Natural Resource Partners L.P. Signs Agreement to Acquire Coal Reserves in Illinois Basin (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Natural Resource Partners L.P. today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase interests in approximately 144 million tons in the Illinois Basin for $105 million in three separate transactions.
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Senate bill works to open up coal market: New facilities would be eligible to receive financial assistance (Herald & Review)

SPRINGFIELD - Clean coal plants might have an added incentive to locate in Illinois thanks to a measure that passed the state Senate on Tuesday that would offer grants to new facilities.
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AP Wire | 05/31/2005 | The Illinois Senate has approved the key legislation to enact a state... (Belleville News-Democrat)

The Illinois Senate has approved the key legislation to enact a state... SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Senate has approved the key legislation to enact a state budget for fiscal year 2006, sending it to the governor.
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Sports (Terre Haute Tribune Star)

The young Casey-Westfield softball team finally ran into a pitcher that they couldn't solve on Monday during the University of Illinois super-sectional game at Eichelberger Field.
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Suspect in Belleville crimes arrested in Illinois (Hendricks County Flyer)

BELLEVILLE --ÊA suspect who police say robbed two women at gunpoint before sexually assaulting another woman has been arrested in Rockford, Ill.
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State-of-the-art equipment, top health care professionals are right here in our own backyard (Southern Illinoisan)

You don't need to turn the page back that far to recognize the mind-boggling advancements that have occurred within the southern Illinois health care arena.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

CARTERVILLE -- Another step was taken in the process to develop an industrial park near Carterville.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

Mother Nature has not been all that friendly lately, and local high school sports teams are paying the price. A whole bunch of games have been cancelled over the past couple of weeks. And that's just baseball and softball. Track, tennis and soccer have taken a hit as well.
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Highlights of Illinois' fiscal 2006 budget (Belleville News-Democrat)

The Illinois General Assembly on Tuesday approved a budget of at least $54.4 billion for the fiscal year that begins July 1. General revenue funds total $24.4 billion, which is an increase of $377 million, or 1.6 percent, from the current budget, lawmakers say.
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Granite hearing on waste hauler postponed (Belleville News-Democrat)

GRANITE CITY - An industrial waste hauler's failure to give public notice of a special hearing delayed the discussion Thursday on whether Granite City will allow the company to set up a transfer station on Illinois 3.
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News (Pantagraph)

NORMAL -- Jim King has high hopes for high ropes at Illinois State University.
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Aaaaa-Chooo: It's time to prepare for Allergy Season (Southern Illinoisan)

An abundance of trees, rolling fields and opulent foliage is a natural part of southern Illinois' charm. Unfortunately, for the allergy sufferer, the attractive landscape of southern Illinois is a double-edged sword of natural beauty and constant sneezing.
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Hurricane Harbor opens at Six Flags Illinois (World Leisure News)

US-based theme park operator Six Flags opened its new Hurricane Harbor waterpark at Gurnee, Illinois, on 28 May. Entrance to the waterpark is free with admission to the existing Six Flags Great America theme park at the site.
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Jordan`s appeal refused by Illinois Supreme Court (Covers.com)

CHICAGO -- Michael Jordan`s lawsuit accusing a woman of attempted extortion and the woman`s counterclaim that he reneged on a promise to pay her $5 million in hush money are both headed back to lower court. The Illinois Supreme Court yesterday ...
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Local manufacturers push Congress to pass energy bill (Daily Herald)

A group of Illinois manufacturers Thursday kicked off a statewide petition drive outside the Thompson Center in Chicago asking Congress to pass energy legislation that has been stalled for a couple of years.
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State experiences fourth driest spring on record (Belleville News-Democrat)

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Illinois farmers and gardeners may notice their soil is drier than normal for this time of year. This spring was one of the driest on record, according to the Illinois Water Survey, a division of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
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Hospitals look to get more funds from feds (The Beacon News)

State Rep. Joe Dunn couldn't support Senate Bill 157, a measure that ultimately will bring $1.8 billion in federal money over three years to most Illinois hospitals and $390 million to the state's coffers.
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Purdue beats U-M in the ninth (Detroit News)

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Consecutive ninth-inning homers propelled Purdue to a 9-7 victory over Michigan in the Big Ten Baseball tournament on Friday. Seeded second in the tournament, Purdue moved on to play top-seeded Illinois in the consolation bracket of the tournament.
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Illinois bans sale of violent video games to minors (Montana Standard)

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Lawmakers voted Saturday 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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Transport Chicago Details (Smart Growth Online)

Transport Chicago (formerly known as the Metropolitan Conference on Public Transportation Research or MCPTR), provides a forum for presenting and discussing research on tranportation and related issues. The conference is held annually in Chicago, Illinois.
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Let grass gain some height, then mow it (The Arizona Republic)

I've noticed that around here people cut their lawns quite short all year long. Back in Illinois we learned that the hotter the weather got, the longer you let your grass grow. I see people around here cutting grass so short they're shaving the high spots right down to dirt.
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