CHICAGO (AP) — The number of home foreclosure filings in Illinois fell in May, though they still were higher than a year ago.
A report released Thursday by Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac shows 10,942 foreclosure filings in Illinois last month. Filings include default notices, auction-sale notices and bank repossessions.
The Illinois filings dropped 20 percent from April’s level, but were almost 10 percent higher than May of last year.
One in every 479 housing units in the state received a foreclosure filing in May. That’s below the national average, but high enough to rank Illinois 11th nationally.
Nevada again had the nation’s highest foreclosure rate — one in every 64 housing units, which is six times the national average.
State News
June 11, 2009
Illinois home foreclosure filings slow in May
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5 dead in Ill. van crash part of Christian group
BALTIMORE (AP) — Five Baltimore men killed when a van careened off a southern Illinois freeway were members of an evangelical Christian church returning from a weeklong international conference in California, officials said Wednesday.
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New Ill. House gun bill excludes parks, transit
SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Public transportation and municipal parks would be off limits to guns in a compromise proposal filed Wednesday that would regulate the carrying of concealed weapons in Illinois.
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Ill. House committee approves Medicaid expansion
SPRINGFIELD (AP) — A plan to expand Medicaid coverage for low-income adults without children squeaked through an Illinois House committee Tuesday despite scrutiny over a last-minute amendment that would give more flexibility to mental health institutions.
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Ill. Senate panel endorses ammunition limit
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims testified Monday in favor of an Illinois limit on the size of ammunition magazines, a proposal that got a Senate committee endorsement.
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Senate Democrats want more school money, not cuts
SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Illinois Senate Democrats want to boost general education funding by $156 million next year, not cut it, key budget negotiators said Friday, but acknowledged the increase would only keep per-student funding level.
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Senate committee to consider gun bill
SPRINGFIELD(AP) — Illinois concealed carry legislation that requires special permission to have a gun in Chicago is scheduled for a Senate committee vote.
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5 dead in Ill. van crash part of Christian group
