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Pritzker wants more spending; how much depends on tax voteFeb 19, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposed a $40.7 billion state budget Wednesday - virtually flat from the current plan - but dressed it up by dangling the prospect of a...
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'He didn't have to do this': Blagojevich praises Trump from Chicago home after releaseFeb 19, 2020 12:00 am - Former Illinois Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich gushed about Donald Trump after the Republican president commuted his sentence for political corruption, speaking Wednesd...
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Bills on educating kids about the risks of vaping, sexting advanceFeb 19, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Two bills that would add the risks of e-cigarette use and sexting to public school curriculum will head to the full Illinois House after unanimously passin...
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Black caucus supports Pritzker's budget plan, calls for added minority community investmentFeb 19, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Members of the 32-lawmaker Illinois Legislative Black Caucus said Gov. J.B. Pritzker's budget proposal for the fiscal year starting in July is a good start...
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Madigan, top allies named in new federal subpoenaFeb 19, 2020 12:00 am - House Speaker Michael Madigan and several of his closest political allies are named in a new federal subpoena seeking records on a former ComEd lobbyist and his consulti...
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Pritzker paints two budget pictures: one with graduated tax, one withoutFeb 19, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker has tied his second-year state budget proposal to the unfinished marquee policy initiative of his first year - a constitutional amendmen...
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Tax-free ride to end for Chicagoans who order bottled water, liquor online from outside cityFeb 18, 2020 10:00 pm - The tax-free ride is about to end for Chicagoans who pay less by ordering cases of water and booze for delivery to their homes and businesses. Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants...
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Chicago officials: 200K efficient LED streetlights in placeFeb 18, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's streets are now being illuminated by 200,000 LED streetlights that will significantly reduce the city's electricity bills, transportation offici...
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Groups: Laws, courtroom changes hit police training budgetFeb 18, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Training for Illinois police officers is suffering because of an unexpected shortfall in state funding, two law enforcement groups said. Statew...
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EPA orders cleanup of zinc smelter site in DePue, IllinoisFeb 18, 2020 6:00 am - DEPUE, Ill. (AP) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued an administrative order to those responsible to clean up contaminated soil at a site near the nort...