Articles filed under Illinois
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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...
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Pritzker urges Congress to 'be like Illinois,' protect abortion rightsMay 11, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker called on Congress Wednesday to "be like Illinois" and codify abortion access into federal law. Pritzker made those comments at a Fairvi...
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State Supreme Court weighs ex-lawmakers' case for back payMay 11, 2022 1:00 am - By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - Two former state senators who sponsored and voted for bills to reduce lawmakers' pa...
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NIL expert predicts $50,000 minimum pay for Power 5 playersMay 10, 2022 7:00 am - Football and men's basketball players on scholarship in one of the major conferences can expect to soon earn a minimum of $50,000 each year he plays because of the influ...