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Pritzker signs bills protecting sexual assault victimsJun 16, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed two bills into law Thursday aimed at protecting the victims of sexual assault. One new law allows victims to press charges even i...
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Violent crime on the minds of Republican attorney general candidatesJun 16, 2022 1:00 am - Crime was foremost on the minds of Republican attorney general candidates Steve Kim and David Shestokas when they discussed the role the state's top legal officer should...
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State reports COVID-19 outbreak at Manteno Veterans HomeJun 15, 2022 1:00 am - Editor's note: This report was updated by Capitol News Illinois on Thursday SPRINGFIELD - At least 16 residents and six staff at the state-run veterans home in Mant...
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Army Corps of Engineers in Memphis changing commandersJun 14, 2022 7:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The Memphis district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is getting a new commander. Col. Zachary L. Miller will relinquish command to Lt. Col. Rob...
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State child care subsidy to expand starting July 1Jun 13, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Thousands more families in Illinois will soon be eligible for subsidized child care, and child care providers will see a pay raise under a series of initia...
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Pritzker signs bills targeting wage theft, expanding HIV care optionsJun 13, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed 401 bills sent to him this calendar year, leaving just 10 of those passed by lawmakers this year awaiting his action as of Mo...
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'Tireless and incorruptible': Former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan dies at 76Jun 12, 2022 1:00 am - Former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan, who battled through professional setbacks and personal tragedies to become one of the state's most respected political leaders...
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Former state health director Ezike under scrutiny by ethics investigatorJun 10, 2022 1:00 am - The state's former public health director - a well-regarded adviser to Gov. J.B. Pritzker during the COVID-19 crisis - is under investigation by a state ethics agency fo...
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Irvin 'reassessing' strategy in wake of new poll that shows Bailey in leadJun 10, 2022 1:00 am - A new poll from the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago radio station WBEZ shows downstate state Sen. Darren Bailey with a 15-point lead on Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin in the G...
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Illinois averaging 10 COVID-19 deaths daily this week while hospitalizations level offJun 10, 2022 1:00 am - Fewer than 200 Illinois residents' COVID-19 deaths were reported in May, the lowest amount for any month since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 when 99 deaths wer...