The deadline for the legislature to pass the budget for the upcoming fiscal year is 6 p.m. Friday.
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A resumption of the internal GOP warfare that led to a 41-hour filibuster last week could, for the first time since 1997, force lawmakers to complete appropriations in a special session.
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Bally Sports Midwest went dark for Comcast Xfinity customers on May 1. A reporter on the story says the dispute is just “the head of the snake” when it comes to Major League Baseball and television rights.
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Beyond Housing received a $20,000 grant from the American Water Charitable Foundation to help curb illegal dumping and replant trees in parts of north St. Louis county. The grant will also help with trash cleanups, tree maintenance and the removal of invasive bush honeysuckle.
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Belleville's Parks and Recreation Department has scheduled the last ride, dubbed the Sunset Tour de Belleville, this coming June.
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The nonprofit purchased properties to renovate or demolish existing houses and to construct new ones like those in the housing development, a 20-home subdivision called Lansdowne Park.
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Republican Scott Fitzpatrick said his staff has tried to contact Gardner for months, but "it appears she has willfully evaded our many efforts to obtain information that only she can provide."
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Kendrick Lamar dropped his diss track “euphoria” that directly targets Drake on Tuesday. The internet has been in shambles ever since.
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Researchers say if state officials don’t curb utility spending, “Illinois is on course to maintain its entire gas system indefinitely.”
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The raises begin in January 2025 when the St. Clair County chairman, treasurer, assessor, county clerk, auditor, circuit clerk, coroner and county recorder will all be paid $106,540 each.
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Matt Mitchell, a former Illinois State Trooper who pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter of two Metro East sisters in 2007, abandoned his efforts to have a hearing into the restoration of his driving privileges — for now.
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