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Pritzker's mask rule survives legislative panel voteAug 11, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A legislative panel that oversees the state's administrative rule-making process voted along partisan lines to allow Gov. JB Pritzker's emergency rule to e...
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Police: More than 100 arrests made in Chicago after night of looting and unrest, 13 officers injuredAug 10, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Police: More than 100 arrests made in Chicago after night of looting and unrest, 13 officers injured. ...
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No federal relief leaves states, cities facing big deficitsAug 10, 2020 7:00 am - State and local government officials across the U.S. have been on edge for months about how to keep basic services running while covering rising costs related to the cor...
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Indiana couple wins award for preserving farm dating to 1821Aug 10, 2020 7:00 am - COMMISKEY, Ind. (AP) - A southeastern Indiana couple has won a rural preservation award for their efforts to preserve a farm founded in 1821 by a man who lived on the si...
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Illinois reports 1,319 confirmed new COVID-19 cases, 1 deathAug 10, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Housing Development Authority on Monday announced an emergency housing assistance program for Illinoisans fi...
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Indiana utility begins delayed construction of solar farmAug 10, 2020 7:00 am - GRANGER, Ind. (AP) - An Indiana utility company has begun construction on what will become its largest solar facility. Indiana & Michigan Power had said work would begin...
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1 killed, 4 wounded in western Kentucky shootingAug 10, 2020 7:00 am - PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - One person was killed and four others were wounded in a weekend shooting in western Kentucky, authorities said. Officers responded late Saturday to a...
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EPA, U of I develop school course on food wasteAug 10, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has worked with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to create an educational unit on foo...
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Indiana report blames district in online enrollment fraudAug 10, 2020 7:00 am - DALEVILLE, Ind. (AP) - State auditors have determined a central Indiana school district should repay $2.2 million for failing to properly supervise two online charter sc...
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Danville college collects facemasks for neighboring schoolAug 10, 2020 7:00 am - DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Danville Area Community College's partnership last year with a nearby grade school fell by the wayside when the coronavirus pandemic hit. The best...