Articles filed under Illinois
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Off-duty cop's 911 call about Black youths raises questionsAug 13, 2020 7:00 am - ELIZABETHTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - The 911 call from a white, off-duty police officer around the height of the George Floyd protests in early June sounded ominous: A group of Bl...
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State Sen. Terry Link charged with falsifying 2016 income tax return 'substantially'Aug 13, 2020 1:00 am - Veteran state Sen. Terry Link, a Lake County Democrat whose rise to power in Springfield was tainted by ties to a corruption scandal late last year, was charged Thursday...
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Democrats outline ethics proposalsAug 13, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Several Democratic state lawmakers called a virtual news conference Thursday morning in support of ethics reforms, hours before news broke that another Dem...
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Tollway pushes back on regulator's rulingAug 13, 2020 1:00 am - A state regulator's ruling the Illinois tollway acted illegally and mishandled two unsuccessful bids for construction projects was "unfair" and unreasonable, an attorney...
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2 boys who drowned in Illinois River ID'd as young brothersAug 12, 2020 7:00 am - BEARDSTOWN, Ill. (AP) - Two boys who drowned last week in central Illinois after being swept into the Illinois River have been identified as brothers. Briston M. Dunmire...
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State sets tiebreaker for awarding conditional marijuana licensesAug 12, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation adopted permanent rules this week to break ties in the application process for 75 conditio...
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Pritzker tells local leaders to step up or state will be forced to 'roll things back'Aug 12, 2020 1:00 am - With positive test results for COVID-19 trending up in counties including Lake, McHenry and Will, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday advised local leaders with virus surges...
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Aug. 11 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeAug 11, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 95,948 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's 48.7% of the state's total, ...
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Democratic legislator from Glenview says Madigan should step downAug 11, 2020 1:00 am - A Glenview legislator who has benefited from nearly $247,000 in contributions from House Speaker Michael Madigan is now calling for the beleaguered political powerhouse ...
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Suburbs averaging 769 new COVID-19 cases a day, up from 403 a month agoAug 11, 2020 1:00 am - As the state announced 1,549 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, Illinois Department of Public Health records show the suburbs are now averaging 769 new cases a day over the ...