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5 Mar, 2020
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General Assembly forecasters agree with administration on revenue estimate
The General Assembly's financial forecasters said Wednesday that there is a negligible difference in their estimates for tax collections next year and those of Gov.
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Jury: Pawnee man not guilty of attempted murder in 2017 case

A Sangamon County jury found Guy "Matt" Whitlow of Pawnee not guilty of attempted murder Wednesday.

State semifinal tickets now on sale at Lanphier High School

Tickets for Lanphier's girls basketball Class 3A state semifinal game against Morton on Friday are now on sale at the high school's main office, 1300 No.

 
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Identities of pilot, passengers in Lincoln plane crash released

The identities of three people killed in an airplane crash near Lincoln on Tuesday morning have been released by the Illinois State Police.

New bill would create board to study lowering drug costs

Continuing off their success at capping out-of-pocket insulin costs, Sen. Andy Manar, D-Bunker Hill, and Rep.

 
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Two Sangamon County patients test negative for coronavirus

Two Sangamon County patients tested negative for coronavirus over the weekend, public health officials confirmed.

Fact Check: Social media posts falsely imply cattle vaccine is related to new coronavirus

Users on Facebook are spreading a photo of a vaccine used on cattle to falsely imply that the novel coronavirus infecting humans globally has been known about "for years." "Just in case you are wondering how much the media controls people, America has been vaccinating cattle for coronavirus for years," the posts read, "yet the news tells you it's new and gunna kill you all so go buy mask...." That suggestion is false for a few

‘Pretty much like an explosion’: Day after brutal Nashville tornadoes that killed 24 people, 22 still missing

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee - Thousands of residents were without power Wednesday, hampering efforts to locate more than 20 people still missing from devastating tornadoes that killed at least 24 and damaged or destroyed homes, businesses, schools and churches across four counties.

Despite coronavirus deaths, so far no shutdown orders in Seattle area

SEATTLE - As the coronavirus spread through Asia officials closed the schools in China, Japan and Hong Kong but at the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States, officials in Washington have so far not ordered that classrooms be shuttered or activities canceled.

Lawmaker wants Native American community to oversee its imagery in high schools

A Rockford lawmaker wants to give the Native American community all oversight of how they want their imagery to be represented in Illinois high schools rather than lawmakers holding that authority.