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The Illinois baseball team now looks to the NCAA regionals after Saturday's 5-3 loss to the Wolverines knocks them from the Big Ten Tournament in Minneapolis.
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The mystery lamb of the southern Illinois city of Fairview Heights has been captured.
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Illinois legislators are taking a weekend break, though there are major issues unresolved heading toward their May 31st adjournment.
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The Illini baseball team stays alive in the Big Ten Tournament with a 2-0 shutout of Michigan State Friday. They play Michigan at 1 p.m. Saturday, and hope to play them again Saturday evening for a shot at the championship game.
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Democratic legislators have voted down elements of Gov. Bruce Rauner's pro-business agenda. All House Democrats voted against three measures, while GOP colleagues only voted present.
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Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's effort to impose a new income tax on millionaires has stalled. Three Democrats voted no Thursday. Madigan blamed Republicans, who he says were following Governor Bruce Rauner's orders for protecting the wealthy at the expense of the middle class.
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Illinois' 2-1 loss to Maryland at the Big Tournament at Target Field ends a Big Ten record 27-game winning streak. The Illini will now take on Michigan State in an elimination game Friday night at 7:30.
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The bill that passed the Senate Thursday (HB 1326) deals with manufactured gas plant waste, which is called 'very dangerous' by co-sponsor Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet.) The measure was inspired by efforts to keep PCB's out of the Clinton Landfill.
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A federal grant program known as Title 1 sends money to schools with high rates of poverty to help close the achievement gap between poor and wealthy students - not to pay for pension debt.