John O'connor

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In this Sept. 12, 2013 photo, University of Illinois engineering Professor Lou Wozniak stands outside the office of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering in Urbana. The university's Board of Trustees is meeting in Springfield Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, and is scheduled to take up the decision of revoking the tenure of Wozniak for a list of charges. Wozniak has taught at the Champaign-Urbana campus for half a century. (AP Photo/MBR, John Dixon)

University of Illinois trustees take up professor’s tenure battle

John O'connor · November 14, 2013 5:00 am

MetLife must pay $2M tax-amnesty fine, court rules

John O'connor · June 20, 2013 10:58 pm

Illinois settles SEC fraud charge over pensions

Associated Press, John O'connor · March 11, 2013 4:00 am

Rating agency sours on Illinois’ financial outlook

John O'connor · January 11, 2013 8:57 pm

Breakthrough in Illinois’ $96B pension crisis?

John O'connor · January 5, 2013 1:43 am

Illinois lawmakers hope to OK gay marriage in Jan.

Associated Press, John O'connor · December 13, 2012 11:23 pm

Ill. agrees to stop prison transfers temporarily

John O'connor · August 8, 2012 8:48 pm

State police question prison workers about leaks

John O'connor · August 8, 2012 1:21 am

Neutering the Net

John O'connor · August 10, 2009 4:00 am