BY Dean Olsen Courtesy of the Illinois Times The date was Jan. 29, 2009, and Pat Quinn was sitting at his desk in the lieutenant…
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By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – A federal judge in Puerto Rico last week told a politically connected former state contractor that…
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By COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois [email protected] A $73 million state-funded project in Lake County aims to stabilize the last undeveloped Lake Michigan shoreline in…
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By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – A panel of federal appellate judges on Thursday seemed skeptical of legal arguments made on behalf…
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By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois [email protected] Cyrenthia Threat spent Wednesday morning at a hiring event in Fairview Heights waiting for word on whether she…
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By HANNAH MEISEL & DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois [email protected] The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear the case of actor Jussie Smollett,…
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By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts…
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COLE LONGCOR Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate…
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By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] The longtime chair and a relatively new member of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board have resigned, Gov. JB…
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By ALEX ABBEDUTO Capitol News Illinois [email protected] The night before Rebecca Hooks started at the Illinois State Police Academy in 2002, she spoke on…
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