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Aquifer protection, Chicago pension boost among 124 new laws signed by Pritzker

By Ben Szalinski, Andrew Adams and Jerry Nowicki
Aug 04, 2025 2:20 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed into law 124 of the 436 bills sent to him by lawmakers in the spring legislative session. The measures signed last week expand what must be covered by state-regulated insurance plans, require libraries to stock opioid antagonists, and add new training requirements for law enforcement officers, medical professionals and food handlers.
Boy dies after being hit by vehicle in Montgomery

By Susan Sarkauskas
Aug 04, 2025 12:50 pm - A 10-year-old boy has died of injuries suffered when he was hit by a car Thursday in Montgomery.
Boeing addresses more labor strife amid attempt to resuscitate its reputation

By The Associated Press
Aug 04, 2025 12:45 pm - A strike by thousands of workers that build fighter jets for Boeing at three U.S. plants is the second labor disruption for the plane builder in less than a year.
No Injuries reported in fire that left home uninhabitable

By Ella O'Neill
Aug 04, 2025 12:36 pm - No one was injured after a house fire erupted Sunday morning in Bartlett.
Prospect High School student entrepreneurs shine in national competition

Submitted by District 214
Aug 04, 2025 12:22 pm - As part of a national competition, a trio of Prospect High School students recently pitched their product to a panel of investor judges. The panel, in turn, awarded the trio $8,000 to take their breakthrough product to the next level.
Ex-Aurora staffer being picked for Geneva administrator

By Susan Sarkauskas
Aug 04, 2025 11:36 am - Geneva is poised to hire a former Aurora official as its city administrator.
Former GOP official Porter won’t run for Durbin’s Senate seat

By Russell Lissau
Aug 04, 2025 9:44 am - Former Illinois National Committeeman Richard Porter of Northfield on Sunday announced he wouldn’t seek the U.S. Senate seat now held by veteran Democrat Richard Durbin.
Texas governor threatens to remove Democrats who left state over Trump-backed redistricting

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ANDREW DeMILLO
Aug 04, 2025 7:25 am - Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office Monday if they don’t return after dozens of them left the state...
‘They roll right over’: Many Democrats call their party weak and ineffective, AP-NORC poll finds

By STEVE PEOPLES, LINLEY SANDERS and HYOJIN YOO
Aug 03, 2025 6:48 pm - Many Democrats see their political party as “weak” or “ineffective,” according to a poll that finds considerable pessimism within Democratic ranks. Republicans are more complimentary of their party, although a small but significant share describe the GOP as “greedy” or say it is generally "bad."
Men charged in Tennessee case involving 4 dead family members of abandoned infant

Aug 03, 2025 4:26 pm - TIPTONVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities searching for a man wanted in the murders of the parents, grandmother and uncle of an infant found alone and alive in Tennessee have char...

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