Local superintendents were pleased to hear Thursday that Indiana was one of 10 states receiving a federal waiver from certain requirements within the No Child Left Behind education law.
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INDIANAPOLIS | Lake County Magistrate Michael Pagano will not be the next justice of the Indiana Supreme Court.
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INDIANAPOLIS | Attorney General Greg Zoeller says Indiana homeowners will receive about $30 million worth of loan-term modifications and other relief as part of a national settlement with the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses that occurred after the housing bubble …
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Anti-smoking advocates aren't happy about an 18-month exemption being given to Indiana's bars in a statewide smoking ban bill and don't want the proposal weakened any further as it moves through the state Legislature.
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State School Superintendent Tony Bennett says Indiana will take advantage of a federal waiver on provisions of the No Child Left Behind act to create better education for students.
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Three women and four men are among the seven semifinalists vying to fill the empty seat on the Indiana Supreme Court that will be left by the retirement of Chief Justice Randall Shepard.
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It was probably inevitable: A homespun symbol of Super Bowl 46 in Indianapolis is now fetching bids on eBay.
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A state agency's report says the Indiana State Fair's executive director and other officials took part in an emergency exercise last July that eerily foreshadowed weather conditions a month later that caused a deadly stage collapse.
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Indiana conservation officers are seeking information from the public in the recent shooting of a bald eagle in central Indiana's Morgan County.
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Pro-labor Republicans are targeting several GOP lawmakers who backed divisive right-to-work legislation that made Indiana the 23rd state to ban unions from collecting mandatory representation fees.
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CHICAGO | Illinois is expected to receive about $1 billion in a multi-state settlement with the nation's five largest mortgage lenders, Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced Thursday.
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A spokesman for Caterpillar Inc. says the company continues to invest in its locations in Illinois but says those projects don't compare with new facilities it has said it could announce in the next few years.
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Chicago police are rounding up suspected drug dealers that were targeted in an effort to crackdown on crime in the city's two most violent neighborhoods.
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The city of Chicago has hammered out a $6.2 million settlement over a class-action lawsuit that accuses police of unlawfully arresting more than 700 people during a 2003 Iraq war demonstration, attorneys announced Thursday.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed statewide legislation Thursday to require handgun owners to register their weapons, calling it a common sense measure that would protect the rights of responsible gun owners while keeping illegal firearms off the streets.
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Two women accused of accidentally leaving a 3-year-old boy on a school bus in central Illinois have been indicted by a grand jury and fired from their jobs with the local school district.
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A spokesman says the city of Chicago didn't rush to settle a class-action lawsuit over police arrests during a 2003 Iraq war demonstration because it felt pressure to resolve the matter before upcoming G-8 and NATO summits.
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Illinois is expected to receive about $1 billion in a multi-state settlement with the nation's five largest mortgage lenders, Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced Thursday.
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An earthquake researcher says Illinois residents are not prepared for a large quake despite a drill this week in which nearly half a million school children and office workers took part.
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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says homeowners who believe they're entitled to reimbursements from a multi-state settlement with large mortgage lenders or who have questions can contact a help line set up by the office.
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