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May 20, 2013 - 12:00 p.m.•By Associated Press SOPHIA TAREEN
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn said Illinois lawmakers have a chance to make history on two fronts this month by approving a plan to fix the state's decades-old pension crisis and legalizing same-sex marriage.
May 20, 2013 - 11:30 a.m.•By Rockford Register Star JEFF KOLKEY
ROCKFORD (AP) — Confronted by the deafening hiss and intense heat of a flaming natural-gas leak, Mike DeLaRosa puts faith in his heavy layers of firefighting gear and ignores every human instinct to retreat.
May 20, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By SOPHIA TAREEN
The Associated Press
Quinn pushes for ban on high-capacity ammunition
May 20, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By BY REGINA GARCIA CANO
The Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD – An Illinois agency manager might have to delay retirement. A former university secretary wonders if 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 20, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By Daily Herald
Cool temperatures helped keep mosquito numbers low
May 18, 2013 - 12:00 p.m.
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois now has tougher penalties for those who use social media to organize violent "flash mobs" like those that have occurred on Chicago's Michigan Avenue and in other tourist areas.
May 18, 2013 - 10:00 a.m.•By WLS-TV
CHICAGO (AP) — Some lucky winners of the Illinois Lottery weren't so lucky when they went to cash their checks.
May 18, 2013 - 9:00 a.m.•By Chicago Sun-Times
CHICAGO (AP) — Overnight shootings in Chicago have killed three people and injured at least eight others, including a 16-year-old boy.
May 18, 2013 - 8:00 a.m.
CHICAGO (AP) — Three Chicago teenagers are accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl and posting the attack on Facebook.
May 17, 2013 - 9:45 p.m.•By AP Political Writer JOHN O'CONNOR (AP)
'Moral character' gone from Ill. Senate gun carry
May 17, 2013 - 6:40 p.m.•By Associated Press REGINA GARCIA CANO
SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Illinois lawmakers agreed to legalize the use of medical marijuana on Friday under a plan that's being billed as the strictest in the nation among states that have authorized the drug's medicinal use, though it was unclear whether the Democratic governor plans to sign it.
May 17, 2013 - 6:15 p.m.•By AP Political Writer JOHN O'CONNOR
SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Illinois Senate Democrats want to boost general education funding by $156 million next year, not cut it, key budget negotiators said Friday, but acknowledged the increase would only keep per-student funding level.
May 17, 2013 - 6:00 p.m.
SPRINGFIELD (AP) — An Illinois senator is blaming unnamed "extremists" who oppose legislation to restrict the possession of concealed guns for delaying a vote on the issue.
May 17, 2013 - 1:15 p.m.•By AP Medical Writer CARLA K. JOHNSON
CHICAGO (AP) — 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 - 1:00 p.m.
CHICAGO (AP) — A state commission that investigates alleged police torture says seven cases have merit for more investigation.
May 17, 2013 - 12:00 p.m.•By Belleville News-Democrat
BELLEVILLE (AP) — A former Boy Scout volunteer from southwestern Illinois has begun serving a six-year prison sentence for sexually molesting boys in his family.
May 17, 2013 - 11:15 a.m.•By The News-Gazette
CHAMPAIGN (AP) — The Illinois Poison Center says it has received a handful of calls this week about overdoses from a new synthetic hallucinogen in the Champaign area.
May 17, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By AP Political Writer JOHN O'CONNOR (AP)
Ill. Senate gun opponents decry 'moral' standard
May 17, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By Associated Press SOPHIA TAREEN (AP)
Universities agree to slowly pick up pensions
May 17, 2013 - 1:15 a.m.•By MCT News Service
CHICAGO – Maybe you’ve heard this story before. Or dreamt it.
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