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Quinn wants to raise taxes, delay paying bills

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Pat Quinn proposed a 33 percent income tax increase Wednesday that he said would prevent deep cuts to education funding, part of a budget plan that depends mostly on borrowing money and letting unpaid bills pile up for another year.

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Local leaders react to Quinn's budget proposal

DeKALB – John Rey knows relying on the state for funds it has promised to nonprofit organizations such as the one he works for is a highly unreliable plan.

Olsen's family still waiting

ST. CHARLES – Police on Wednesday identified skeletal remains found in St. Charles as those of a 63-year-old homeless man who grew up in the area. John Selman, whose last known residence was in Earlville, died of natural causes, according to the Kane County Coroner’s Office.

Leland man asks for evidence to be suppressed

SYCAMORE – After hearing a motion to suppress evidence in the case of a Leland man charged in an interstate theft ring, DeKalb County Circuit Judge Robbin Stuckert said Wednesday she wants more time to research the arguments.

Math and English classes could be standardized

SEATTLE — Governors and education leaders on Wednesday proposed sweeping new school standards that could lead to students across the country using the same math and English textbooks and taking the same tests, replacing a patchwork of state and local systems in an attempt to raise student achievement nationwide.

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Senior Services Center expands to Cortland

CORTLAND – Officials from the Senior Services Center have, once again, expanded their programming.

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Our View: Just say no to door-to-door

Pushy. Overbearing. Gruff. Those words describe door-to-door salesmen who have been making the rounds in DeKalb County, saying they represent a compan ...