Articles filed under Illinois
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Man hopes thrift-store urn filled with ashes finds real homeFeb 07, 2020 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A thrift-store find in Illinois has prompted its buyer to find the person to whom it rightfully belongs - and might not know it's even gone. A bargai...
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President's property tax appeal on Trump Tower under investigationFeb 07, 2020 12:00 am - Mired in delays for seven years, President Donald Trump's appeal for a refund of at least $1 million on his Chicago skyscraper is now the subject of two state investigat...
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Chicago flooding spurs local, state disaster proclamationsFeb 06, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday issued disaster proclamations stemming from flood damage along the Lake Michigan ...
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Official: US citizen believed kidnapped in AfghanistanFeb 06, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - An American citizen has been kidnapped in Afghanistan by a Taliban-affiliated group, a U.S. official said Thursday, and authorities are working to resc...
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GOP Senate candidates generally support gun rights, oppose new restrictionsFeb 06, 2020 4:30 am - Illinois' Republican candidates for U.S. Senate have similar - but not identical - stances on gun ownership and gun-control legislation. None advocate restricting owners...
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Legislative watchdog bemoaned as too weak to matter in IllinoisFeb 06, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Investigations into misconduct by Illinois lawmakers should be confidential and free of oversight, particularly from legislators themselves, the General A...
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Lawmakers override veto of aircraft tax breakFeb 05, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois lawmakers have voted to override a veto by Gov. J.B. Pritzker that protects a tax exemption on aircraft parts. A 54-1 Senate vote Wedn...
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Bill banning red-light cameras passes House committeeFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - A bill that would ban red-light cameras in non-home rule communities was approved unanimously by an Illinois House committee Wednesday. The bill sponsored by Barrington ...
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State to release first $50 million of broadband expansion fundingFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The state is accepting applications for the first $50 million in disbursements of a $420 million grant program aimed at increasing internet access across t...
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Committee presses for answers on automatic voter registration errorsFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A programming error in Illinois' automatic voter registration system that mistakenly enrolled more than 500 people was a "wakeup call," the state's top ele...