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Cap City | Thursday, January 31,2013

GREENER PASTURES

By Cap City
Horses have a special place in American lore: Barbaro, Champion, Man o’ War, Seabiscuit, Silver, Secretariat and countless others have captured the nation’s attention and imagination. Ther
Cap City | Thursday, January 24,2013

CASH AND CHEMICALS

By Cap City
The City of Springfield received a cash settlement last week in a class action lawsuit over a controversial chemical. The herbicide Atrazine, which may cause heart problems or birth defects in humans
Cap City | Thursday, January 24,2013

HAT TRICK

By Cap City
It’s that time of year again, and so the folks at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Museum are putting a stovepipe hat on display in honor of the 16th president’s 204th birthday. Wh
Cap City | Thursday, January 17,2013

MORTGAGE MONIES

By Cap City
Illinois homeowners who took out a mortgage through Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo or Ally/GMAC may be eligible for a cash settlement or mortgage assistance under a federal class-a
Cap City | Thursday, January 17,2013

FOOT PHILANTHROPY

By Cap City
In the Bible, Jesus washes his disciples’ feet in a selfless display of servanthood. On Thursday, a group of nurses will do the same for several chronically homeless people living in the capital
Cap City | Thursday, December 20,2012

DISCORD IN THE DISTRICT

By Cap City
Following a lengthy and contentious meeting of the Springfield school board in which Superintendent Walter Milton proposed cuts to several popular programs to balance the Springfield Public Schools bu
Cap City | Thursday, December 20,2012

HE’S BAAAACCK

By Cap City
When Springfield last saw Frederick George Celani, he was ’splaining to a federal judge the flimflam known as Kayport Package Express. Oldtimers (and by that we mean anyone who remembers the ear
Cap City | Thursday, December 6,2012

CLEAR AS MUD

By Cap City
Macoupin County good, everyone else bad. That’s the assessment of the Illinois Policy Institute when it comes to government transparency in counties in western and central Illinois. The institut
Cap City | Thursday, December 6,2012

JOBS FOR ALL

By Cap City
Who says it’s hard to find a job? Jay Rowell, director of the Illinois Department of Employment Security, met this week with local business leaders and officials from the Salvation Army in Sprin
Cap City | Wednesday, November 21,2012

POOR PAT

By Cap City
Gov. Pat Quinn can’t catch a break these days. He’s hounded at nearly every public appearance by angry union workers because of his efforts to cut union pay, renege on contractual raises a