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Illinois News - 6/21/2016
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Illinois State Museum to reopen; Rend Lake facility remains closed
Hastert to report to prison in Minnesota this week
Panel: It may take a crisis to end state budget impasse
Former Mason Co. animal shelter volunteer pleads guilty to fraud
Rauner, officials call for short-term budget to avoid road project delays
Illinois measure would create advisory council for Muslims
What happened at the Democratic National Convention in 1968?
Clinton 'jewel' could face challenges if plant closes
Children's Hospital of Illinois is on the leading edge of integrating sleep into health care
Despite budget woes, area lawmakers point to progress at state Capitol
Former Illinois GOP chairman part of group trying to stop Trump
Supreme Court rejects appeal from Illinois smokers
Emanuel unleashes frustrations about Friends of the Parks
Rauner quietly confirms re-election bid
Company once accused of being minority front gets $407M more
Rauner: GOP could lose seats in fall, turn Madigan into Illinois 'dictator'
Illinois women hit 'disproportionally hard' by record state budget impasse
Taxpayers likely out $3.4 million more for CPD lawsuit settlements
Nursing homes file suit to stop rival's expansion