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Kwame Raoul sues Trump administration for withholding crime victim funding
Aug 19, 2025 6:54 am - Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Monday that he has joined a multistate lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from withholding federal funding to support crime victims in Illinois due to the state’s policy on immigration.
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Pedestrian killed by freight train at Elburn Metra Station
Aug 19, 2025 6:54 am - A pedestrian was struck and killed by a freight train near the Elburn Metra Station Monday morning.
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Batavia’s historic Tin Shop building expected to be demolished by Nov. 16
Aug 19, 2025 6:53 am - A 135-year-old building in downtown Batavia will be leveled this fall to make way for public restrooms.
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Draft master plan released for Diamond Lake recreation center, beach and boat launchAug 19, 2025 6:48 am - Another measure of community input is being sought as a vision for Mundelein Park & Recreation District’s Diamond Lake recreation center beach and boat launch comes into focus.
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Texas Democrats end walkout over redistricting
Aug 18, 2025 10:30 pm - Texas Democrats ended a two-week walkout Monday that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts as part of a national partisan brawl over President Donald Trump's desire to reshape U.S. House maps to his advantage.
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Arlington Heights implements new streaming tax, retains grocery taxAug 18, 2025 9:46 pm - Arlington Heights will levy a new streaming tax, and keep an old grocery tax, village board members decided Monday.
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Trump says face-to-face Putin-Zelenskyy meeting being arranged
Aug 18, 2025 7:39 pm - President Donald Trump said Monday he has begun arrangements for a face-to-face meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss a pathway to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Naperville teachers rally again as strike threat loomsAug 18, 2025 6:57 pm - For the second time in two weeks, Naperville Unit District 203 teachers rallied Monday in a show of solidarity as they near a potential strike day.
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Mississippi joins states sending National Guard troops to D.C.
Aug 18, 2025 5:49 pm - Joining forces from three other Republican-led states, the Mississippi National Guard will deploy 200 troops to Washington as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing federal policing and immigration overhaul in the nation’s capital.
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Hurricane Erin forces evacuations but is expected to stay offshore
Aug 18, 2025 4:59 pm - Hurricane Erin forced tourists to cut their vacations short on North Carolina’s Outer Banks even though the monster storm is expected to stay offshore after lashing part of the Caribbean with rain and wind on Monday.