Articles filed under Illinois
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Gun rights advocates question proposed assault weapons registration rules in IllinoisNov 02, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois State Police are facing pushback from gun rights advocates over proposed rules requiring owners of certain firearms to register them before th...
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Illinois awarded additional $11.25M grant from U.S. Department of LaborOct 26, 2023 1:00 am - The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) has been awarded an $11.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to support continued modernization, frau...
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Pritzker wants to merge early education; speaker's bill allows staff to unionizeOct 25, 2023 5:30 am - SPRINGFIELD - Early childhood education in Illinois would be administered by a separate state agency, combining disparate services that bind parents in red tape, under a...
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Recovering from attack that killed her son, Palestinian American mother urges prayers for peaceOct 25, 2023 1:00 am - A Palestinian American woman whose 6-year-old son was killed in what police are calling a hate crime in Plainfield Township has asked the public to "pray for peace" as s...
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Nuclear power in Illinois: Behind the scenes at Byron Generating StationOct 21, 2023 1:00 am - This story has been update to clarify Byron Generating Station's administrative radiation limit is 2 rems, while federal standards require a limit of 5 rems. It has ...
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Illinois payroll jobs increase to record highOct 20, 2023 1:00 am - The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced Thursday the unemployment rate increased 0.3 percentage points to 4.4%, while nonfarm payrolls increased by 9,50...
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Mourners in heavily Palestinian suburb remember Muslim boy killed as kind, energeticOct 17, 2023 1:00 am - Crowds of mourners in a heavily Palestinian Chicago suburb paid respects Monday to a 6-year-old Muslim boy killed in an alleged hate crime, hours after authorities revea...
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Gambling taxes generated record $1.99 billion for Illinois last year, but can it last?Oct 07, 2023 1:00 am - The expanding array of wagering opportunities in Illinois created the state's largest windfall to date from gambling-related taxes during the last fiscal year. The Illin...
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Embattled DCFS director resigning in wake of blistering auditor's reportOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - Chicago Sun-Times Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith on Wednesday announced he would step down from his high-profile post by year's ...
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Pritzker urges Biden to intervene amid 'untenable' pace of migrant arrivalsOct 03, 2023 1:00 am - As Chicago prepares this week for an increase in the already steady stream of migrants arriving from the southern U.S. border, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is once again publicly ...