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Draft executive order calls for closing Education Dept.
Mar 06, 2025 7:52 pm - President Donald Trump is set to issue an executive order as soon as Thursday directing his newly confirmed education secretary to work to close the department she now le...
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GOP must cut Medicaid or Medicare to achieve budget goals, CBO finds
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High school student helps draft bill to put opioid overdose meds in Illinois libraries
Mar 06, 2025 6:38 pm - Jordan Henry, a senior at the Illinois Math and Science Academy, is working with her local state representative on a bill that would require public libraries to keep on hand medications that can reverse an opioid overdose.
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Lisle’s French market gets room to growMar 06, 2025 5:29 pm - Lisle trustees say “oui” to French market move downtown and new food truck markets.
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A weak Pope Francis thanks people for their prayers ‘from the bottom of my heart’ in audio message
Mar 06, 2025 4:03 pm - ROME — A weak and breathless Pope Francis thanked people for their prayers for his recovery in a remarkable audio message broadcast Thursday, the first public sign of lif...
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Batavia man facing federal investment fraud chargesMar 06, 2025 4:02 pm - A Batavia man is facing federal fraud charges after prosecutors said he lied to clients about investment opportunities and spent their money on personal items.
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Spooked by Trump and Putin, Europe rushes to rearm
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Trump envoy says Ukrainians ‘brought it on themselves’ after US pauses aid and intelligence sharing
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With electricity price spikes coming, environmental and industry groups pitch reform
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Obama archive in Hoffman Estates planned move to Maryland before appearance on DOGE listMar 06, 2025 3:13 pm - The Department of Government Efficiency recently claimed to end an annual $1.48 million lease of a Hoffman Estates building as the temporary archive of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, but the materials’ imminent move to a permanent site in Maryland had already been announced last August.