Articles filed under Illinois
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Pritzker signs bill requiring serialization of unfinished 'ghost guns'May 18, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIED - Owners of firearms that do not have serial numbers - referred to as ghost guns - will have 180 days to take them to a federal firearm dealer to have them se...
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Voters can start casting their ballots ThursdayMay 17, 2022 5:30 am - Can't wait until June 28 to vote in this year's primary? No problem. Early voting starts Thursday. Voters can head to their local county clerk's office to cast their bal...
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What happened to ethics reform in Illinois government? Why watchdogs have some hope.May 16, 2022 5:00 am - This story has been updated from the originally published version to correct that the ethics bill the General Assembly approved in 2021 did authorize the legislative...
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There will be no getaway from high gas prices over Memorial DayMay 16, 2022 1:00 am - Travel is expected to rebound this Memorial Day weekend after a COVID-19 slump, but road trippers should brace for regular gas to average more than $4 a gallon in 47 sta...
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Illinois poised to become bigger film hub with July 1 tax credit expansionMay 15, 2022 6:00 am - The television and film industry has been very good to Illinois. Just how good is evidenced by the hundreds of millions of dollars films and TV series like Wolf Entertai...
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Pritzker signs bill aimed at addressing organized retail crimeMay 13, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Friday that is aimed at cracking down on high-profile "smash-and-grabs" and other organized retail theft. "This impo...
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Illinois man gets 21 years for shooting teens in stolen carMay 12, 2022 7:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois man convicted of murder in the 2021 shooting death of a teen he spotted in his car a few days after he reported it stolen has b...
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Supreme Court names Holder White first Black woman justiceMay 11, 2022 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed its first Black woman justice to replace the retiring Justice Rita Garman. The court has appointed Jus...
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2 shootings leave 10 injured, 1 dead on Chicago's South SideMay 11, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - One person was killed and 10 were injured in two shootings on Chicago's South Side in the space of six hours, a spasm of gun violence on the hottest day o...
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Illinois Democrats' public safety approach centers on funding infusionMay 11, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - In the run-up to the early morning April 9 adjournment of the spring legislative session, Illinois lawmakers passed a spate of public safety measures backe...