Articles filed under Illinois
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Analysis: Is state's record 'rainy day fund' balance proof of fiscal achievement?Jun 10, 2022 1:00 am - The state's "rainy day" fund - spent down to essentially nothing during the 2015-2017 budget impasse - now has its highest-ever balance of $750 million after a $320 mill...
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2022 Governor primary: Learn more about the candidates, read our endorsementJun 09, 2022 1:00 am - Illinois voters will pick a governor nominee on June 28 to represent their party in the November general election. The Daily Herald asked each candidate several question...
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Live updates | Ukraine says Russia pounding SievierodonetskJun 08, 2022 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office says Russian troops have changed their tactics in the battle for Sievierodonetsk. Oleksi...
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'Every year is a bad tick year': Why tick populations are on the rise in the suburbsJun 08, 2022 5:30 am - If it feels like 2022 is shaping up to be a bad year for ticks in the suburbs, you're right. Tick experts say “a perfect storm of conditions” — climate change possibly a...
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Analysis: Illinoisans not as liberal as General Assembly on abortionJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A new survey released this week suggests Illinoisans are more moderate on the issue of abortion than the current Democratic-controlled General Assembly, bu...
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DCFS timeline shows agency visited family one day before 8-year-old's murderJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - Amaria Osby's friends and family were to gather Tuesday, not to celebrate her 8th birthday, but to attend her funeral. Andrea Hagler, Amaria's mother, won't be there. Sh...
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Republican attorney general candidate: 'Where they do not enforce the law, we will enforce it'Jun 06, 2022 1:00 am - A Republican candidate for Illinois attorney general said if elected, he will set up a process whereby police can ask the office to step in if their county state's attor...
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Pritzker willing to send National Guard to Chicago, if askedJun 06, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker indicated Monday he would be willing to deploy the National Guard to help deal with a violent crime spree in Chicago, but only if he's a...
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Second probable case of monkeypox found in ChicagoJun 03, 2022 1:00 am - A second probable case of monkeypox has been found in Chicago, the Illinois Department of Public Health said Friday. The second case was a close contact of the first pos...
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Progress made in processing rape case evidenceJun 03, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois State Police announced Friday that all sexual assault evidence is being processed within the 180-day time frame outlined in state law - bringi...