Illinois
Summary
Illinois ( /ˌɪlɪˈnɔɪ/ IL-i-noy) is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. It is the most populous state in the Midwest region; however with 65% of its residents concentrated in the Chicago metropolitan area, most of the state has either a rural or a small town character. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a broad economic base. Illinois is an important transportation hub; the Port of Chicago connects the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River via the Illinois River.
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Julia Keller to leave Chicago Tribune in June
Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago Tribune writer Julia Keller is leaving the paper in June to teach at Ohio University and write novels, reports Robert Feder today. Keller’s Pulitzer in feature writing was awarded for a series of three stories… Read more.
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Czech president condemns 'aggressive' Heartland Institute adverts
Václav Klaus condemns thinktank's campaign but says he will still proceed with his keynote speech at the forthcoming conference.
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Beastie Boys Face New Suit Over Sampling
The company that controls the rights to songs by the group Trouble Funk sued over music it says was used on the Beastie Boys' albums "Paul's Boutique" and "Licensed to Ill. ".
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Media Decoder Blog: Beastie Boys Face New Suit Over Sampling
The company that controls the rights to songs by the group Trouble Funk sued over music it says was used on the Beastie Boys' albums "Paul's Boutique" and "Licensed to Ill. ".
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Yahoo director who led CEO search won't seek re-election: source
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc director Patti Hart will not seek re-election to Yahoo's board, according to a source familiar with the matter, as the Internet company's board moved forward with an investigation of its new chief executive's educational background.
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Journatic CEO: We are creating a better future for journalism
The Chicago Tribune recently laid off many of the reporters and editors who produced its hyper-local editions, and announced that it was outsourcing those functions to a startup called Journatic — a move that drew criticism from those who saw the company as a Demand Media-style “content farm,” replacing journalists with algorithms and poorly-paid freelancers.
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Illinois is running out of time and money
After trying to tax Illinois to governmental solvency and economic dynamism, Pat Quinn, a Democrat who has been governor since 2009, now says “our rendezvous with reality has arrived. ” Actually, Illinois is still reality-averse, so Americans may soon learn the importance of the freedom to fail in a system of competitive federalism.
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Bad science around ‘job-killing regulations’
It is a seemingly immutable law of modern Republican rhetoric that the word “regulation” can never appear unadorned by the essential adjective: “job-killing. ”.
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Online Cloud Services Rely on Coal or Nuclear Power, Report Says
The infrastructure that supports the Internet, online commerce and nearly all corporate data services is engaged in a vast migration eastward in search of energy prices cheaper than anything available in Silicon Valley, where the digital. . .
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Best Buy announces locations for store closings
Best Buy on Saturday announced the locations of 50 stores that it is closing this year, including seven in California, six in Illinois and six in the company's home state of Minnesota.
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