Ill. unemployment rate falls to 8.7 percent
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell for the 15th consecutive month in Illinois. According to the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES), the unemployment rate dropped 0.1 percent
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Ill. student among final 60 in global science fair
The Associated Press The Associated Press MATTOON, Ill. An eastern Illinois high school student is among 60 semifinalists from around the world in the Google Global Science Fair. Mattoon High School senior Munia Mustafa created a project on the health of, and stress on, soybean crops. The Journal-Gazette newspaper in Mattoon reports that she hopes to prove that using satellite data on crops can …
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Voluntary evacuations in 2 more flooded Ill. towns
Some southern Illinois communities cradled near three major rivers have been submerged by flooding, pushing officials to advise residents to leave their homes.
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Ill. gets record April rainfall
Associated Press – April 30, 2011 4:14 AM ET CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – A new record for April rainfall has been set in Illinois. The state water survey says average rainfall for the month…
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Ill. House cracks down on trans fats
Bill that cleared House would take effect in 2013 The Illinois House today passed a ban on the use of artery clogging trans fats in food served in restaurants and in school vending machines starting in 2013. If it becomes law, Illinois would be only the second state in the nation to pass such a measure.
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Southern Ill. VA to resume some operations
Associated Press – April 13, 2011 11:14 AM ET MARION, Ill. (AP) – The Department of Veterans Affairs says it is resuming surgeries it considers minimally invasive at a southern Illinois medical…
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Caterpillar CEO, Ill. gov. talk business concerns
Illinois is facing growing concerns among business leaders that its policies hurt the companies that drive its economy, the head of Caterpillar Inc. warned Tuesday as he met with Gov.
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Ill. EPA asks state to act against salt discharge in Bartlett
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director Doug Scott has asked the Illinois Attorney General’s office to take action against Bluff City Materials Inc. in Bartlett for a discharge from a salt storage pile into the Bluff Spring Fen Nature Preserve.
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Ill. senator proposes university payroll cuts
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois senator is proposing giving the governor the authority to appoint an inspector general to probe waste, fraud and abuse at state’s universities — including to determine whether some employees are paid too much.
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Allsup, Hospice of Southern Ill. win awards of excellence
Hospice of Southern Illinois and Allsup Inc. received this year’s Business Excellence Award on Thursday night from the Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce.
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