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$23.8M deal awarded for New Jersey beach restoration workAug 03, 2020 7:00 am - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Federal officials have awarded a $23.8 million contract to an Illinois firm that will handle periodic beach restoration work in southern New J...
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As US milk sales rise amid pandemic, "Got milk?" ads returnAug 03, 2020 7:00 am - The dairy industry has a familiar question for you: 'œGot milk?'ť Six years after the popular tagline was retired, 'œGot milk?'ť ads are back. A dairy industry-funded gr...
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Man arrested in Illinois in connection with Missouri killingAug 03, 2020 7:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - A Missouri man is now in custody in connection with a June homicide during a home break-in, after being arrested in Illinois. WGEM-TV...
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Low turnout at Indiana funeral services blamed on COVID-19Aug 03, 2020 7:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Indiana funeral directors say they are seeing low attendance at services due to coronavirus concerns even after the state lifted a rule that lim...
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Indiana surpasses 68,000 confirmed COVID-19 virus casesAug 03, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana has surpassed 68,000 confirmed COVID-19 virus cases. The state's health department said Monday that 582 additional people have been diagnosed...
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July cannabis sales set record at nearly $61 millionAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - July was another record month for marijuana dispensaries in Illinois. The businesses sold more than $60.9 million worth of products, according to the Illinois Departmen...
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Without federal relief, state faces big budget cuts, Pritzker warnsAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday that Illinois faces the prospect of having to make deep spending cuts over the rest of the fiscal year if Congress does not ...
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Police announce arrest in 9-year-old's slayingAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - A suspect is in custody in the fatal shooting Friday of a 9-year-old boy who was playing on Chicago's Near North Side, police said Monday. Janari Ricks was shot and kill...
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Downstate accounts for 40% of Illinois' new COVID-19 cases, up from 10% three months agoAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - As COVID-19 cases in Illinois peaked in early May, downstate residents made up an average of 10% of the new cases each day. Over the past week, with cases surging once a...
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Chicago teachers, activists urge keeping schools closed during pandemicAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - As the debate heats up nationwide over the reopening of schools, Chicago teachers, activists and families rallied Monday outside Chicago City Hall to oppose a planned re...