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Illini Football Draws Crowd For Open Practice
About 5,000 fans took advantage of Saturday’s weather by watching Lovie Smith's first Illini football team hold an open practice at Memorial Stadium.
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Comptroller: Pay For Office Holders To Be Delayed
Illinois legislators should expect a delay in their paychecks.
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Wealthy Would Pay More, Under Proposed New Income Tax Structure
All Illinois residents pay the same income tax rate. Now a plan is afoot to change that, with a constitutional amendment, to have the wealthy pay more.
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Roger Ebert Fellows 2016 Ebertfest Wrap-Up
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Illinois Senator Calls For More Teens To Have A Lawyer During Police Interrogations
Illinois State Senator Patricia Van Pelt, D-Chicago, is sponsoring legislation to expand protections for teenagers accused of murder. She says they can't make the legal decisions required to waive legal rights.
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Illinois Man Serving Life Term In 1957 Murder Ordered Freed
A judge has ordered the release of a 76-year-old Jack McCullough, who a prosecutor says was wrongly convicted of killing an Illinois schoolgirl in 1957. A prosecutor re-examined evidence and concluded the former Washington state security guard couldn't have committed the crime.
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SBA Approves Disaster Assistance For Two Illinois Counties
The US Small Business Administration has approved Illinois’ request to help victims of severe storms and flooding in Iroquois and Christian counties.
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Williams: Rush Incidents Have ‘Derailed’ Improved Relations With Police
Seon Williams of Champaign says the excessive force incidents involving officer Matt Rush, and resulting lawsuits have 'derailed' the progress the African-American community has made in improving relations with city police. He says the city deserves better officers on the street who make better decisions.
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Crew Member On ‘The Third Man’ Recalls Orson Welles, 65-Year Career
Angela Allen credits director Carol Reed for getting her started in film. The post-screening discussion following the 1949 film noir 'The Third Man', Thursday night at Roger Ebert's Film Festival was kind of cinema history lesson for the crowd at Champaign's Virginia Theatre.
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Madigan On Rauner, In His Own Words
The speaker of the Illinois House made a rare policy speech during a debate on Tuesday. It was intended to put in context legislative Democrats’ long-running dispute with the Republican governor over state spending.