Articles filed under Illinois
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House advances bill protecting nursing home visitation rightsApr 05, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House advanced a measure Monday that aims to ensure nursing home patients have a right to visitors even amid a public health emergency. Senate...
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Pritzker: Group's ad attacking Irvin is 'telling the truth'Apr 05, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday defended a television ad paid for by the Democratic Governors Association that attacks one of the Republican challengers for ...
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Senate Democrats unveil legislation aimed at addressing carjackingsApr 05, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Senate Democrats unveiled legislation Tuesday to address the increase in carjackings by protecting victims and providing additional resources to l...
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Springfield rally to call attention to 'souls lost in DCFS'Apr 04, 2022 11:00 pm - Members of a group calling itself "Roar for AJ" will rally Thursday at the state Capitol to call attention to what members consider ongoing failures by the Department of...
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Homicide suspect dies after being shot by Illinois trooperApr 04, 2022 7:00 am - COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A man suspected in the slayings of his estranged partner and her sister has died after being shot by a state trooper following a vehicle chase ...
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Hinz: Civic leader Jim Reilly was known for savvyApr 04, 2022 1:00 am - He was the go-between, a savvy and trusted insider who could segue from Republican governors to Democratic mayors and, with a minimum of partisan fuss, work out deals to...
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States look for solutions as US fentanyl deaths keep risingApr 03, 2022 7:00 am - As the addiction and overdose crisis that has gripped the U.S. for two decades turns even deadlier, state governments are scrambling for ways to stem the destruction wro...
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Illinois state trooper wounds man suspected in 2 slayingsApr 03, 2022 7:00 am - COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A man suspected in the slayings of two women in southwestern Illinois has been shot and wounded by a state police trooper following a vehicle c...
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US man abducted in Afghanistan appears in newly posted videoApr 01, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - An American man kidnapped in Afghanistan two years ago is seen in a video pleading for his release so that he can be reunited with his family, accordin...
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Direct checks part of Senate Democrats' $1.8 billion tax relief proposalApr 01, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Democrats in the Illinois Senate on Friday announced a $1.8 billion package of mostly temporary tax relief proposals that they hope to include in the Fisca...