State News
May 20, 2013 - 1:18 p.m.•By The Associated Press
May 20, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By REGINA GARCIA CANO-
The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD – An Illinois agency manager might have to delay retirement. A former university secretary wonders whether she’ll have to cancel vacations. A state office assistant fears he won’t be able to afford the medical care his wife needs.
May 18, 2013 - 9:09 p.m.•By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO – Seeking to keep pace with changing technology, Illinois toughened penalties Saturday for those who use social media and text messaging to organize violent “flash mobs” like those that have occurred on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue and in other tourist areas.
May 18, 2013 - 9:07 p.m.•By REGINA GARCIA CANO -
The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois General Assembly has just two weeks left in Springfield before it adjourns for the summer, leaving lawmakers with a tight deadline for action on issues including tackling the state’s pension crisis, gay marriage and how guns will be allowed to be carried in public.
May 18, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By REGINA GARCIA CANO-
The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD – Medical marijuana use in Illinois is now in Gov. Pat Quinn’s hands after the state Senate approved legislation.
May 18, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By CARLA K. JOHNSON – The Associated Press
CHICAGO – Community groups in Illinois have been given more time to apply for $28 million in grants to help consumers learn how to shop for health insurance that will be available under President Barack Obama's health overhaul law.
May 17, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By LINDSEY TANNER
The Associated Press
CHICAGO – As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his eyes.
May 16, 2013 - 4:34 p.m.•By JOHN O'CONNOR – The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD – An Illinois Senate panel approved a measure Thursday allowing the carrying of concealed weapons, but the committee's move followed sharp questioning from Republicans concerning whether packing a gun in Chicago should require special permission and how authorities would determine who is fit to carry.
May 16, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By SARA BURNETT-
The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD – Politics has long been a family business in Illinois, a place where who you know – and who you’re related to – matters more than most. But the family drama shaping up around the next governor’s race adds a new layer of intrigue in a Capitol already grappling with huge financial problems.
May 16, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By JIM SUHR - The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS – More than eight decades since bootlegging gangster Charlie Birger became Illinois' last person publicly hanged, the southern Illinois city that has clung to his legend finally has the case's biggest and most-elusive relic: the gallows from which he swung for his role in the killing of a nearby mayor.
May 16, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By MICHAEL TARM-
The Associated Press
CHICAGO – A scowling Donald Trump raised his voice on the witness stand Wednesday while an attorney grilled him and then rolled his eyes at the “Apprentice” star’s answers, leading a federal judge to scold both men in open court and order them to behave.
May 14, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By JIM SALTER -
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS – Six federal marshals were honored Monday for bravery for their actions during a 2011 St. Louis gunfight that killed one of their own, along with a drug suspect they were looking to arrest.
May 13, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By SOPHIA TAREEN - The Associated Press
CHICAGO – Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon said she is in favor of a bill allowing the medical use of marijuana, explaining Sunday that testimony from seriously ill veterans and other patients helped change her mind.
May 12, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPRINGFIELD – Eleven Illinois counties that suffered damage from last month’s flooding have been declared federal disaster areas.
May 12, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
DIXON – The city of Dixon is citing a deposition by a former branch manager in its lawsuit against the bank, where former city Comptroller Rita Crundwell had a secret account that she used in her theft of nearly $54 million.
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