TRAFFIC ALERT: I-57 NORTH OF SHAWNEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PULASKI CO., Ill.—Drivers on Interstate 57 in the vicinity of Shawnee Community College in Ullin need to be aware that there’s a vehicle off the road and authorities will be working the accident. The...
View ArticleFamily law bills at odds in Illinois House
By Tobias Wall State Capitol Bureau Posted Mar. 30, 2014 @ 10:00 pm Updated at 10:08 PM State lawmakers have a choice this spring between a wide-reaching overhaul of Illinois’ divorce law or a bill...
View ArticleHope for property tax relief fades at Missouri Capitol
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press March 31, 2014 JEFFERSON CITY • Not long ago, Missouri legislators were clamoring to provide relief to elderly homeowners from rapidly rising property taxes. Then the...
View ArticleREAD THE LEAD: Perverse investigator takes front and center on Page 2
We’re beginning to wonder if the madness that is ISP investigator Rick White will ever be stopped. White is front and center this month on page 2 with yet another outrage perpetrated against an...
View ArticleNorth, South Korea trade artillery rounds into the sea
Reuters BY JACK KIM SEOUL Mon Mar 31, 2014 5:02am EDT Passengers watch a television program showing reports on North Korea’s plan to conduct live-fire drills, at a railway station in Seoul March 31,...
View ArticleITAL ENTERS PLEA IN DEFRAUDING SALINE COUNTY SENIOR CITIZEN
SALINE CO., Ill.—A woman posing as a “health care worker” of sorts in order to get in good with an area senior citizen has been entered a plea of guilty to her actions in Saline County Circuit Court....
View ArticleRICH MILLER: QUINN’S BUDGET IS THE MADIGAN, CULLERTON, QUINN BUDGET
03/31/2014 Rich Miller Reboot Illinois It turns out that the governor and the two Democratic legislative leaders met privately for at least several days to negotiate details of Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget...
View ArticleDON’T CALL ILLINOIS PROPERTY TAX “RELIEF” A TAX BREAK
03/31/2014 Scott Reeder Reb00t Illinois Pat Quinn has promised us all a property tax break of $500. Well, sorta, kinda. Right now every Illinois homeowner already is getting a state income tax break...
View ArticleWHO WILL BE THE MAYOR OF CHICAGO IN 2015? A POLL SAYS IT MIGHT NOT BE RAHM
03/31/2014 Brendan Bond Reboot Illinois The big race in Illinois this year is the one for governor in Illinois. Along with that seat, the top executive position in the state is the mayor of Chicago....
View ArticleWHAT ARE ILLINOIS’ LEAST HEALTHY COUNTIES?
03/31/2014 Lily Oberman County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute, ranked every...
View ArticleSECURITAS GUARD HARASSES ELDERLY COTTAGE TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS DURING ROCKY...
Photo courtesy of www.securitasjobs.com SALINE CO., Ill. — Yesterday evening in the Rocky Branch area of Cottage Township, a ceremony was held with representatives of the Vinyard Indian Settlement...
View ArticleILLINOIS STATE POLICE UNCOVER MORE COMPLAINTS OF IMPROPER FIREARMS TRAINING
327 Applicants Notified of Improper Training SPRINGFIELD – Illinois State Police (ISP) announced today that another firearms instructor from Bolingbrook is no longer approved to instruct Illinois...
View ArticleBill Would Let Illinois Drivers “Sign and Go” for Speeding
By Associated Press Tuesday, Apr 1, 2014 Updated 10:00 AM CDT Legislation being considered by lawmakers in Springfield would allow drivers to keep their licenses in hand after getting speeding tickets....
View ArticleTOP 5 PAT QUINN CAMPAIGN SLOGANS
04/1/2014 Matt Dietrich Reboot Illinois has obtained documents containing several likely campaign ad themes for Gov. Pat Quinn as he seeks reelection to a second full term. Readers are advised that...
View ArticleEPA seeks public input on carbon-capture plan
April 1, 2014 AP STL 10/12/10 Meredosia, Illinois The interior of Ameren’s Power Plant in Meredosia, Illinois. The plant opened in 1948. J.B. Forbes jforbes@post-dispatch.com CHICAGO • The U.S....
View ArticleTOP 5 CAMPAIGN SLOGANS OF BRUCE RAUNER
04/1/2014 Matt Dietrich As the 2014 governor’s race gets under way, Reboot Illinois has obtained documents containing several likely campaign ad themes for Republican challenger Bruce Rauner. Readers...
View ArticleFORMER WASHINGTON PARK TRUSTEE AND ST. CLAIR CO. PROBATION OFFICER SENTENCED...
U.S. DISTRICT COURT/ST. CLAIR CO., Ill.—Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on April 1, 2014, Darron A. Suggs, 39, of Washington...
View ArticleWHICH STATES ARE MOST DEPENDENT ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING, AND WHAT DOES...
03/31/2014 Caitlin Wilson As discussion surrounds Gov. Pat Quinn’s new budget proposal and tax plans for Illinois, a new study by WalletHub found that states with higher taxes tend to have a lower...
View ArticleFORMER NYC MAYOR BLOOMBERG GIVES $500K TO IL FAIR MAP MOVEMENT
04/1/2014 Matt Dietrich Two weeks ago I combed through Illinois Board of Elections records to note some big names who had written big checks to Yes for Independent Maps, the group trying to get a...
View ArticleLOOKING BACK: The day’s headlines for April 1 in years past
Welcome to another LOOKING BACK, where you can explore what was big at the site and in the news for this date in Disclosure history, April 1! And while we love April Fool’s Day, we haven’t had much of...
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