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Durbin wins reelection to U.S. SenateNov 03, 2020 12:00 am - CHICAGO - Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois has been reelected to a fifth term, handily winning over four lesser-known challengers. The 75-year-old Durbin is the S...
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Elections Board warns that races could be undecided for daysNov 03, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Although nearly 3.6 million Illinoisans had already voted by Monday morning, nearly 2.3 million ballots are still to be cast if the state is to match the 7...
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Officials: Vote-by-mail volumes could 'significantly' change results over next 2 weeksNov 03, 2020 12:00 am - With record-shattering vote-by-mail volumes reported statewide, and as many as 521,000 ballots yet to be returned, Illinois election officials are warning that unofficia...
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Graduated income tax proposal failing as more votes pour inNov 03, 2020 12:00 am - A proposal that would pave the way for Illinois to enact graduated income tax brackets on earnings is failing in early vote counting. With less than 80% of precincts rep...
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COVID-19 concerns cause Wisconsin-Purdue football game to be canceledNov 03, 2020 12:00 am - Wisconsin has canceled Saturday's home game against Purdue, the second straight game the 10th-ranked Badgers have called off as COVID-19 cases within their team continue...
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Hospitals competing for nurses as US coronavirus cases surgeNov 02, 2020 6:00 am - FENTON, Michigan (AP) - As the coronavirus pandemic surges across the nation and infections and hospitalizations rise, medical administrators are scrambling to find enou...
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Indiana preparing ballot count after record early turnoutNov 02, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - County election offices around Indiana are gearing up to count the flood of early ballots as the final votes are being cast in this year's election. ...
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Fire in Chicago suburb kills woman, sends residents leapingNov 02, 2020 6:00 am - LANSING, Ill. (AP) - An apartment fire in a south Chicago suburb killed a 49-year-old woman and sent residents leaping from windows early Monday as flames engulfed the t...
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Indiana's COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths keep growingNov 02, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's hospitals spent the weekend with more COVID-19 patients than all but a single day since the state started its public reports on hospitaliza...
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Man charged after striking poll workers who denied him voteNov 02, 2020 6:00 am - MULBERRY, Ind. (AP) - A central Indiana man is facing charges after he allegedly assaulted election workers who turned him away from voting, authorities said. Douglas Ea...