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Heather Norman, acting president of the Galesburg Public Art Commission, talks with WGIL’s Will Stevenson on “Galesburg’s Evening News” on an effort to give garbage cans in downtown Galesburg a decorative paint job with the help of

Governor seeks to oust improperly hired employees

CHICAGO (AP) — The administration of Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says it wants a judge to decide whether state employees who were improperly hired under former Gov. Pat Quinn should keep union contract job protections.

Board terminates Hastert’s state lawmaker pension

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials are poised to consider the status of the pension Dennis Hastert receives for the time the imprisoned former U.S. house speaker served in the state’s General Assembly.

Contractor sentenced to 6 months in fraud case

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 45-year-old construction contractor from Illinois has been sentenced to six months in prison for conspiring to defraud a government program designed to help companies deemed disadvantaged.