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Illinois releases 5-year economic blueprint
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Illinois releases 5-year economic blueprint

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Illinois jobless rate falls to 7.5 percent

Illinois jobless rate falls to 7.5 percent

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FILE - This April 5, 2007 file photo shows a male prairie chicken at the Prairie Ridge State Natural Area south of Newton, Ill. A state program that flew prairie chickens to a couple of wildlife preserves in southern Illinois earlier in 2014 generated headlines and fair amount of outrage. (AP Photo/Journal Gazette, Stephen Haas, File)
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Closer Look: Prairie chickens an election issue

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In this May 28, 2014 photo, Jamie and Daniel Cobb pose in the backyard of the their home, now being rebuilt, in Washington, Ill. The Cobbs had lived in their house less than a year when it was destroyed by a tornado in November 2013. The couple expect to be able to move back in within a few months. (AP Photo/David Mercer)

Survival stories turn to rebuilding stories

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FILE - This Monday, Nov. 18, 2013 aerial file photo shows people walking down a street where homes once stood that were destroyed by a tornado that hit the western Illinois town of Washington. Mayor Gary Manier said the city has issued more than 600 building permits for the more than 1,000 badly damaged or destroyed homes. But construction was slowed by the harsh winter and for many is just beginning. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Washington rebuilding, but no end in sight

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The exterior of an Office Max store in Chicago. Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is pushing to give small companies in the state equal access to the tax breaks that big corporations have. The plan takes aim at special EDGE credits _ tax breaks a small number of big companies like Sears Holding Corp. and OfficeMax have sought by going directly to the General Assembly with threats to leave Illinois. Madigan's plan would make the tax credits available to businesses with fewer than 100 employees, and target credits at areas of high poverty and unemployment. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Tax-break expansion plan raises concerns, shrugs

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Illinois issues draft of fertilizer plant permit
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Illinois issues draft of fertilizer plant permit

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Students walk past the Alma Mater statue, a landmark on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana, Ill. Public universities in Illinois are bracing for waves or retirements because a state pension-reform law will sharply cut their retirement funds. (AP Photo/David Mercer)
Education

Illinois schools struggle to soften pension losses

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IKEA buying Illinois wind-energy project
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IKEA buying Illinois wind-energy project

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After Boeing bid, Rockford targets high-tech jobs
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After Boeing bid, Rockford targets high-tech jobs

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