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Pritzker signs abortion rights expansionJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law Friday expanding access to abortion and other reproductive health care services. House Bill 4664, passed Tuesday during the Gen...
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Hospitalizations for COVID-19 down by 20%, even as 'Kraken' cases riseJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Hospitalizations for COVID-19 declined by more than 20% in a week and counties at an elevated transmission level for the virus also decreased, the Illinois Department of...
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Worker dies after building gives way, trapping himJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - A worker died Thursday after a Chicago building partially collapsed, trapping him beneath debris before firefighters freed him, fire officials said. Three workers were i...
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Bill guaranteeing workers five days of paid leave will head to governorJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A bill that would guarantee a minimum of 40 hours of paid leave per year for all Illinois workers passed both chambers of the General Assembly on Tuesday, ...
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U.S. attorney in Chicago, who probed Michael Madigan, leaving office by early MarchJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - Chicago U.S. Attorney John Lausch plans to leave the Justice Department "in early 2023" for the private sector, Attorney General Merrick Garland told reporters Thursday....
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Sound check: Pino Farina headlines Des Plaines Theatre, Tomorrow Never Knows fest kicks off mid-weekJan 11, 2023 10:00 pm - Pino Farina in Des Plaines The Pino Farina Band puts its best alt-rock foot forward for a headlining show at the Des Plaines Theatre this weekend. The performance, ...
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Dry January: These zero-proof drinks are anything but boringJan 11, 2023 5:00 am - With the new year often come new resolutions to focus on living healthy. If you feel like you celebrated the holidays maybe a little too much this year and are taking a ...
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166 years as a 'library of the natural world': You can see some of Notebaert museum's specimensJan 11, 2023 4:00 am - In an unassuming industrial building in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago lie nearly 400,000 meticulously preserved natural specimens. The birds, mammals, plants, f...
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Inauguration speeches hint at growing partisan divide in General AssemblyJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Incumbents and newly minted lawmakers were sworn into their terms in the 103rd General Assembly on Wednesday following a hectic week of late action by the ...
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Officials: No injuries in fire at LaSalle chemical plantJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - La SALLE, Ill. - Officials said a large fire that sent smoke plumes towering over a LaSalle chemical plant has been contained and no injuries have been reported. After t...