Illinois
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Lame-duck state lawmakers vote themselves a 16% raiseJan 07, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois House Democrats working in a lame-duck session left town for a weekend break Friday night - but not before voting on plans to give themselves a pa...
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Illinois House approves increased abortion, gender care protections
Jan 06, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Six months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned nearly 50 years of precedent providing for legal abortion, Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly on...
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Illinois House passes new ban on high-powered weapons, large-capacity magazines
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U of I removes COVID-19 vaccine, testing requirements
Jan 06, 2023 12:00 am - URBANA, Ill. - The University of Illinois has removed its COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements for all students and employees, system President Tim Killeen anno...
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Medical officials warn of a growing threat from the COVID-19 'Kraken' variantJan 06, 2023 12:00 am - A new highly contagious and ominously dubbed the “Kraken” subvariant of COVID-19 is driving infections in the northeastern part of the country and showing up in greater ...
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Supreme Court sets March timeline for oral arguments in cash bail appealJan 05, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - An appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of a state law that would end cash bail appears to be at least three months away fr...
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Daily Herald opinion: If only there were more like Jesse White in Illinois governmentJan 04, 2023 12:00 am - To refer to Jesse White as Illinois' longest-running secretary of state feels like a disservice to a man who has lived more lives and done more things than many of us co...
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Weather Service: Storms sparked at least 6 tornadoes in Illinois
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Nicor takes first step toward rate hike that could add $9 a month to average billJan 04, 2023 12:00 am - Nicor Gas took the first step toward a $321 million rate hike Tuesday, filing for an increase from state regulators that, on average, would cost residential customers ju...
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How racism, reform and grace shaped Jesse White's long careerJan 02, 2023 4:30 am - He's fought racism and corruption, inspired thousands of young people and managed an office serving 8.7 million drivers. Now, after over two decades on the job, Illinois...