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Foam containing 'forever chemicals' used against plant fireJun 17, 2021 1:00 am - A company hired to help extinguish a fire that gutted a northern Illinois chemical plant this week used foam containing toxic compounds that have tainted surface waters ...
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Deputy Gov. Dan Hynes leaving Pritzker administrationJun 17, 2021 1:00 am - Deputy Gov. Dan Hynes is out of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration. At an unrelated news conference Thursday morning, Pritzker thanked Hynes for his time as the deputy ...
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Lightfoot: Bears' bid for Arlington Park a 'negotiating tactic'Jun 17, 2021 1:00 am - While Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes and many of his fellow suburban Bears fans welcomed news Thursday that the team put in an offer on Arlington Park, his counterpar...
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70% of Illinois adults have received one vaccine dose, CDC saysJun 17, 2021 1:00 am - Seventy percent of Illinois adults have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. Illinois is the ...
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Two-day session in Springfield ends with no energy billJun 17, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers finished a two-day special session Thursday by passing some important legislation but without reaching agreement on the one issue they h...
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Hours after 4 killed in Chicago, 5 more hurt in shootingJun 16, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Five people standing outside on Chicago's West Side were shot in a violent end to a day that began with a mass shooting on the city's South Side that lef...
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Chicago inches toward elected school board after House voteJun 16, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago moved a step closer to having an elected school board under a measure approved Wednesday by the Illinois House. The House voted 70-41 on a plan th...
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Chicago gets new postmaster following delivery complaintsJun 16, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Months of public outcry about the delays in the delivery of Chicago's mail has led to the replacement of the city's postmaster, the U.S. Postal Service ha...
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Illinois mental health experts see varied impacts of sports gambling a year into state's legalizationJun 16, 2021 1:00 am - Woodstock resident Jose Tapia had a feeling Tom Brady was going to look for a familiar receiver as the quarterback led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers into the Super Bowl this ...
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House passes legislation to give police more power to take weaponsJun 16, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House on Wednesday passed a Firearm Owner Identification card law change that would strengthen law enforcement's ability to retrieve guns from...