Articles filed under Illinois
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Children face solitary confinement in cells at Illinois juvenile detention facility, ACLU saysJul 02, 2023 1:00 am - Children as young as 11 are confined alone to cells the size of parking spaces up to 23 hours a day at a juvenile detention center in Southern Illinois, according to a l...
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Standard state driver's licenses will be available to all noncitizensJun 30, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Immigrants in Illinois with or without permission from U.S. immigration authorities will soon be able to obtain standard driver's licenses that can be used...
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Appeals court in Chicago weighs constitutionality of rifle bansJun 29, 2023 1:00 am - A three-judge panel of a federal appeals court is now deciding whether state and local bans on high-powered rifles and large-capacity magazines are constitutional. In a...
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Pritzker signs bills altering Illinois' health insurance marketJun 27, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday that will dramatically alter the health insurance market in Illinois. The measures establish a state-based exch...
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One year later: Roe v. Wade fallout rocks Illinois with surge of women seeking abortionsJun 23, 2023 5:00 am - A year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Illinois has become a nexus for women seeking abortion care and a central player in the national reproductive...
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Consumer advocates, utilities spar over proposed rate hikesJun 23, 2023 1:00 am - CHICAGO - Millions of Illinoisans could see higher energy bills next year, but how much higher will be determined by a state agency whose oversight powers recently were ...
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1 worker dies in an explosion at an Illinois ammunition factoryJun 23, 2023 1:00 am - EAST ALTON, Ill. - An explosion at an Illinois ammunition factory killed one employee, authorities said. "We were driving through there and heard a big boom, pushed the ...
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What Illinois' new ban on book bans really means for librariesJun 20, 2023 1:00 am - Illinois last week became the first state in the country to make it more difficult for public and school libraries to ban books. Gov. J.B. Pritzker last Monday signed a ...
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By investing in workforce, Illinois is delivering higher profits for businessesJun 18, 2023 1:00 am - Productive workers and competitive businesses continue to make Illinois the economic engine of the Midwest. Last month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that...
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Why asylum-seekers no longer are being sent to the Northwest suburbsJun 16, 2023 1:00 am - While Chicago is struggling as much as ever to accommodate asylum-seekers being sent north from the Texas-Mexico border, the relief valve found in some suburbs last fall...