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Senate rejects an amendment barring Trump’s controversial payout fund
Jun 04, 2026 7:06 pm - The Senate rejected an initial effort Thursday to bar the Trump administration from creating a controversial fund to compensate people who claim they were wrongfully prosecuted or investigated.
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Elgin police make arson arrest after dumpster fireJun 04, 2026 7:04 pm - Elgin police arrested a suspect following an arson investigation Thursday.
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House bill rolls back food aid for pregnant women, children
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Trump strips job protections from 8,000 senior federal workers
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Ballroom donors won $50B in contracts after giving to Trump project, watchdog group finds
Jun 04, 2026 6:26 pm - More than half the publicly identified donors to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project have won new or expanded federal contracts worth more than $50 billion during the past six months, according to a report released Thursday by a government watchdog group.
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Naperville police make another gun arrest at TopgolfJun 04, 2026 6:17 pm - A convicted felon was ordered held in jail pretrial in DuPage County after being arrested with a loaded firearm outside Naperville’s Topgolf facility Wednesday.
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Supreme Court chooses Kane County judge to head up electronic monitoring fixJun 04, 2026 6:06 pm - In the wake of several high-profile electronic monitoring failures — the most recent leading to the killing of a Chicago police officer — the Illinois Supreme Court is launching a new task force to fix the system. And it’ll be a suburban judge leading the way.
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Buffalo Grove’s 2050 vision gets nod from planning panelJun 04, 2026 6:00 pm - Buffalo Grove’s planning and zoning commission voted this week to recommend the village’s 2050 comprehensive plan.
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Suburban schools ready for state ban on cellphones in classJun 04, 2026 5:52 pm - A pending state law will require school districts to largely ban students from using cellphones during the school day. But many suburban districts have already done that and say they are seeing a difference already in student behavior.
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Residents concerned over gun wholesaler relocating to Mount ProspectJun 04, 2026 4:37 pm - A firearms wholesaler has a group of residents concerned over its relocation from Des Plaines to Mount Prospect.