Illinois home care program for elderly is almost out of money
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois warned that it will run out of money next week to pay for a program that allows 80,000 elderly and disabled people to live at home,...
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Armstrong’s charity says bowed, not crippled by doping scandal
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A top official with the cancer charity founded by disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong acknowledged on Thursday that the athlete's doping scandal had tarnished its reputation and created...
Storm that buried Plains slams Great Lakes region
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A powerful winter storm that buried the U.S. Plains moved on Tuesday into the southern Great Lakes region, where it snarled the evening commute in Chicago and...
Court says Illinois must rewrite curbs on carrying concealed guns
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois lawmakers will have to rewrite the nation's toughest restrictions on carrying a concealed weapon in public by mid-June after a court on Friday ruled that the...
Court says Illinois must rewrite curbs on carrying concealed guns
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois lawmakers will have to rewrite the nation's toughest restrictions on carrying a concealed weapon in public by mid-June after a court on Friday ruled that the...
Wisconsin governor wants to cut income taxes, public school aid
(Reuters) - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker proposed a nearly $70 billion biennial budget on Wednesday that combines income tax cuts with increased spending on transportation infrastructure and private education. Walker,...
Summit on Illinois pension woes ends with no new plan
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A union-led summit to address Illinois' unfunded pension liabilities ended on Monday without any deals or significant breakthroughs, according to elected officials from both sides of the...
Summit on Illinois pension woes ends with no new plan
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A union-led summit to address Illinois' unfunded pension liabilities ended on Monday without any deals or significant breakthroughs, according to elected officials from both sides of the...
Chicago municipal pension fund to divest gun maker holdings
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A pension fund for Chicago public employees has voted to divest its holdings in three companies that manufacture assault weapons, an official with the fund confirmed on...
Journalist Barbara Walters hospitalized after fall at Washington party
(Reuters) - Veteran journalist Barbara Walters was admitted to a Washington. D.C., hospital over the weekend after she fell and cut her head at the British ambassador's residence, a spokesman...