Articles filed under Illinois
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Panel of education, legal experts recommends against police ticketing of students at schoolSep 21, 2022 5:00 am - A panel of education and legal experts spoke Tuesday on how and why Illinois school districts should amend practices of referring minor cases of student discipline to th...
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Candidates for state treasurer share their plans for the officeSep 21, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - In Illinois, the role of state treasurer is that of chief investment officer. Treasurer Michael Frerichs has held that position for two full terms, winning...
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Walgreens to buy remainder of Shields Health for $1.4BSep 20, 2022 7:00 am - Walgreens is spending nearly $1.4 billion to buy the remaining stake in Shields Health Solutions it doesn't already own as it pushes into the fast-growing specialty phar...
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US contractor freed by Taliban in swap for drug traffickerSep 19, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - An American contractor held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years has been released in exchange for a convicted Taliban drug lord jailed in th...
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What really happens when cash bail ends? Task force preparing, but amendments may comeSep 17, 2022 3:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Beginning Jan. 1, 2023, cash bail will be abolished in Illinois. The measure that will eliminate it has been on the books since early 2021, giving the jus...
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this weekSep 16, 2022 7:00 am - A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media...
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About 190,000 of state's new COVID-19 booster shots already administeredSep 16, 2022 1:00 am - Nearly 200,000 doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine booster targeting the highly contagious omicron subvariants have been administered throughout Illinois since becoming av...
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Pritzker lifts final COVID mitigation for classroomsSep 15, 2022 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday lifted his COVID-19 testing requirement for unvaccinated workers in Illinois schools and day care centers, essentially marking a full retu...
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'Heartless display of politics': National Guard to aid migrant effort as Pritzker declares disasterSep 14, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B, Pritzker said Wednesday that Illinois will continue to welcome migrants bused here from Texas as he blasted that state's governor for relocating ...
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Whistleblower: China, India had agents working for TwitterSep 13, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Twitter's former security chief told Congress Tuesday there was 'œat least one agent'ť from China's intelligence service on Twitter's payroll and that ...