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Festivals Sept. 8-14: Northern Illinois Airshow, Festival of the Vine, Winfield Good Old Days, Itasca OktoberfestSep 06, 2023 6:00 am - Starts before Friday Elgin Fringe Festival: Wednesday through Sunday, Sept. 6-10, in downtown Elgin. Opening night Wednesday at the Martini Room. Most performances ...
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Madigan gives up last party postSep 06, 2023 1:00 am - Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan is pulling the plug on a half-century political career, giving up his last party post and ending a troubled chapter in state p...
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Complaint alleges ComEd violated state law by raising feesSep 05, 2023 1:00 am - A group of businesses filed a complaint with state regulators last week alleging that utility giant ComEd improperly raised customer bills this summer. The complaint - c...
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Pier collapses on University of Wisconsin campus. One hospitalized, 20 others slightly injuredSep 05, 2023 1:00 am - MADISON, Wis. - Part of a pier where dozens of University of Wisconsin students and others were celebrating Labor Day collapsed into a lake, leaving one person hospitali...
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Expressway shootings are down sharply this yearSep 05, 2023 1:00 am - Shootings on Chicago-area expressways have dropped sharply this year. As of Tuesday, there have been 82 shootings on Cook County expressways. That's down 25% from the 11...
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Bally's casino could open at Medinah Temple this weekendSep 05, 2023 1:00 am - All bets could be on in Chicago this weekend at Medinah Temple if all goes as planned for Bally's over the next few days at the corporation's temporary casino inside the...
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At O'Hare, hundreds of migrants are stuck in crowded, unsanitary shelterSep 01, 2023 1:00 am - After a long trek to Chicago from Venezuela and other South and Central American countries, hundreds of migrants have landed at O'Hare Airport in recent weeks to find ov...
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Insurers don't have to cover Chicago Trump Tower's pollution finesAug 31, 2023 1:00 am - An Illinois appellate court ruled Wednesday that insurers of Chicago's Trump International Hotel and Tower are not obligated to pay insurance claims in connection with t...
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Steppenwolf Theatre announces staff cuts in the wake of falling revenue, drop in attendanceAug 31, 2023 1:00 am - Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre is laying off 12% of its staff, effective immediately, in the wake of falling revenue streams, the end of federal COVID relief funding and ...
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Falling into fests: Late summer, autumn are still ablaze with hot musical eventsAug 30, 2023 6:00 am - Although we're cruising toward the official end of summer, the music festival season still has a few major tricks left up its proverbial sleeve in the suburbs and Chicag...