Articles filed under Illinois
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State's top Democrats gather for Governor's Day at fairAug 16, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday told the state's largest annual gathering of Illinois Democrats that "Republicans demagogue, Democrats deliver" as U.S. Sen...
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Kanye publicist from Chicago, Orland Park minister indicted with Trump in GeorgiaAug 15, 2023 1:00 am - A Chicago publicist who worked with R. Kelly and Kanye West and a suburban Lutheran minister are among those indicted late Monday for their alleged involvement in a sche...
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Daily Herald opinion: : Can ranked choice voting promote collaboration?Aug 13, 2023 1:00 am - If, like us, you are weary of the acrimonious partisanship that consumes governance these days, you have to be at least open to an exploration of ranked choice voting. I...
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The lessons of our construction workforce reckoningAug 13, 2023 1:00 am - "Our most valuable asset is our employees" has become an overused cliché in the American business lexicon. As our nation has transitioned from pandemic-related hyperinf...
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Inspired by attacks on bakery, state law allows doxing victims to sue online harassers for moneyAug 11, 2023 5:00 am - The UpRising Bakery and Cafe in Lake in the Hills made national news last year when its plan to hold an all-ages drag brunch sparked not just outcry and protests but thr...
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Illinois Supreme Court upholds state's ban on semi-automatic weaponsAug 11, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld the state's ban on the sale or possession of the type of semi-automatic weapons used in hundreds of mass killings nat...
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After court ruling, local leaders say they will enforce state gun ban 'as any other statute'Aug 11, 2023 1:00 am - Local law enforcement officials said after Friday's Illinois Supreme Court ruling that they will enforce the state's ban on the sale of high-powered weapons, "We'll enfo...
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Harris to young activists: 'Your generation is critical' to ending gun violenceAug 11, 2023 1:00 am - Vice President Kamala Harris told young activists and leaders gathered in Chicago on Friday they mean "everything" to the future of solving the violence epidemic - as th...
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State mental health center renamed for Elizabeth Packard. Here's her story of exposing abuse.Aug 11, 2023 1:00 am - In June 1860, Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard was committed to the Illinois Hospital and Asylum for the Insane in Jacksonville by her husband, a Calvinist minister, for, ...
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Pritzker vetos bill that would lift nuclear moratoriumAug 11, 2023 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday vetoed a bill that would have enabled the construction of new nuclear reactors in Illinois for the first time in more than three decades. T...