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New taxes on sports bets, nicotine products as Democrats pass $55.2B budgetJun 01, 2025 7:58 am - Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late Saturday, bolstering coffers with new taxes on sports bets, nicotine products and businesses.
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Baseball: Aurora Christian falls in sectional championship gameMay 31, 2025 8:07 pm - The Marquette baseball team had all kinds of traffic on the base paths in three of the first four innings against Aurora Christian in Saturday’s Class 1A Harvest Christia...
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Baseball: Rooney’s three-run blast rallies Benet past Kaneland to regional titleMay 31, 2025 6:53 pm - Nursing a 1-0 advantage over Benet in the second inning of Saturday’s Class 3A regional title game, on its home field, Kaneland wiggled out of a base loaded jam to stay i...
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Baseball: Cary-Grove defeats Antioch for 3rd regional championship in a rowMay 31, 2025 5:49 pm - Oskar Freund’s two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the first inning put his team ahead early, and Cary-Grove’s bats never slowed down as the Trojans defeated the Seq...
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US defense secretary warns Indo-Pacific allies of ‘imminent’ threat from ChinaMay 31, 2025 5:40 pm - SINGAPORE — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reassured allies in the Indo-Pacific on Saturday that they will not be left alone to face increasing military and economic...
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Turmoil, worry swirl over cuts to key federal agencies as hurricane season beginsMay 31, 2025 5:37 pm - WASHINGTON — With predictions for a busy hurricane season beginning Sunday, experts in storms and disasters are worried about something potentially as chaotic as the swir...
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Illinois bill aims to lower cost of prescriptions, rein in pharmacy benefit managersMay 31, 2025 5:30 pm - A bill that seeks to control the rising cost of prescription drugs while also offering financial help for many small, independent pharmacies in Illinois cleared the General Assembly on Saturday and will soon be sent to Gov. JB Pritzker for his signature.
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2 killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine as prospects for talks remain uncertainMay 31, 2025 5:27 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine on Saturday killed at least two people, including a 9-year-old girl, officials said, as uncertainty remains a...
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New German leader Friedrich Merz will meet Trump at the White House next weekMay 31, 2025 5:23 pm - BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Washington next week to meet U.S. President Donald Trump, with the war in Ukraine and trade tensions among the it...
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Death toll reaches 151 in north-central Nigerian town submerged in floods, with thousands displacedMay 31, 2025 5:15 pm - ABUJA, Nigeria — The death toll from devastating flooding in a market town in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger rose to at least 151 on Saturday, the local emergency...