March 15

• 2011-12 budget-building begins
  Part 2: Chief Greenslate asks for another officer: 'We can drive around in junk, but we need help.'

Some tickets still available for Looking for Lincoln, Main Street partnership event Sunday

• The mysterious cost of Medicaid reform

• Serious jail time for recording cops

• Schools or jails: Ill. law enforcement asks state to make good on classroom programs

• This day in history

• Blood drives, 'Permission to Speak Freely' at First Presbyterian Church, Draw 4 Carroll, San Jose United Methodist Church fish fry and Nathan J. Graham make Close Up

• 2011-12 budget-building begins
  Part 1: Snyder: 'We need a city manager'; council agrees

• Vandal(s) being sought by authorities

• Logan County tentative multiplier announced

• State reminds consumers to check flood insurance before heavy spring rains

• IDOT partners with state and local law enforcement to boost safety for St. Patrick's Day
  Efforts include saturation patrols, roadside safety checks and enforcement zones

• Report: Internet usage transforming news industry

• AG Madigan: Sunshine laws shining light on Illinois government

• This day in history

March 11

• From first shovel to fruition, ALMH readies to serve community

  • Groundbreaking for new hospital -- a look back  (June 2009)

  • Cornerstone unveiling at new ALMH -- a look back  (December 2009)

  • New ALMH is dedicated

  • Ribbon-cuts and link with past at ALMH

  • A tour of the new ALMH -- Album 1

  • A tour of the new ALMH -- Album 2

  • A tour of the new ALMH -- Album 3

• Beth Fleshman named Illinois Head Start Administrator of the Year

• Turbine damages rail track, then leaves

• Wanted: Polar Plungers to jump into Lincoln Lakes on March 19

• Spring wildflowers of Elkhart Hill -- dinner-lecture on April 15

• Local unemployment rates fall again throughout state
  Unemployment drops in every county for 2nd consecutive month

• State could get billion-dollar boost

• GOP budget: Up to $6 billion in cuts now will ease pain later

• Sen. Bomke co-sponsors bill protecting privacy of gun owners

• Concealed-carry law may need supermajority

• Thousands of gun owners rally at the Capitol

• Quinn OKs online tax

• This day in history

• Mount Pulaski American Legion Stag, Draw 4 Carroll, Lincoln Church of the Nazarene breakfast, Lincoln Woman's Club prayer breakfast and Zumba lessons make Close Up

• Illinois abolishes death penalty, commutes sentences of all remaining death row inmates

• Habitat for Humanity house blessing March 20

• Brown, Mitchell comment on concealed-carry law passing House committee

• Protesters flood Wis. Capitol over anti-union vote
  GOP bypasses Dems, cuts collective bargaining

• Illinois universities: Half is not enough

• Stationary state police possible

• This day in history

• City Briefs: High-speed rail, development partnership update and more

• Lesleigh Bennett sings at Chad's Blind April 14

• Higher electricity rates could be coming

• Ready to pack a concealed handgun? Not so fast

• New lawmakers thrust into guns debate

• This day in history

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