BLOOMINGTON - Some of the nearly $2 million the city will spend on downtown will go toward visible improvements such as trees and decorative streetlights.
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SPRINGFIELD -- As politicians begin their campaigns in earnest, Illinois voters will have a little easier time voting and getting registered for the February primary election.
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NORMAL -- Mayors or other representatives from communities along the Chicago to St. Louis Amtrak line met Thursday in Normal to get an update on an application for federal money to bring high-speed rail service to the line.
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CHICAGO -- The full field of Republican candidates for Illinois governor faced off for the first time Thursday in a bloodless debate that focused more on their similarities than any small differences.
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CHICAGO -- Gov. Patrick Quinn on Wednesday dispatched officials from a new accountability office to investigate errors in a state database detailing stimulus-funded school jobs promoted by the Obama administration, a day after a newspaper raised questions about the job numbers' accuracy.
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SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois' largest employee union Wednesday tried to put pressure on Democrats to vote for a health care reform plan in Congress.
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CHICAGO -- Just hours after a state board voted Wednesday to allow the enforcement of a long-debated Illinois law requiring a teenage girl's parents be notified before she has an abortion, a judge issued a temporary restraining order putting the measure back on hold.
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CHICAGO - As Democratic leaders in Washington, D.C., try to round up votes to pass health care reform legislation, U.S. Sen. Roland Burris on Monday stuck by his demand for a public option, calling any provision that would let states opt out not as strong.
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SPRINGFIELD - Despite some encouraging signs about Illinois' overall economy, state government is "floundering" and will continue to do so in the coming months, a top budget expert said Monday.
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BLOOMINGTON - Raising property and utility taxes and an array of program cuts are on the table as the City Council looks for ways to come up with $8.4 million to cover various budget needs.
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BLOOMINGTON - The end of the petition filing period for the Feb. 2 primary election on Monday has left races for several countywide offices in its wake.
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SPRINGFIELD - Green Party candidates have filed for all the statewide offices in Illinois, and gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney said Monday that Republicans and Democrats are "intellectually bankrupt alternatives."
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List of Democratic and Republican candidates for statewide offices.
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SPRINGFIELD - Illinois voters will not lack for choices when the primary election rolls around in February.
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SPRINGFIELD -- As winter began to arrive last year, some cities across Illinois watched as the price of road salt spiked, leaving them with tough decisions to make about their budgets and snowplowing policies.
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EUREKA -- The Woodford County Board has voted to raise its general fund tax levy by $200,000, resulting in a 15 percent increase to property owners.
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LINCOLN -- For Lincoln/Logan County Chamber director Andi Hake, planning for the annual Logan County Art and Balloon Festival is a year-long endeavor.
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BLOOMINGTON - Country superstar Kenny Chesney and accounting changes at U.S. Cellular Coliseum helped pull the city-owned facility's books into positive territory in September.
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CHICAGO -- A former top aide to President George W. Bush will be in Chicago on Nov. 16 to headline a fundraiser benefiting state Sen. Dan Rutherford's bid for state treasurer.
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SPRINGFIELD -- A Republican candidate for governor wants to give Illinois residents more insight into how the state pays its bills.
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