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Statehouse Insider: It's going to be a long campaign season
Advertising for the upcoming gubernatorial election got underway last week with both Gov. BRUCE RAUNER and Democrat J.B.…
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Once-homeless high school grad looking to the future
Tristan Simmons now has an education and a job to go along with his newfound home, three of life's accomplishments that …
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Henson Robinson Zoo's new penguin building officially open
The ribbon-cutting ceremony signaling the official opening Saturday of the new penguin building at Henson Robinson Zoo w…
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Illinois, which buried ERA decades ago, now its darling
In 1981, dozens of women descended upon the Illinois state Capitol with bread and other baked treats for legislators. On…
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Bernard Schoenburg: Manar campaign staffs up, goes on TV
Now that the legislative session is over, state Sen. ANDY MANAR, D-Bunker Hill, is going high-profile with his campaign.…
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PETA expected to visit Lake Springfield fishing competition
About 100 teenagers will be on Lake Springfield Saturday to compete for $10,000 worth of scholarships as part of the Nat…
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What to do if you are suicidal, depressed? Springfield health officials offer advice
With the high-profile suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain making headlines this week, talk of suicide is dominat…
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Springfield man arrested in connection with May shooting
A Springfield man who has already spent more than 60 days of this year in the Sangamon County Jail was brought back ther…
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Springfield man who edits Bourdain's TV show: 'We lost a great person'
A Springfield man who is one of the main editors of "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown" said Friday that Bourdain's death …
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Police investigating home invasion in Northgate subdivision
Springfield police are investigating a report of a man who apparently sneaked into a basement in the city's Northgate su…
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Don't let your piles of branches just sit there all summer
There's a pile of branches across the street from your house, sitting out on the curb. You stare at it every day. You im…
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Restaurant review: Xochimilico Mexican Restaurant
Address: 2941 W. Iles Ave. Phone: 546-3116 Website: www.xochimilcorestaurant.com Credit/debit cards accepted: Yes Hours:…
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Rauner ally accused of inappropriate comments won't resign from water board
CHICAGO - Former Democratic state Rep. Ken Dunkin said Thursday he won't resign his Metropolitan Water Reclamation Distr…
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Springfield Dominican sisters relaunching house of hospitality project
When plans were scuttled last year for a house of hospitality to be opened by the Springfield Dominican religious commun…
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Illinois' population is falling, but it's not all due to taxes
Illinois hiked the state income tax rate by 66 percent in 2011 and three years later, according to revised census estima…
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