State Farm: Illinois No. 2 in dog bite claims [The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.]
Insurance News Net (press release)
Particularly in Illinois which is second only to California for dog-bite claims across the nation. Statewide, 309 claims were filed in 2011, totaling $10 million , said Anderson. The two new videos, launched earlier this week on State Farm's YouTube ...
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Illinois Senate nixes member of Human Rights Commission over views
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. • A black Muslim activist's nomination to the Illinois Human Rights Commission has been rejected by the Illinois Senate, after white conservatives slammed him over statements on a website he operates that voices opposition to "race ...
Illinois Senate rejects Muslim member of human rights panelPeoria Journal Star
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Kadner: Illinois should place bet on Internet poker's future
SouthtownStar
State Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) wants Illinois to become the first state in the nation to legalize online poker. Earlier this week, Cullerton announced he would introduce a bill creating a Division of Internet Gaming within the state ...
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DePaul, NU, ND and Illinois State open play Friday in NCAA tournament
Chicago Tribune
Notre Dame, Northwestern and Illinois State also made the tournament. In Friday's start of double-elimination regional play, the Irish meet Hawaii at Tucson; the Wildcats face No. 6 seed Texas in Austin; and the Redbirds play home-standing ninth-seed ...

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Illinois jobless rate drops but job growth slows
NECN
CHICAGO (AP) — Unemployment across Illinois inched lower in April, the eighth consecutive monthly decrease, but job growth all but stalled, according to a report from the state Department of Employment Security released Thursday.
Illinois Adds 140700 Private Sector Jobs Since RecoveryWIFR
Illinois unemployment drops for eighth consecutive monthWREX-TV

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Appeals court dismisses Illinois wage hike suit
Reuters
CHICAGO (Reuters) - An appeals court potentially saved cash-strapped Illinois money on Thursday by upholding a lower court's dismissal of a public labor union's lawsuit challenging Governor Pat Quinn's elimination of pay raises in the current budget.
Teachers irked by pension reform plans hold rally in NapervilleElgin Courier News
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Illinois legislation would allow unlimited campaign funding if super PACs come ...
The Republic
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Just months after Illinois corralled historically outlandish campaign spending by imposing its first limits on political contributions, lawmakers are considering ditching the caps in cases where newly permitted super PACs jump in ...
Illinois might nix money caps if super PACs enter frayPeoria Journal Star
Democratic legislators seek way around super PACsChicago Tribune
Legislation would kill campaign donation caps in some state racesThe State Journal-Register

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Illinois third in foreclosures despite national improvement
Morris Daily Herald
By Mary Ellen Podmolik — Chicago Tribune (MCT) — Foreclosure starts in Illinois are on par with those in other areas, but the state's court-supervised foreclosure system continues to bog down properties in the process. Almost 7.5 percent of mortgage ...
Foreclosures in Illinois bogged downChicago Tribune

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Illinois attorney general dives in on behalf of disabled high school swimmer
Fox News
Students in Illinois should have the same chance,” Madigan said in a statement. Callahan, who suffers from a neurological disorder called transverse myelitis that she contracted as an infant, has been swimming competitively since age 6.
Madigan sues Illinois State High School Association over barring disabled ...Chicago Tribune
Suit: Let disabled athletes go to stateWLS
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Illinois committee OKs higher minimum wage
CBS News
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois lawmakers are considering a plan to increase the minimum wage and let it rise automatically in the future. The state Senate's Executive Committee approved the plan 9-5 Wednesday. But even the sponsor says more work is ...
Illinois Senate committee votes to send minimum-wage hike to the floorThe Rock River Times
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