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STATE CAPITOL: Budget pact now linked to electric ratesMay 31, 2007 11:00 pm - By DOUG FINKE and ADRIANA COLINDRES STATE CAPITOL BUREAU SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois lawmakers were headed to an overtime session Thursday, unable to reach agreement...
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STATE CAPITOL: No state budget agreement by deadlineMay 31, 2007 11:00 pm - By DOUG FINKE and ADRIANA COLINDRES STATE CAPITOL BUREAU SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois lawmakers headed into an overtime session today (Friday), unable to reach agreem...
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STATE CAPITOL: Clergy ask for moral budgetMay 30, 2007 11:00 pm - By DANA HEUPEL STATE CAPITOL BUREAU SPRINGFIELD -- A group of clergy appealed Thursday to lawmakers and Gov. Rod Blagojevich to act morally in drafting a state b...
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House Democrats' budget limits spendingMay 30, 2007 11:00 pm - By DOUG FINKE STATE CAPITOL BUREAU SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois House Democrats issued a budget plan of their own Wednesday that gives a sig...
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Supplemental spending bill includes money for pay raisesMay 30, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinos House voted 62-54 late Wednesday for a supplemental spending plan that includes money for legislative pay raises and long-awaited school const...
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Daily Dose: An easy way to recharge your brainMay 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Breaking medical news: Brains continue to grow as we age! It's true. Contrary to what we've been led to believe ... that our brains shrink with age, prolonged visits ...
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Senate panel OKs freezing electric rates for 3 yearsMay 30, 2007 11:00 pm - By ADRIANA COLINDRES STATE CAPITOL BUREAU SPRINGFIELD -- Members of an Illinois Senate committee expressed deep reservations Wednesday about the wisdom of approv...
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BERNIE COL: Overtime session could bring first family to SpringfieldMay 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Illinois' first family seems to be contemplating a significant stay in the Executive Mansion this summer. "In the event we are in overtime session this summer, Mrs. (P...
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POWER: Small businesses band to cut ratesMay 30, 2007 11:00 pm - By TIM LANDIS BUSINESS EDITOR SPRINGFIELD -- Legislative action - or inaction - on an electricity rate freeze no longer matters quite so much to more than 700 small bus...
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House Democrats' budget plan limits spendingMay 30, 2007 11:00 pm - By DOUG FINKE STATE CAPITOL BUREAU SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois House Democrats issued a budget plan of their own Wednesday that gives a significant funding increase to educa...