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Details of $55.9B state budget take shape with just hours left in session
May 31, 2026 3:26 pm - The Illinois Senate filed a more than 3,500-page spending plan late Saturday night but how it will be paid for has not been made public. The plan filed as an amendment to...
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Blue states pitch 100 percent tax on Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ payoutsMay 31, 2026 3:08 pm - Democratic state leaders around the country have an unusual strategy to stymie President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion settlement fund for people who claim they were wrongl...
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Schaumburg adjusts ambulance fees to discourage non-medical calls for paramedicsMay 31, 2026 2:13 pm - The Schaumburg Fire Department has joined a recent trend among some Northwest suburbs in trying to discourage paramedic calls for anything other than medical reasons by adjusting its service charges.
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SUV crashes into Fox Lake auto body shop, injuring twoMay 31, 2026 11:13 am - Fox Lake police continue to investigate the early Saturday morning crash of an SUV into an auto body shop that injured the totaled vehicle’s two occupants and left the building’s structural integrity to be assessed by the village this week.
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POWER Act data center regulation won’t move forward this spring
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Bears megaproject bill sacked, but lawmakers draw up new play to keep team in stateMay 31, 2026 6:59 am - The Bears’ property tax break legislation for an Arlington Heights stadium failed to gain enough votes in Springfield, but lawmakers worked Sunday to craft an alternative proposal to keep the NFL team from moving to Indiana.
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Facts Matter: No evidence mosque shooters were a ‘transgender couple’May 31, 2026 4:00 am - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that the shooters in the San Diego mosque case were a “transgender couple,” the state of Maryland sent out illegal mail-in ballots and more.
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Legislators race against the clock as Bears stadium deal stallsMay 30, 2026 9:15 pm - The Chicago Bears’ plan for a new stadium in Arlington Heights faces an uncertain future as the Illinois General Assembly’s spring session nears its Sunday night deadline at midnight.
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Photo Gallery: IHSA Boys Tennis finals and Boys State Track and Field finalsMay 30, 2026 7:12 pm - Photo Gallery: IHSA Boys Tennis finals and Boys State Track and Field finals
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Capitol rioters clamor for payouts from Trump’s new ‘anti-weaponization’ fund despite backlash
May 30, 2026 6:20 pm - David Johnston was a licensed attorney when he illegally entered the Capitol with a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters on Jan. 6, 2021. More than five years later, the South Carolina man is offering to help fellow “J6ers” apply for payouts from the Trump administration's nearly $1.8 billion new fund for people claiming to be victims of a weaponized government.