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State cracks down on Chicago gas utility as other utilities ask for rate increaseFeb 22, 2025 4:00 am - Illinois regulators ordered Chicago's Peoples Gas to overhaul its pipeline replacement program, focusing on highest-risk pipes. Suburban and downstate gas utilities seek significant rate hikes.
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New state transportation chief hopes for ‘a good kind of disruption’Feb 22, 2025 4:00 am - Gia Biagi, an urban planner known for Chicago parks and transportation projects, was appointed head of the Illinois Department of Transportation. She aims to speed up projects statewide amid federal funding uncertainty.
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Feb 22, 2025 4:00 am - Illinois Democrats had mixed reactions to Gov. Pritzker's new budget proposal, with Black and Latino caucuses criticizing lack of funding for minority communities while moderates praised fiscal responsibility.
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Parents and kids navigate talks of loss and tragedy as they return home after LA area firesFeb 22, 2025 1:10 am - LOS ANGELES — Ceiba Phillips, 11, couldn't believe what he saw when he returned to his Southern California neighborhood a month after a wildfire reduced it to rubble. The...
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Pope Francis isn’t out of danger but his condition isn't life-threatening, medical team saysFeb 21, 2025 10:27 pm - ROME — Pope Francis’ complex respiratory infection isn't life-threatening but he's not out of danger, his medical team said Friday, as the 88-year-old pontiff marked his ...
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Girls basketball: Kaneland’s Meeks has career night in Class 3A regional final win over Crystal Lake SouthFeb 21, 2025 10:19 pm - Kaneland sophomore Amani Meeks went into the Class 3A Crystal Lake South regional final averaging about six points a game. The 5-foot-5 guard blew past that number Friday...
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Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffFeb 21, 2025 7:53 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pil...
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Judge largely blocks Trump’s executive orders ending federal support for DEI programsFeb 21, 2025 7:44 pm - WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday largely blocked sweeping executive orders from President Donald Trump that seek to end government support for programs promoting di...
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DeKalb woman killed in St. Charles crash FridayFeb 21, 2025 6:30 pm - A DeKalb woman was killed Friday after she was thrown from her vehicle in a traffic crash, according to a news release from St. Charles Police Department.
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A judge ordered foreign aid to resume. Aid groups say it’s not happening.Feb 21, 2025 4:33 pm - Despite a federal judge’s order for U.S. foreign aid to resume, humanitarian groups said this week that global response efforts to needy countries are in chaos, with mill...