe and controversy over recent child deaths.
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Attorney General: Hate-Crime Legislation Would Give Illinois A Badly Needed Update
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says new state hate-crimes legislation passed last week by the Senate will provide a badly needed upgrade to the state’s civil rights protections.
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79 Losing Jobs At Southern Illinois University As School Cuts Spending
Southern Illinois University in Carbondale is laying off 53 people and will not renew the contracts of another 26 employees as it tries to cut $19 million dollars in spending, spokeswoman Rae Goldsmith said Wednesday.
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Illinois House Abandons Plans To Vote On Budget In May
The Illinois General Assembly is once again ending it’s annual legislative session without passing a budget, a move that Gov. Bruce Rauner calls a "dereliction of duty".
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Mayor: Attorney General’s Memo On Sanctuary Cities Leaves Urbana In The Clear
A memorandum issued by the U-S Attorney General’s office outlining how it will crack down on so-called ‘sanctuary cities’ appears to leave the city of Urbana in the clear.
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Vets Call Veterans Choice ‘A Piece Of Cake,’ ‘A Nightmare,’ And Everything In Between
Veterans Choice is a federal program intended to reduce the length of waiting times for medical appointments. We continue our series, “Veterans Choice: Making it Work” by hearing from the people these benefits were designed to help.
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34 People Arrested At Illinois State Capitol Demonstration
Nearly three-dozen activists were arrested during a sit-in last night at the Illinois State Capitol. Their goal: get lawmakers to pass a so called “People and Planet First Budget” — taxing the wealthy to pay for universal health care and free tuition at public universities.
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House Dem On Budget: ‘We Can’t Do It On Our Own’
Wednesday is the last day of the Illinois General Assembly's annual legislative session. It also happens to mark 700 days since Illinois last had a real budget. Majority Democrats still aren’t saying whether they plan to do anything about that.
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Governor Kills 911 Legislation Supported by Chicago
Emergency dispatchers, phone companies, and lawmakers from both parties were in agreement. The fee on cell phone bills needed to increase — to keep 911 services going and to add new technology mandated by Illinois.
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Future Unclear For Illinois House’s $15 Wage
The Illinois House has approved a plan to raise Illinois’ minimum wage to $15 an hour. But it faces an uphill climb to become law.