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The Pentagon’s DEI purge: Officials describe a scramble to remove and then restore online content
Mar 22, 2025 3:53 pm - WASHINGTON — Every day over the past few weeks, the Pentagon has faced questions from angry lawmakers, local leaders and citizens over the removal of military heroes and ...
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Gov. JB Pritzker tries to chart a path for national Democrats to counter Trump
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Kitty Dukakis, wife of former governor and presidential candidate, dies at 88
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Trump promised an American boom. He now says it may take a while.
Mar 22, 2025 1:27 pm - President Donald Trump said his first day in office marked the start of a “golden age” for the U.S. He and his advisers now say it could take months or longer to arrive.
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Judge calls Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act ‘problematic and concerning’
Mar 22, 2025 1:19 pm - A federal judge on Friday expressed doubts about the Trump administration’s use of a wartime power to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members, while also grilling a govern...
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‘The customers got us through’: Wheeling eatery’s owners recall tactics used to survive pandemicMar 22, 2025 12:45 pm - Until March 2020, the father-and-son owners of The Original Granny’s in Wheeling thought the biggest worries about their then-39-year-old restaurant would always be finding and retaining the right staff as well as keeping favored food items in stock.
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Voters to decide school, mental health, sales tax issuesMar 22, 2025 12:15 pm - From a $140.3 million school construction plan in far western Kane County to establishing a mental-health board in Palatine, voters are being asked to decide a slew of issues in the upcoming election.
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‘You just don’t get any answers from anybody’: Lockups of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America
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Illinois human trafficking bill focuses cross-agency coordination, victims
Mar 22, 2025 4:00 am - Thousands of human trafficking cases likely unreported in Illinois. New bill aims to improve screening and support.
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Prisoner Review Board sued for negligence a year after released prisoner killed Chicago boy