April 29

• MDA to hold benefit for local families

• Gov. Blagojevich announces first Illinois agriculture laboratory certified to test for avian flu
  Certification means faster test results and response time in suspect cases of avian influenza

• Illinois observes first-ever statewide Human Trafficking Outreach Day

• Green Building Advisory Committee named

April 28

• Statement from Gov. Blagojevich on passage of 'Let Them Rest in Peace Act'

• State agency directors congratulate graduates of Taylorville Correctional Center's Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program

April 27

• Fifth Street project contracts in tumble and polish process

• Robbery suspect arrested

• Gov. Blagojevich's school district reorganization bill wins approval in the House and goes back to the Senate for final approval

April 26

• Elkhart residents seek information from Mount Pulaski school board before junior high consolidation

• City passes healthier new budget

• Weather highlights

• Gov. Blagojevich proclaims Equal Pay Day in Illinois

April 25

• Relay For Life Trivia Night set

• Gov. Blagojevich, Comptroller Hynes announce $10 million in state stem cell research grants

• Applications being accepted for Governor's Pollution Prevention Awards

April 24

• City watching its pennies the next few months

• Activist in neighboring state to receive highest international environmental award

• Six grass-roots environmentalists win $125,000 Goldman Environmental Prize
  Vietnam vet fighting Pentagon nerve gas incineration and champion of native forest dwellers terrorized in Liberian civil war among six winners of world's largest prize for grass-roots environmentalists

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