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The State of Illinois is a state of the United States of America and the 21st state admitted to the Union. Illinois is the most populous state in the Midwest and the fifth most populous in the nation, and has a large and cosmopolitan population. Its balance of vast suburbs and the great metropolis of Chicago in the northeast, rural areas, small industrial cities, and renowned agricultural productivity in central and western Illinois, and the coal mines of the south give it a highly diverse economic base. Its central location, connecting the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River via the Illinois River, made it a transportation hub for 150 years. It is this mixture of factory and farm, of urban and rural, that makes Illinois a microcosm of the United States.
About 2,000 Native American hunters and a small number of French villagers inhabited the area at the time of the American Revolution. American settlers began arriving from Kentucky in the 1810s; they achieved statehood in 1818. Yankees arrived a little later and dominated the north, founding the future metropolis of Chicago in the 1830s. The coming of the railroads in the 1850s made highly profitable the rich prairie farmlands in central Illinois, attracting large numbers of immigrant farmers from Germany and Sweden. Northern Illinois provided major support for Illinoisans Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant during the American Civil War. By 1900, factories were being rapidly built in the northern cities, along with coal mines in central and southern areas. This industrialization attracted large numbers of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe, and also led to the state's material contribution as a major arsenal in both world wars. In addition to immigrants from Europe, large numbers of blacks left the cotton fields of the South to come to Chicago, where they developed a famous jazz culture.

 

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Deadline set to close Chicago nursing home

Mar 9, 2010 4:17 pm

Illinois authorities said they plan to shut Somerset Place, one of the state’s largest nursing homes, by Friday ...

 

Pilot in emergency landing shrugs off his heroics

Mar 9, 2010 2:10 pm

All on board safe after plane hits deer, knocking out left landing gear John Olson has a new nickname.

 

FAA: Expect more crowded flights at busy U.S. airports

Mar 9, 2010 12:37 pm

 

1 mayor, 2 salaries

Mar 9, 2010 6:00 am

District’s ‘superintendent designate’ got the votes of 2 relatives and 2 city employees ...

 

Census means billions for Chicago area

Mar 9, 2010 5:05 am

New study says region got $12.6 billion in federal funds tied to numbers Underscoring arguments for strong pa...

 

City Council stealth payroll criticized

Mar 9, 2010 3:26 am

Fund that has helped aldermen’s friends, relatives and political operatives appears to violate ban on political hiring, court monitor says ...

 

First grandma keeps low profile

Mar 9, 2010 2:16 am

Marian Robinson tries to keep life normal for Sasha, Malia After President Barack Obama was elected, his moth...

 

Daley calls for new state laws on guns

Mar 9, 2010 12:05 am

Mayor wants new laws to restrict sales and stiffen penalties for criminals who use guns Flanked by several pa...

 

Quinn unfairly targeting local share of income tax, Daley contends

Mar 8, 2010 11:22 pm

Mayor accuses governor of reneging on pledge not to cut municipal share Mayor Richard Daley on Monday accused...

 
 

News from the Chicago Sun-Times

Washington weddings begin for same-sex couples

Mar 9, 2010 10:00 am

WASHINGTON -- It's a day of wedding bells for some gay couples in Washington.

 

Kirk pushes for stronger clamp-down on companies that help Iran

Mar 9, 2010 10:00 am

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk found vindication in the Sunday New York Times for his argument that the United States government is not doing enough to clamp down on corporations that help...

 

Cops: man posing as fire lieutenant robs Old Town bar

Mar 9, 2010 10:00 am

A man who said he was a Chicago Fire Department lieutenant robbed a bar in Old Town early Tuesday on the Near North Side, police said.

 

Fewer summer jobs offered for Chicago youth this year

Mar 9, 2010 10:00 am

Chicago young people will compete for 14,300 jobs this summer, down 33 percent from the 19,950 jobs that federal stimulus funds helped provide last year.

 

Navy says 3 dogs died after contractor neglect

Mar 9, 2010 10:00 am

WASHINGTON -- The Navy says that three dogs died and dozens more were in poor health after being neglected by a private security contractor in Chicago that had been hired to train the dogs to detect e...

 

LifeLock to pay $12 million to settle deceptive-ad claims

Mar 9, 2010 10:00 am

On his TV commercials, LifeLock chief executive officer Todd Davis claimed that, for $10 a month, his company could "guarantee" its customers wouldnt become victims of identity theft.

 

Daley declines to give John Brooks a vote of confidence

Mar 9, 2010 10:00 am

Mayor Daley conspicuously refused today to give embattled Fire Commissioner John Brooks a vote of confidence, dodging questions about Brooks flippant response to an underlings sexual harassment allega...

 

'Gasoline prices want to decline'

Mar 9, 2010 10:00 am

Blame rising gas prices on investors raising the cost of crude oil. Blame them on government spending chasing money into commodities and away from currency. Don't blame them on the local gas station...

 

Sequel to 'Phantom of the Opera' opens in London

Mar 9, 2010 10:00 am

LONDON -- Will it be second time lucky for the music of the night?

 

Quake exposes poor construction in Turkey

Mar 9, 2010 10:00 am

OKCULAR, Turkey -- Homes in eastern areas of Turkey prone to earthquakes must be better built to withstand jolts like the magnitude 6 temblor that toppled village houses and killed 51 people this week...

 
 

Illinois News from BigNewsNetwork.com

Man accused of breaking baby's leg during abuse

Mar 9, 2010 6:19 pm

Illinois man is jailed on $100,000 bond after being accused of breaking a 9-month-old girl's leg in two places by deliberately dropping her to the floor.

 

Jury being picked in Chicago developer's trial

Mar 9, 2010 6:19 pm

Chicago real estate developer accused of bribing an alderman to push through a zoning change.Developer Calvin Boender (BOON'-der) is charged with showering $40,000 worth of home improvements ...

 

Agriculture futures mostly fall on Chicago BOT

Mar 9, 2010 6:19 pm

Agriculture futures mostly fell Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.Wheat for May delivery shed 7 cents to $4.88 a bushel; May corn dropped 5.5 cents to $3.695 a bushel; May soybeans fell 11 cents t...

 

Man accused of threatening McHenry Co. official in mental health court

Mar 9, 2010 6:17 pm

A 56-year-old man facing a pair of felony charges alleging he threatened McHenry County Circuit Clerk Katherine Keefe was transferred Tuesday into the county's mental health court where he wi...

 

Buffalo Grove board reprimands trustee, passes recall ordinance

Mar 9, 2010 6:17 pm

The marriage between Trustee Lisa Stone and the Buffalo Grove village board was not exactly a match made in heaven. And now it appears to be drifting even further toward divorce.

 

Foundation provides specialized car seats for babies born at Condell

Mar 9, 2010 6:16 pm

Kris Kazian, left, co-president of The Lexi Kazian Foundation, poses with one of the donated car bed seats for premature newborns along with nurse Meg Behm of Advocate Condell Medical Center'...

 

Cary Dist. 26 places burden on union to save jobs

Mar 9, 2010 6:16 pm

Cary Elementary District 26 placed the ball in the teacher's union's court Monday night, asking the union to agree to concessions for its members in exchange for saving a few jobs.

 

Cubs offering ambassador positions

Mar 9, 2010 5:59 pm

MESA, Ariz. -- Let's say you're going to Wrigley Field for your first Cubs game ever. You don't know how to get there, where to park, what's available to eat. Who d...

 

Turner submits application to be Ill. lt gov

Mar 9, 2010 5:57 pm

CHICAGO (AP) -- Another former candidate for Illinois lieutenant governor has submitted an application to be the new Democratic nominee for the post.

 

Airlines improve on-time performance

Mar 9, 2010 5:57 pm

Among the biggest airlines, Chicago-based United had the best record, with 84.4 percent of its flights arriving on-time, which the government defines as being within 15 minutes of their scheduled arri...

 
 

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