Illinois
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American Water, the largest water utility in US, is targeted by a cyberattack
Oct 08, 2024 6:56 am - The largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States announced Monday that it was the victim of a cyberattack, prompting the firm to pause billing to customers.
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‘Short corn’ could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by a changing climate
Sep 29, 2024 6:00 am - Taking a late-summer country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone, snaking between 12-foot-tall green, leafy walls that seem to block out nearly everything other than the sun and an occasional water tower.
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Early research shows impact of cashless bail less than many hoped or feared
Sep 14, 2024 12:40 pm - SPRINGFIELD – One year after Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate the use of cash bail, the impact on the state’s criminal justice system appears to...
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Illinois law banning concealed carry on public transit is unconstitutional, judge rulesSep 03, 2024 9:29 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A federal judge has ruled that an Illinois law banning the concealed carry of firearms on public transit is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Iai...
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With new federal waiver, Illinois expanding Medicaid to nonmedical services
Aug 12, 2024 10:37 am - Many people enrolled in the state’s Medicaid program soon will be eligible to receive a host of nonmedical services that could improve their overall health, including hou...
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Illinois sheriff retiring after deputy he hired was charged with murder for shooting Sonya MasseyAug 10, 2024 3:57 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — An Illinois sheriff who hired the deputy charged in the death of Sonya Massey announced Friday that he will retire, five weeks after the 36-year-old B...
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Will DNC bring migrant influx to Chicago? Municipalities, organizations prepare for possible bumpAug 05, 2024 6:16 pm - Suburban officials and community organizers say they will be ready if the Texas governor sends busloads of migrants to Chicago during the Democratic National Convention.
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With DUI-related ejection from Army, deputy who killed Massey should have raised flags, experts say
Jul 29, 2024 12:27 pm - The Illinois sheriff's deputy charged in the shooting death of Sonya Massey was kicked out of the Army for the first of two drunken driving convictions in which he had a weapon in his car, authorities said, but that didn't stop multiple law enforcement agencies from giving him a badge.
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Autopsy confirms Sonya Massey died from gunshot wound to head, as attorney calls shooting senseless
Jul 26, 2024 2:50 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Autopsy findings released Friday on Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman fatally shot in her Illinois home by a now-fired sheriff's deputy charged in her...
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Survivors sue Illinois over decades of sexual abuse at Chicago youth detention centerJul 23, 2024 9:05 pm - CHICAGO — Temarkus Washington says the sexual abuse he experienced as a teenager at a troubled Chicago youth detention center still gives him nightmares. The 35-year-old ...