Articles filed under Illinois
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Gambling taxes generated record $1.99 billion for Illinois last year, but can it last?Oct 07, 2023 1:00 am - The expanding array of wagering opportunities in Illinois created the state's largest windfall to date from gambling-related taxes during the last fiscal year. The Illin...
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Embattled DCFS director resigning in wake of blistering auditor's reportOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - Chicago Sun-Times Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith on Wednesday announced he would step down from his high-profile post by year's ...
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Pritzker urges Biden to intervene amid 'untenable' pace of migrant arrivalsOct 03, 2023 1:00 am - As Chicago prepares this week for an increase in the already steady stream of migrants arriving from the southern U.S. border, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is once again publicly ...
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Lake County, Elgin to receive $1 million each to assist asylum-seekersOct 03, 2023 1:00 am - Lake County and the city of Elgin will receive about $1 million each to support asylum-seekers. Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently announced nearly $42 million in awards to loc...
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5 died of exposure to chemical in central Illinois crash, preliminary autopsies findOct 02, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Five people died from exposure to a chemical that spilled after a semitruck overturned in central Illinois, according to autopsies conducted Monday. Effing...
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Registration open for firearms covered under state's assault weapons banOct 02, 2023 1:00 am - Illinois residents who own high-powered rifles and other items covered by the state's ban on the sale of those weapons can now register them online, as required under th...
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Truck accident in Illinois causes "multiple" deaths and an ammonia leak that leads to an evacuationSep 30, 2023 1:00 am - TEUTOPOLIS, Ill. - A semitruck carrying a toxic substance overturned in Illinois, causing "multiple fatalities" and dangerous air conditions that prompted the evacuation...
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Giannoulias recommends keeping the driving test age at 79Sep 28, 2023 1:00 am - Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias this week filed administrative rules that would permanently increase the age at which drivers are required to pass a drivin...
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Businessman who bribed state legislators asks for leniencySep 28, 2023 1:00 am - The politically connected businessman who bribed two Illinois lawmakers in a bid to change state law in his favor has asked a judge for a relatively light prison sentenc...
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Invasive spotted lanternfly found for the first time in IllinoisSep 27, 2023 5:30 am - The invasive spotted lanternfly has been found for the first time in Illinois, the Illinois Department of Agriculture confirmed Tuesday, after a report of a live adult S...