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Native ancestors’ return to rest: A paperwork-laden process underway in IllinoisMay 19, 2025 6:49 pm - Two of the country’s largest collections of Native American human remains are held by museums in Illinois. To the director of one of the museums, the work to rebury those remains at the behest of a tribal nation or send them to the tribe is an emotional process necessary for correcting historic wrongs — but it also includes a lot of bureaucratic paperwork that can take months to years to process.
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Lawmakers seek to reverse Illinois law penalizing companies that boycott IsraelMay 17, 2025 5:35 pm - A growing number of state lawmakers are moving to repeal a 2015 Illinois law penalizing companies that boycott Israel to protest its policies toward Palestinians.
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After 150 years, Mary Lincoln’s ‘madness’ still haunts American psycheMay 17, 2025 4:41 pm - The subject of Mary Lincoln’s mental health has long been the subject of public debate. Now, 150 years after her commitment, a newly rediscovered collection of correspondence between the widow of the former president who had been assassinated and her friends and family shed new light on the nature of her illness as well as the nature of her relationships with the few friends and family she had left by that time.
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State on track to end health coverage program for immigrant adultsMay 17, 2025 4:00 am - Illinois to end health coverage for 30,000 non-citizen immigrants due to budget constraints, though proposed Congressional Medicaid cuts could have even bigger impact.
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Illinois seeks to prevent feds from tying funding for states to immigration enforcementMay 17, 2025 4:00 am - Illinois AG sues Trump administration over policies tying grant funding to immigration enforcement participation.
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Governor’s office cuts revenue projection by $536 millionMay 17, 2025 4:00 am - Trump wreaks havoc on Illinois budget - massive Medicaid cuts imminent. How will Pritzker plug the gap?
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Safety reforms could be coming for Chicago-area transit, but funding still up in the airMay 15, 2025 4:42 pm - With just over two weeks to go before their spring adjournment, lawmakers in Springfield are facing a tight deadline to pass major reforms to the Chicago-area transit system — but officials have released few concrete details of the plan they say is taking shape.
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Consumer advocates tell regulators to slash rate hike requests from Nicor, AmerenMay 15, 2025 2:30 pm - Natural gas customers in the Chicago suburbs and downstate Illinois are likely to see an increase in their monthly bills next year, but it’s up to state regulators to decide how big a hike, if any, to approve.
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Fallen Aurora firefighter honored at state’s annual memorial ceremonyMay 13, 2025 4:14 pm - Fallen Aurora firefighter Cristian Medrano was honored at the state’s 32nd annual Fallen Firefighter Memorial held outside the Statehouse on Tuesday.
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What cuts to federal climate research could mean for IllinoisMay 11, 2025 4:00 am - The Trump administration has stopped work on the National Climate Assessment report and dismissed its volunteer scientists, concerning experts in Illinois who warn ignoring climate change threats will be costly.