Blagojevich visit turns bill into law (Herald & Review)

DECATUR - A bill reforming Illinois' workers compensation system won praise Wednesday from business and organized labor prior to Gov. Rod Blagojevich signing the measure into law in Decatur.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

I wasn't sure what to write my column about this week so I decided that it's time for me to weigh in on the baseball issue.
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ITW Reports 11% Growth in Diluted Net Income Per Share for the 2005 Second Quarter; Company Raises Full-Year 2005 (The Auto Channel)

GLENVIEW, Ill., July 21 -- Illinois Tool Works Inc. today reported 11 percent growth in diluted net income per share in the 2005 second quarter. Diluted net income per share in the quarter was $1.29 versus $1.16 in the 2004 second quarter.
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Agencies seek disaster relief for parched northern Illinois farms (Daily Herald via Yahoo! News)

With entire crops wilting, local farmers say the worst summer drought in years is nothing less than a disaster.
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Summer back in Illinois: Going home again (The Fayette Citizen)

Recently I returned to my homeland “by the river gently flowing” ... Illinois, to visit my family. I hadn’t been back to the Land of Lincoln for several years, so I was curious to see if anything had changed.
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AAA Chicago Says Fuel Prices Rise Sharply Since Mid-June (The Auto Channel)

AURORA, Ill., July 21 -- The statewide average for gasoline in Illinois and Northern Indiana has gone up since this time last month. AAA Chicago's most recent Fuel Gauge Report estimates that for July 2005, Illinois motorists will pay an average of $2.36 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline.
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Judge tells Illinois man to mind his own business (Gazette Extra Sports)

ELKHORN-"Here's a bit of advice. Next time, keep your nose out of other people's business," Walworth County Judge Michael Gibbs told 30-year-old Anthony R. Catalano.
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Local News Illinois River Country Nature Trails project bringing in visitors (Pekin Times)

PEORIA - Joe and Dawn Mullins like to visit places where their three children can experience new things - an animal they have never seen, flowers with sweet fragrances and forests where baby animals play with their siblings.
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Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L. P. Acquires Illinois Basin Coal Property in Western Kentucky (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L. P. today announced the acquisition of approximately 95 million tons of coal reserves from a private seller, for $62.3 million of cash. The coal reserve acquisition is PVR's first in the Illinois Basin and was funded using the Partnership's recently expanded credit facility.
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REALTORS(R) Call for Illinois General Assembly to Restrict Powers of Eminent Domain (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

On July 20th, the Illinois Association of REALTORS® petitioned the Illinois General Assembly to enact state legislation that strengthens Illinois law as it relates to local government powers of eminent domain.
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Illinois Family Institute Urges Senators Not to 'Bork' Judge Roberts, Says Sen. Dick Durbin's Credibility Is Shot in (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)

Illinois Family Institute Executive Director Peter LaBarbera issued the following statement regarding President Bush's superb selection of federal appeals court Judge John Roberts to the U.S. Supreme Court
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ILLINOIS STYLE: Seneca's only barber retires (Belleville News-Democrat)

SENECA, Ill. - Things may be getting hairy in Seneca. The reason is, a lot of men simply don't know where they'll go for a trim. "Everyone in town has been having a fit," Seneca resident Lucille Dennis said about Jerry Barla, the village's lone male barber, closing up his popular shop after 42 years.
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Illinois, Wisconsin Add Australia, New Zealand to I-Save Rx Reimportation Program (Medical News Today)

As expected, Illinois and Wisconsin on Monday announced plans to add Australia and New Zealand to I-Save Rx, a multistate program that allows residents to purchase lower-cost prescription drugs from other nations, the...
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Fitch Rates Yorkville, Illinois' $7.3MM Library GOs 'A' (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Fitch Ratings assigns an 'A' rating to the United City of Yorkville, Illinois' $7,250,000 general obligation library bonds, series 2005B. The bonds will sell competitively on July 26, with Speer Financial, Inc. serving as financial advisor on the transaction, and are payable from ad valorem taxes levied on all taxable property within the city without limitation as to rate or amount.
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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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Casino Touted as Good for Illinois County (Casino City Times)

ROCKFORD, Illinois â As reported by the Rockford Register Star: "Winnebago County and Rockford will benefit greatly from the planned casino complex north of the state line, Beloit and Indian casino leaders told the Rockford Area Economic Development Council Tuesday.
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Illinois confirms it is studying sites for a weigh station (Gazette Extra Sports)

MADISON-Illinois transportation officials have confirmed talks with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation about developing a weigh station along the Northwest Tollway in northern Illinois, but Wisconsin officials say the state is committed to a station in La Prairie Township.
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Illinois Reacts: States political leaders weigh in on Roberts nomination (The Illinois Leader)

CHICAGO - President Bush made good on his promise last night to appoint a Supreme Court nominee who would not "legislate from the bench." This promise came true in the form of District of Columbia Federal Appeals Court Judge John Roberts. Roberts, 50, was appointed to the U.S. Courts of Appeal for D.C. circuit in 2003 by President George W. Bush. Roberts graduated both from Harvard College and
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Chief investor in Emerald Casino denies lying to Illinois Gaming Board (Belleville News-Democrat)

CHICAGO - A chief investor in the bankrupt Emerald Casino denied Wednesday that he lied to Illinois Gaming Board investigators, refuting one of the main reasons the board wants to revoke the casino's license.
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Illinois Gov. signs workers' comp reform into law (BizJournals)

Illinois businesses are expected to save millions of dollars under workers' compensation reform signed into law by Gov. Rod Blagojevich Wednesday.
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