Articles filed under Illinois
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State police grilled over 'clear and present danger' report on Highland Park suspectAug 17, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Officials from the Illinois State Police faced questioning Wednesday from Republican lawmakers who said the agency had authority to reject a gun permit app...
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Pritzker talks session timeline, highlights infrastructure spendingAug 16, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - In a series of downstate news conferences coinciding with the Illinois State Fair, Gov. J.B. Pritzker this week gave an update on the possibility of a spec...
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Daily Herald opinion: Investment downstate is investment in all of usAug 12, 2022 1:00 am - This editorial is the consensus opinon of the Daily Herald Editorial Board Illinois is a remarkable state. From a glittering, world class city and the industrial an...
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What the suburbs get in state's $34.6 billion plan for roads, bridges, airports, moreAug 12, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Transportation on Friday laid out a six-year, $34.6 billion spending plan for road, bridge, transit, rail, airport and port upke...
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State of Illinois adopts new CDC guidelines for schoolsAug 12, 2022 1:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health and Illinois State Board of Education announced Friday they will both adopt new, less stringent COVID-19 guidelines from the CDC...
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Butter cow, state fair theme a nod to agriculture, infrastructureAug 10, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois State Fair organizers unveiled the 101st State Fair butter cow Wednesday, an unofficial kickoff of the fair which begins Th...
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Here's how that big D.C. tax bill hits corporate ChicagoAug 10, 2022 1:00 am - Senate Democrats' passage of a sweeping tax bill over the weekend will require most of corporate Chicago to dig deeper to pay Uncle Sam, with the area's pharmaceutical p...
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Pritzker reaches out to businesses in Indiana in light of that state's abortion restrictionsAug 09, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker said this week that he is actively reaching out to businesses in Indiana and other states that have recently passed restricti...
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What's with the license plate stickers? It's a supply-chain thingAug 08, 2022 5:30 am - Simpler can be better. But not when it comes to the pared-down license plate stickers the Illinois secretary of state's office is dispensing, some drivers think. “What's...
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An Illinois abortion clinic on the Wisconsin border is a window into the post-Roe worldAug 08, 2022 5:30 am - On a recent weekday afternoon, Ezra Figueroa is giving a tour of Planned Parenthood of Illinois' clinic in Waukegan, about 20 minutes from the Wisconsin border. The spac...