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Bernard Schoenburg: No endorsement yet, but Tarter gets help from party leader
Springfield cancer surgeon TOM TARTER, who is among people running for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate, has loaned $5…
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Zoning panel suggests two more zoning categories for marijuana businesses
With encouragement from two aldermen, the Springfield Planning and Zoning Commission decided late Wednesday to recommend…
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UCP Land of Lincoln acquired by Sparc
United Cerebral Palsy Land of Lincoln, a Springfield-based nonprofit that has served people with developmental disabilit…
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Rep. McCombie says 'cost of corruption is too high to ignore'
A Republican state lawmaker said Wednesday she plans to introduce legislation to establish a State Ethics Task Force to …
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New Architect of the Capitol hired
An architect from Bloomington has been named Architect of the Illinois State Capitol.Andrea Aggertt took over the positi…
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Dog found dead at Pillsbury Mill plant
A dog that was seen roaming the towers of silos at the old Pillsbury Mills plant earlier this week is believed to be the…
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Cards fall in four: Nationals advance to World Series
WASHINGTON - It was merely the first inning, yet fans kept rising out of their seats to applaud or yell or twirl their r…
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Report: Funding revamp has helped Illinois' poor school districts
Illinois' revised school funding formula is helping achieve greater equity among school districts, according to a new ev…
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2018 tax summaries show Pritzkers with more than $6M in gross income
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his wife, M.K. Pritzker, reported more than $6 million in gross income last year, about $5.5 mill…
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ALPLM gets book collection of Lincoln biographer
A collection of about 130 books once belonging to the renowned Abraham Lincoln biographer Benjamin Thomas is finding its…
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Illinois: More money, leadership needed to secure elections
Illinois made substantial progress in securing its election systems since Russian government officials hacked into its v…
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Report says funding formula has helped poor districts
Illinois's revised school funding formula is helping achieve greater equity among school districts, according to a new e…
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State Sen. Dave Koehler defends contribution to campaign from company searched by FBI
PEORIA - State Sen. Dave Koehler received a $5,000 campaign donation from a company where FBI investigators served a sea…
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Springfield teen rewarded for Boundary Waters advocacy
Joseph Goldstein of Springfield has faced some tough battles in his life.Goldstein, who graduated from Glenwood High Sch…
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Dog spotted atop tower at old Pillsbury Mills plant
A dog that appeared on the top of a northern section of towers of the abandoned Pillsbury Mills factory on the city's no…
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