Articles filed under Illinois
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The bills that failed during the legislature's short sessionJan 18, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The 101st Illinois General Assembly took historic action by passing legislation to end cash bail prior to electing a Black House speaker for the first time...
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Thousands of Illinois drivers would get their licenses back under a criminal justice reform billJan 17, 2021 10:00 pm - ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Illinois lawmake...
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East St. Louis cleanup highlights environmental racism issueJan 17, 2021 6:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Some residents are concerned that toxic chemicals may be polluting their air. Black people make up half the confirmed COVID-19 cases in St. C...
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Schakowsky will ask House to censure downstate representative over Hitler remarksJan 17, 2021 12:00 am - U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky said she plans to introduce a measure in the U.S. House to censure downstate Rep. Mary Miller for comments she made about Adolf Hitler outside t...
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Portion of state cleared for indoor dining, but suburbs must waitJan 17, 2021 12:00 am - State health authorities cleared the way Sunday for limited indoor dining in some portions of Illinois, but restaurant owners and patrons in the suburbs will have to wai...
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Today in HistoryJan 16, 2021 6:00 am - Today in History Today is Saturday, Jan. 16, the 16th day of 2021. There are 349 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 16, 2020, the impeachmen...
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Long road to normalcy: Virtual village connects marathonersJan 16, 2021 6:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Organizers of the Boston Marathon - postponed indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic - have launched a virtual Athletes' Village to reproduce at ...
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Liddell, No. 21 Ohio St power past No. 14 Illinois 87-81Jan 16, 2021 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - E.J. Liddell scored 26 points and No. 21 Ohio State beat No. 14 Illinois 87-81 in a brutal Big Ten matchup on Saturday. The game was especially ph...
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Kankakee teen wins national app challenge 2 years in a rowJan 16, 2021 6:00 am - KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - When David Love was around 8 years old, his tech-savvy dad introduced him to coding, a type of language used to create computer programs. Love foun...
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State reports 130 more deaths, 5,343 virus more cases SaturdayJan 16, 2021 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday reported 5,343 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease and 130 additional deaths. The dead included 43 ...