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Jack McCullough will get a new attorney to help him pursue freedom from his conviction of murdering seven-year-old Maria Ridulph in 1957. Last week, the DeKalb County State's Attorney said a six-month review turned up serious missteps during the investigation.
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New Illinois football coach Lovie Smith says his new coaching staff is exactly what he had pictured, including some he had worked with, those with NFL experience, and those who know the college game.
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DACC President Alice Marie Jacobs says that program reductions and a tuition hike are helping them get through the summer and fall semesters without state funding.
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AFSCME, the union representing nearly 40,000 state employees, is planning to ask the Illinois Supreme Court to take another swing at an opinion justices issued last Thursday. Justices said unless lawmakers appropriate the money, the state doesn't have to pay out raises guaranteed in their contracts.
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The U-S Supreme Court has rejected former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's appeal of his corruption convictions that included his attempt to sell the vacant Senate seat once occupied by President Barack Obama.
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Gill, an emergency room physician from Bloomington, ran four times for the U-S House as a Democrat, but now plans to collect petition signatures to run as an independent in the 13th District.
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GOP Congressman Rodney Davis of Taylorville says despite the positive news coming out of President Obama's recent visit to Cuba, there are some obstacles before Congress will consider lifting the U.S. trade embargo with the island country.
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State lawmakers are advancing another attempt to decriminalize possessing small amounts of marijuana, removing the possibility of jail time. But they face strong opposition from law enforcement and anti-pot advocates.
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The Illinois Supreme Court Thursday said the state does not have to pay unionized employees what it says in their contracts, unless legislators specifically appropriate the money.
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There are now four signs entering Champaign County reading 'Birthplace of the Tuskegee Airmen – March 1941.' On Thursday, the county held a celebration of what occured on the former Chanute Air Force base 75 years ago this month.
