Extra Extra: Illinois' Budget Deficit Grows
By Chuck Sudo in News on Mar 13, 2014 11:00PM
- An annual state report places Illinois’ budget deficit now stands at $45 billion. That’s all? [Crain's]
- Illinois defeated Indiana 64-54 in the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. [ESPN]
- The Bears signed Detroit free agent defensive end Willie Young. [Tribune]
- The mother of Le'Andrea White, who was killed in a Rogers Park apartment fire Wednesday, said DCFS is removing her other children from her custody for observation. [DNAInfo Chicago]
- Political consultant Dan Curry was struck in the head by a baseball-sized piece of ice that fell from a downtown office building Wednesday. [Huffington Post Chicago]
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