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Why sudden drop in calls to child abuse hotline due to coronavirus is not good newsMar 24, 2020 1:00 am - With schools, day care centers and preschools around Illinois shut down as part of statewide efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus, calls to the Department of...
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From truck stops to elections, a river of gambling money is flooding WaukeganAug 08, 2019 4:00 am - Correction, Aug. 9, 2019: This story originally misidentified James Parks as an employee of the Village of Antioch. He no longer works for the village. The first a...
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'It's a scam': Suburban parents give up custody of kids to get need-based college aidJul 29, 2019 1:00 am - ProPublica Illinois is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. Sign up for The ProPublica Illinois newsletter for...
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As Illinois expands gambling, it will also try to determine how many gambling addicts it hasJun 10, 2019 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story is a collaboration between ProPublica Illinois and WBEZ Chicago. ProPublica Illinois is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces in...
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How Democratic dynasties, Republican infighting and big campaign money shape fall racesAug 07, 2018 1:00 am - Amanda Biela was campaigning door to door in north suburban Glenview one afternoon last week when she stopped to talk with a senior watering his front lawn. "I'm running...
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"Hidden in Plain Sight": Hundreds of Immigrant Children and Teens Housed in Opaque Network of Chicago-Area SheltersJul 26, 2018 11:00 pm - One shelter, in Bronzeville on Chicago's South Side, still bears an awning with the name of a nursing home, though no senior citizens have lived there in years. Another ...
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Madigan builds power from ground up ... and sometimes from the basementApr 02, 2018 1:00 am - At first it didn't seem to make sense. There were no obvious signs of a polling place, even though it was Primary Election Day. I was in the 44th precinct of Chicago's 1...
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Win or lose in Republican primary, Ives helps push Illinois to the rightMar 08, 2018 12:00 am - Republican governor hopeful Jeanne Ives was on her way to a recent campaign stop in the Northwest suburbs when she got a call from one of her five kids. There was a prob...
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