Illinois
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Senate bill would outlaw using live animals as carnival prizesJan 28, 2020 12:00 am - It is a mainstay of fairs and carnivals around the country: Sink a Ping-Pong ball into a fish bowl and win the goldfish swimming inside. But if a bill in the Illinois Se...
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House Republicans tie ethics reforms to redistricting changes in IllinoisJan 28, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Remodeling how Illinois' political districts are drawn is the key to addressing the "dark cloud" of ethical violations hovering over state government, Hous...
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Lawmakers aim to end state-to-state corporate poachingJan 28, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Two Democratic lawmakers unveiled legislation Tuesday to form a multi-state compact in which each member state would vow not to use company-specific tax in...
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Harmon names new Senate leadership team, and Link's not on itJan 28, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - New state Senate President Don Harmon, an Oak Park Democrat, announced his leadership team Tuesday on the first day of the 2020 legislative session. Notice...
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State police say forensic evidence backlog is shrinking, but more help neededJan 28, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - When an Illinois Senate panel met last March to discuss the state's backlog of untested forensic evidence, there were more than 70 DNA samples in murder ca...
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Sandoval pleads guilty to bribery, tax charges
Jan 28, 2020 12:00 am - At the time a powerful state senator, Martin Sandoval said in a 2018 restaurant meeting in Burr Ridge that he was going all out for a red-light camera company in return ...
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Driver in crash that killed 3 of her passengers takes deal
Jan 27, 2020 6:00 am - LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) - A driver involved in a central Nebraska collision that killed three people in her car is scheduled to be sentenced April 3 in Lexington. Station K...
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Supreme Court allows enforcement of new green card rule
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DCFS youth eligible for annual scholarship program
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Ex-Illinois lawmaker charged with red-light camera bribery