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Governor Quinn Inaugurates State of Illinois Open Data Initiative

Admin — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:14:15 +0000

Governor Quinn Inaugurates State of Illinois Open Data Initiative
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON–(Marketwire – 06/21/11) – Governor Pat Quinn today announced the launch of the State of Illinois Open Data site, to bolster ongoing initiatives by the Illinois Innovation Council (IIC) to promote economic development through innovation and the engagement of citizens, developers, academia and industry. The new service, powered by the Socrata Open Data Platform , is available …

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State construction money, including some for NIU, gets lawmakers’ OK

Admin — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:14:43 +0000

State construction money, including some for NIU, gets lawmakers’ OK
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers approved Wednesday another year of construction spending to ensure that $18 billion worth of projects don’t grind to a halt next week and slashed their own salaries while they were at it.

Wilmette Jr. High runner Smith breaks state record in 1,600

Admin — Tue, 24 May 2011 18:19:34 +0000

Wilmette Jr. High runner Smith breaks state record in 1,600
GIRLS TRACK — Mimi Smith of Wilmette Jr. High clocked 5:05.26 in the 1,600-meter run to set a 8AA girls class record during Saturday’s’ Illinois Elementary School Association State Meet at the EastSide Centre in East Peoria. Smith broke the old mark of 5:07.84 set by Ruth Kipping of Quincy in 1994. Coach Nate Williams’s Wilmette Wolves brought 23 athletes to the State Meet and almost every team …

State Says KCMO Charter High School Misspent $256K

Admin — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:16:34 +0000

State Says KCMO Charter High School Misspent $256K
Missouri education officials say a Kansas City charter high school misspent more than $256,000 in federal money.

State task force wants county to promote breast as best

Admin — Sun, 15 May 2011 18:20:59 +0000

State task force wants county to promote breast as best
A new statewide initiative seeks to change the way you think about breasts. Those spearheading the Illinois Breastfeeding Blueprint want breasts to lose their taboo status in society and revert to their original purpose: Nursing babies. The Blueprint,

New Health Care Law Cripples State Budgets

Admin — Mon, 09 May 2011 18:31:34 +0000

New Health Care Law Cripples State Budgets
There are ways to make health care more affordable. Expanding Medicaid isn’t one of them.

Minn. GOP legislative leaders to tour state

Admin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:15:04 +0000

Minn. GOP legislative leaders to tour state
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Republican leaders of the Minnesota Legislature will use the last day of state lawmakers’ Easter/Passover break to fly around Minnesota and tout their political agenda at stops in several cities.

How the state turned $1 million into $89,000

Admin — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 18:17:52 +0000

How the state turned $1 million into $89,000
SPRINGFIELD — State efforts to recoup $1 million that impeached ex-Gov. Blagojevich said he errantly gave to Loop Lab School yielded Illinois taxpayers a paltry $89,000, Illinois Auditor General William Holland disclosed Thursday. That finding, which triggered new questions about the role Gov. Quinn’s current chief of staff had in the Loop Lab School grant, was part of a broader analysis by …

More Illinoisans get out of state concealed-carry

Admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:13:40 +0000

More Illinoisans get out of state concealed-carry
Associated Press – April 4, 2011 1:14 PM ET METAMORA, Ill. (AP) – Illinois bars legal gun owners from carrying concealed weapons, but gun experts say more Illinoisans are taking advantage of…

NCAA Tournament Odds: Kansas State Slightly Favored Over Utah State

Admin — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:16:12 +0000

NCAA Tournament Odds: Kansas State Slightly Favored Over Utah State
We last wrote that Utah State may not be too happy to see Kansas State in the 2011 NCAA tournament bracket . The Wildcats have been on a nice run lately and their talent level, with guys like Jacob Pullen and Curtis Kelly, says they’re a higher seed than a 5. The oddsmakers agree…sort of. Kansas State is indeed favored to win the game, according to NCAA tournament odds, but only by two …