Illinois News

May12

Good news in Illinois: Hidden business tax breaks may soon see the light

on May 12th, 2012 at 8:00 am

Presented by Citizens for Tax Justice

Citizens for Tax Justice

It’s no longer news to most Amer­icans that big, prof­itable corpo­ra­tions from Apple to General Electric are finding creative ways to zero out their income taxes. Two widely cited recent reports on federal and state taxes from …

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Longworth via Skype
May10

Author proposes solution to Midwest’s decline

on May 10th, 2012 at 8:00 am

By Barry McNamara — Monmouth College

Richard C. Long­worth, a senior fellow for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, told political science students at Monmouth College that the Midwest has been in decline for 30–40 years, and that it can only come …

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May06

Is that you, Mr. Lincoln?

on May 6th, 2012 at 8:00 am

Grant will help nationally renowned project use new computer tech­nology to identify early, anonymous Lincoln writings

By Dave Blanchette — Abraham Lincoln Pres­i­dential Library and Museum

“With malice toward none, with charity for all” appar­ently did not count when …

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Illinois executive mansion
May05

Red, white and blue going green

on May 5th, 2012 at 8:00 am

Pres­i­dential Museum and Exec­utive Mansion receive LED lighting; more historic sites to follow

By Dave Blanchette — Illinois Historic Preser­vation Agency

Our colors might be red, white and blue, but Illinois history is now going green. The Abraham Lincoln Pres­i­dential Museum …

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May04

Guns, guts and germs

on May 4th, 2012 at 9:00 am

“To Kill and to Heal: Weapons and medicine of the Civil War” opens May 11 at Lincoln Pres­i­dential Museum

By Dave Blanchette — Abraham Lincoln Pres­i­dential Library and Museum

The dead­liest weapon of the Civil War was one that nobody …

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