Look at him then, look at her now (New York Daily News)

Diane Schroer grew up in Chicago, graduated from Northern Illinois University, made a career in the U.S. Army as an officer in Special Forces and now is suing the federal government for sex discrimination.
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Early Learning Illinois Praises Governor and Legislature for Putting Working Families and Young Children First During (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Gov. Rod Blagojevich continues to keep his promises to working families and young children with a budget for Fiscal Year 2006 that prioritizes their needs in spite of Illinois' continuing economic struggles.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

MARION - The Management Training and Consulting Corporation's grand opening celebration took place on Friday, May 27, as local business people and dignitaries filled Man-Tra-Con's new corporate office in the former Phar-Mor building at the Illinois Centre Mall.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

MARION -- During April, unemployment declined for the second-straight month throughout Southern Illinois. However, because the Illinois Department of Employment defines the "Marion Area" as Franklin, Johnson and Williamson counties, statistics can be deceiving.
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Illinois lawmakers approve tougher graduation standards (ABC 7 Chicago)

June 1, 2005 — Illinois high schools students will have to study more math, science and language arts under legislation state lawmakers sent to the governor Tuesday night.
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Budget boosts Illinois River, roads (Peoria Journal Star)

SPRINGFIELD - Money for improving the Illinois River and some Central Illinois roads was part of the state budget that lawmakers approved Tuesday night.
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Indiana suspect caught in Illinois (WTHR Indianapolis)

Rockford, Ill., June 1 - A man wanted in Indiana is in police custody in Rockford, Illinois after being spotted there and crashing into a police car. The suspect identified as William Ray Apple was arrested about 11:30 Wednesday morning and taken to a hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
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Lawsuit over death of student settled (Boston Globe)

Illinois CHICAGO -- The parents of a sixth-grader who choked to death on marshmallows while playing a classroom game settled their lawsuit against the suburban school district yesterday for $2 million. The settlement came in the second week of a trial over the 1999 death of 12-year-old Catherine ''Casey" Fish. Her parents had been seeking unspecified damages. Casey's parents had ...
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Illinois Summer Baseball (Northwest Indiana Times)

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School to pay $2 million in marshmallow choking death (CNN.com)

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- The parents of a sixth-grader who choked to death on marshmallows while playing a classroom game settled their lawsuit against the suburban school district Thursday for $2 million.
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Illinois Gun Owners Applaud Close of 'Successful' Legislative Session (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)

The following was released today by the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA)
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New state budget helps schools in Illinois but skimps on pensions for state workers (Daily Gate City)

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois schools get more money and thousands more people will be covered by government health insurance under the new state budget, but coming up with that cash meant slashing payments to the state's ailing pension systems.
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Two Illinois National Guard units headed to Iraq (Belleville News-Democrat)

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - More than 100 soldiers in two Illinois National Guard units were notified over the Memorial Day weekend that they will soon be headed to Iraq.
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Two Illinois national guard units headed to Iraq (ABC 7 Chicago)

June 1, 2005 (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — Some members of the Illinois National Guard found out over the Memorial Day weekend that they'll soon be headed to Iraq.
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Basketball title helps UNC boost merchandise sales (Sports Illustrated)

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina has apparently reversed a slump in merchandise sales by winning the national men's basketball championship. Since the Tar Heels beat Illinois 75-70 for the title in April, fans have clamored for hats, T-shirts and other items.
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Let's hope Redeploy Illinois grant can be saved (Herald & Review)

Macon County presiding Judge John K. Greanias has pulled the plug on a state grant that was supposed to provide alternatives to prison for troubled youths because of a lack of local cooperation.
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Illinois lawmakers vote to ban sale of violent video games to minors (CNN.com)

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (AP) -- Lawmakers voted to ban the sale of violent or sexually explicit video games to minors in Illinois, a move other states and cities have tried but federal courts have repeatedly struck down.
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Dynegy settlement over Illinois plant gains approval (BizJournals)

The settlement of a 1999 lawsuit filed by the federal government related to pollution at Dynegy Inc.'s Baldwin power plant in Illinois was approved last week by a U.S. district court, Reuters reported Tuesday.
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Protests might close I-64 in Illinois (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Organizers say the Rev. Al Sharpton will join the protest.
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ILLINOIS STYLE: Japanese pork producer studies in Illinois (Belleville News-Democrat)

PERRY, Ill. - Chiichiro Ina knows one of the greatest challenges facing Japanese hog producers is competition from the United States. So by studying in the U.S., he hopes to gain a competitive edge when he goes into hog production in his native Japan.
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