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Illinois Financial Situation Getting Worse
Speaking in Moline Tuesday, Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger said the total of Illinois' unpaid bills could reach $8.5 billion by the end of the year.
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Urbana, Forsyth Approve Clinton Landfill Consent Decree
The Urbana City Council and the Forsyth Village Board are the 9th and 10th local governments to approve the agreement with the Clinton Landfill that would restrict its intake of PCB and manufactured gas plant waste, and stop legal action by the 14-government coalition.
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Pontiac Chosen For Minor League Basketball Team
The Livingston County city of about 12,000 people was chosen for its location along Historic Route 66. Pontiac is also home to the country's longest-running high school basketball tournament.
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Repeat DUI Offenders In Illinois Could Soon Be Back Behind The Wheel
Gov. Bruce Rauner last month signed a measure that would provide restricted permits if drivers prove they are drug and alcohol free for at least three years.
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Challenges Of Higher Education Growing Up In A Migrant Family
Frida Arellano never thought that she would call Arcola, Illinois home. Until her family moved here from McAllen, Texas to find work and hope for a better life.
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Investigators Hope New DNA Analysis Will Help Solve Holly Cassano Murder
Champaign County Sheriff's investigators say an analysis of DNA evidence by a private lab indicates that Cassano's killer was likely male and "probably with some" Hispanic, Native American, Central American or South American heritage.
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Endangered Species Board Itself Threatened
An email from the then-Director of the Illinois Endangered Species Board earlier this month was sudden and direct. "Funding is being eliminated" and won't be reinstated any time in the foreseeable future,” it read. The email had been sent one of her last days on the job.
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Rose Legislation Would Provide More Info About Landfills Located Above Aquifers
State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) is proposing legislation meant to make more information available to the public about landfills that sit atop aquifers in Illinois.
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Landowners In Pipeline Path To Receive Settlement
A central Illinois judge has decided that a handful of landowners with property in the path of a planned oil pipeline will receive up to $30,000 each.
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Taiwanese Delegation Agrees To Buy Billions In Illinois Corn and Soybeans
An agricultural mission from Taiwan has agreed to buy Illinois corn and soybeans in 2016 and 2017.