Articles filed under Illinois
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House narrowly passes bill allowing all-gender bathroomsMar 23, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House narrowly passed a bill Thursday that would allow businesses, universities and other building owners to designate multi-occupancy all-gen...
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Advocates push for tax credit to increase affordable housing in IllinoisMar 23, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Lawmakers are considering bills that would create a new tax credit for affordable housing, referred to as the Build Illinois Homes Tax Credit. The legislat...
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Protecting potential targets: State gives security grants to suburban synagogues, mosques and women's clinicsMar 23, 2023 1:00 am - Numerous suburban groups are among the 116 recipients of a state grant aimed at helping nonprofit organizations enhance protections against security threats. Recipients ...
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Nonprofits can apply for grants through Charitable Trust ProgramMar 22, 2023 11:00 pm - The Illinois Treasurer's office reminds small nonprofits that March 31 is the deadline to apply for funding through the Charitable Trust Stabilization Program. "Small no...
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State House passes bill prohibiting book bansMar 22, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House passed a bill Wednesday that would prohibit libraries from banning books or other material because of partisan or doctrinal pressure, pr...
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House sends 41 bills to Senate as Friday legislative deadline loomsMar 21, 2023 1:00 am - The Illinois House sent 41 bills to the state Senate on Tuesday ahead of a scheduled Friday deadline. The measures, among others, included a ban on polystyrene food cont...
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Will County man cleared after being accused in daughter's death killed in crashMar 21, 2023 1:00 am - YELL COUNTY, Ark. - A Wilmington man who was accused and then later cleared in the disappearance and death of his young daughter has died in a head-on crash in Arkansas....
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Second officer in Illinois inmate's fatal beating gets same 20-year termMar 20, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The second of three former correctional officers sentenced in the fatal beating of a state inmate received a 20-year prison term Monday, the same as a co-c...
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Republican bills in Wisconsin, other states urge cash bailMar 19, 2023 1:00 am - MADISON, Wis. - Just two days before he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing six people and injuring more than 60, Darrell Brooks Jr. ...
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When an Illinois lawmaker tries to 'win' a tax, guess who loses?Mar 19, 2023 1:00 am - We hear a lot of talk about businesses leaving Illinois. But addressing the problems that cause them to leave? Not so much. There is an urgency to fixing the problems th...