Support Illinois effort to protect traditional marriage (The Illinois Leader)

The 1996 Illinois Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) defines marriage as between one man and one woman. Thats good, but is it good enough? Massachusetts had a DOMA, but three judges ruled it unconstitutional last year, forcing the people to accommodate same-sex marriages. To justify their action, these judges cited the Massachusetts public accommodations law, similar to the one that Illinois state
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Illinois not fond of asset shuffle (Rockford Register Star)

State crackdown on Medicaid recipients who hide funds began in Winnebago County. SPRINGFIELD Faced with soaring health-care costs, the state is cracking down on Medicaid recipients who hide assets to qualify for nursing home assistance.
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Illinois approves extension, raise, bonus for Weber (USA Today)

Bruce Weber, who led Illinois to a No. 1 ranking and its first national championship game, was given a two-year contract extension ...
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Illinois Safe Haven (WTHI-TV Terre Haute)

A law protecting newborns in Illinois gets a lifetime extension. The Abandoned Newborn Protection Act first went into law 3 years ago.. but it was supposed to expire in 2007.
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Linebacker from Illinois State reaches terms with Chiefs (Kansas City Star)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Fifth-round draft choice Boomer Grigsby, a linebacker from Illinois State, has agreed to a three-year contract with the Kansas City Chiefs, the team announced Friday.
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Illinois rewards Weber with two-year extension (Sports Illustrated)

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois basketball coach Bruce Weber was rewarded Thursday with a two-year contract extension that gives him a $150,000 raise, a $100,000 signing bonus and deferred compensation that could exceed $1.1 million.
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Illinois OKs Extension for Bruce Weber (AP via Yahoo! News)

Bruce Weber, who led Illinois to a No. 1 ranking and its first national championship game, was given a two-year contract extension Thursday.
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Linebacker from Illinois State reaches terms with Chiefs (Slam! Sports)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Fifth-round draft choice Boomer Grigsby, a linebacker from Illinois State, agreed Friday to a three-year contract with the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Macon County seeking services, volunteers for Redeploy Illinois grant effort (Herald & Review)

DECATUR - Macon County is seeking service providers and community volunteers to participate in the Redeploy Illinois grant, according to a news release from the county's probation department.
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Illinois bars minors from using phone while driving (Kane County Chronicle)

SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Young drivers now have to stay off the telephone while cruising Illinois roads. Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed legislation Friday barring anyone under 18 from talking on a cell phone while driving.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

This past weekend was the annual Southern Illinois Cat Fanciers Cat Show held for the first time in Marion at the Williamson County Pavilion. By all standards, the show was a big success.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

It seems ironic that Tuesday night was the night of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, especially considering the renewed enthusiasm over baseball in Southern Illinois and in particular in Marion.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

MARION -- The Williamson County State's Attorney said he will investigate allegations of wrongdoing connected to the State of Illinois' $3 million contribution to the enhancement of infrastructure around a new minor league baseball stadium in Marion, if he is asked to do so.
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Noll's Watts signs with Illinois State (Northwest Indiana Times)

Bishop Noll grad and 2005 IHSAA long jump champ Sam Watts on Friday signed a letter of intent with Illinois State. Before signing on the dotted line, Watts took a look at the bottom line.
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Herbicides and Degradates in Shallow Aquifers of Illinois: Spatial and Temporal Trends1 (RedNova)

ABSTRACT: During the fall of 2000, the occurrence was examined of 16 herbicides and 13 herbicide degradates in samples from 55 wells in shallow aquifers underlying grain producing regions of Illinois.
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Illinois First Lady Launches Web Site Aimed at Helping State Women Gain Access to Affordable Prescription Contraceptives (Medical News Today)

Illinois first lady Patti Blagojevich on Wednesday launched a Web site.... contraceptives.Illinois.gov -- aimed at helping women in the state attain insurance coverage for prescription contraceptives or gain access to lower-cost contraceptives, the AP/Belleville News Democrat reports (AP/Belleville News Democrat, 7/13). At a news conference launching the site, Blagojevich said, "Birth control in
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WAND TV: Illinois Veterans Affairs Office (WAND)

Illinois Veterans Affairs Office LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PAT QUINN SAYS THE FEDERAL VETERANS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT WILL OPEN A NEW, PART-TIME SPRINGFIELD OFFICE IN OCTOBER.THE OFFICE IS EXPECTED TO BE OPEN DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF EACH MONTH AND WILL BE LOCATED AT THE STATE'S V-A OFFICES.RECENT STUDIES SHOW Illinois VETERANS RECEIVE FAR LOWER DISABILITY BENEFITS THAN THEIR COUNTERPARTS NATIONWIDE.
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J. Dennis Hastert: The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, from our great state of Illinois, answers Health (Southern Illinoisan)

Q: What is your message about healthcare to the residents of southern Illinois? A: America has the most advanced health care system in the world. We have the finest doctors, the top hospitals, and the best access to cutting-edge, life-saving prescription drugs and medical technology.
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Hunting, hogs and a little bit of heaven: From the fallout of a humbled hog market, an Illinois City family creates a (Muscatine Journal)

Illinois CITY, Ill. - Four years ago, Tom Carlson and his sons, Beau and Scott, were looking for ideas to enhance the earnings of their hog farm. "The bottom dropped out of the hog market and we were looking for a new source of income," Tom Carlson said.
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Rural Illinois counties go with the population flow (Peoria Journal Star)

State population projections offered few surprises to rural central Illinois developers and leaders who frequently consult such numbers in economic planning.
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Grape expectations: Illinois proves ripe for wineries (Belleville News-Democrat)

Jim Ewers fashions his place as a bit of Italy in Illinois - a newly built winery that resembles a 400-year-old Tuscan villa, tucked among rolling hills and vistas near a lush national forest.
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