Erin Hegarty
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Ready to vote? You can do it starting todayMar 23, 2015 5:30 am - With a little more than two weeks until the April 7 local election, suburban voters can start casting their ballots in person today when Illinois' early voting period be...
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Chief justice: Rauner budget would end probation for 47,000Mar 19, 2015 1:00 am - A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the number of people who would go without probation. The correct number is 47,000 Illinois Supreme Court Chief J...
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Farnham joins list of Illinois politicians sentenced to prisonMar 19, 2015 1:00 am - Former state Rep. Keith Farnham's federal sentence Thursday puts him in a long line of state officials who have been sent to prison, though for a far different reason. T...
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Would harder to crush pills help curb drug addiction?Mar 18, 2015 1:00 am - Terri Bartlett of McHenry told lawmakers Wednesday her son would have been less likely to go down the path of the drug addiction that killed him if pills were harder to ...
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Suburban gun owners want concealed carry expandedMar 18, 2015 1:00 am - Suburban gun owners rallied at the state Capitol Wednesday, urging lawmakers and Gov. Bruce Rauner to expand where people can legally carry firearms in Illinois. Gun pro...
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Cook County measles outbreak has cost health departments $150,000Mar 13, 2015 1:00 am - The recent Cook County measles outbreak has cost the state and suburban health departments at least $150,000, officials said. Illinois hasn't seen a new measles case sin...
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Buffalo Grove Holocaust survivor re-appointed to state commissionMar 13, 2015 1:00 am - Fritzie Fritzshall, a Buffalo Grove resident and president of the board of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie, was reappointed to the Illinois ...
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Teachers protest bill that would let schools skip gym classMar 11, 2015 1:00 am - A flood of physical education teachers, some holding clipboards and wearing sneakers, flooded a state hearing Wednesday to argue schools shouldn't be allowed to get rid ...
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Proposal could put overdose-reversal drug in schoolsMar 10, 2015 1:00 am - Legislation that would allow school nurses to administer a drug that could save students overdosing on heroin won preliminary approval from Illinois lawmakers Tuesday. N...
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Voter registration ends TuesdayMar 09, 2015 1:00 am - Tuesday is the last standard day Illinois residents can register to vote in the April 7 election. The April municipal ballot will include positions such as mayor, schoo...