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Senate advances bills to provide menstrual hygiene products at universities, homeless sheltersMay 25, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate passed two bills Tuesday that would advise state universities and colleges, as well as homeless shelters, to provide menstrual hygiene ...
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House passes bill to allow recreational pot sales in Buffalo GroveMay 25, 2021 1:00 am - State representatives passed a bill Tuesday that could clear the way for Buffalo Grove's medical cannabis dispensary to begin selling recreational marijuana. Proposed by...
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Schneider, Kinzinger blast Greene for latest Holocaust comparisonMay 25, 2021 1:00 am - Chicago-area lawmakers on Tuesday joined congressional leaders in criticizing U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for comparing COVID-related safety measures to the Holocau...
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Abortion foes to challenge 'culturally responsive' teaching standardsMay 25, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The leader of one of the state's largest anti-abortion group told a legislative committee Tuesday that the group intend to file a legal challenge against t...
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Pritzker touts 'Time to Drive' for tourism despite price of gasMay 25, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The splashy, $6 million Illinois tourism campaign Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled this month, "Time for Me to Drive," an anthem set to the 1970s REO Spee...
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We must show the will to address problems Floyd killing exposedMay 25, 2021 1:00 am - One year ago, the life of George Floyd, a son, a father, a brother and a law-abiding United States citizen, was brutally ended by a now-convicted Minnesota police office...
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Dueling Naperville protests on Middle East crisis turn rowdyMay 25, 2021 1:00 am - Two Naperville rallies - one pro-Israeli and the other pro-Palestinian - held less than half a mile apart on Sunday sparked a couple of heated confrontations between som...
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Media literacy bill sent to governorMay 25, 2021 1:00 am - The state Senate on Tuesday approved House Bill 234, which would require public high schools in the state to offer instruction in how to understand and evaluate news and...
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Bill decriminalizing HIV transmission passes SenateMay 25, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate on Tuesday passed a measure decriminalizing the transmission of HIV. The measure has already passed the House and will need only a sign...
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Redistricting hearings open amid partisan divideMay 25, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers opened their first public hearing Tuesday on a proposed set of new House and Senate district maps with Democrats and Republicans still a...