Articles filed under Illinois
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Man charged in St. Louis triple shooting that killed anotherApr 15, 2022 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - A man has been charged with first-degree murder and other counts in a downtown St. Louis triple shooting this week that killed one person and wounded tw...
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Appellate court allows state vaccine mandate on teachers, other public employees to continueApr 15, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A state appellate court ruled Thursday that it will not block enforcement of the Pritzker administration's mandate that certain categories of public employ...
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Illinois averaging more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases a day. That has health officials concerned.Apr 15, 2022 1:00 am - This story has been updated to correct information about the Philadelphia mask mandate. Illinois is averaging more than 2,000 new cases of COVID-19 a day over the p...
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Chicago home where porch fell, killing 1, to be demolishedApr 14, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A home on Chicago's West Side where a porch collapsed, killing one man and injuring two others, 'œis not structurally sound and must be demolished,'ť the ...
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Illinois man sentenced in Kentucky to a year in caviar saleApr 14, 2022 7:00 am - PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - An Illinois man has been sentenced to a year in prison after admitting he illegally caught sturgeon and sold the fish roe to a caviar distributor in ...
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Session recap: Bills would allow pharmacists to administer preventive HIV meds, fentanyl test stripsApr 14, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Legislation allowing pharmacists to administer or dispense preventive HIV medication and fentanyl testing strips were among health-related measures passed ...
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Session recap: Union-backed wage theft measure will head to PritzkerApr 14, 2022 1:00 am - Editor's note: This article is part of an ongoing "Session Recap" series in which Capitol News Illinois is following up on many of the more-than 200 measures that pa...
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Pardoned fire chief now also a police officerApr 13, 2022 1:00 am - Jerame Simmons spent nearly 24 years as a felon after pleading guilty to arson in 1999 until a 2021 pardon cleared that record and allowed him to head the department tha...
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Illinois Democrats join Biden in taking aim at 'ghost guns'Apr 12, 2022 1:00 am - Illinois is poised to become the first state in the Midwest to ban "ghost guns," as Democrats respond to election-year pressure to curb violent crime and President Joe B...
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Session recap: Lawmakers pass limits on campaign contributions in judicial racesApr 12, 2022 1:00 am - Editor's note: This article is part of an ongoing "Session Recap" series in which Capitol News Illinois is following up on many of the more-than 200 measures that pa...