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Advocates push for tax credit to increase affordable housing in IllinoisMar 23, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Lawmakers are considering bills that would create a new tax credit for affordable housing, referred to as the Build Illinois Homes Tax Credit. The legislat...
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Protecting potential targets: State gives security grants to suburban synagogues, mosques and women's clinicsMar 23, 2023 1:00 am - Numerous suburban groups are among the 116 recipients of a state grant aimed at helping nonprofit organizations enhance protections against security threats. Recipients ...
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Nonprofits can apply for grants through Charitable Trust ProgramMar 22, 2023 11:00 pm - The Illinois Treasurer's office reminds small nonprofits that March 31 is the deadline to apply for funding through the Charitable Trust Stabilization Program. "Small no...
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State House passes bill prohibiting book bansMar 22, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House passed a bill Wednesday that would prohibit libraries from banning books or other material because of partisan or doctrinal pressure, pr...
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House sends 41 bills to Senate as Friday legislative deadline loomsMar 21, 2023 1:00 am - The Illinois House sent 41 bills to the state Senate on Tuesday ahead of a scheduled Friday deadline. The measures, among others, included a ban on polystyrene food cont...
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Will County man cleared after being accused in daughter's death killed in crashMar 21, 2023 1:00 am - YELL COUNTY, Ark. - A Wilmington man who was accused and then later cleared in the disappearance and death of his young daughter has died in a head-on crash in Arkansas....
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Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers among Lollapalooza headlinersMar 20, 2023 11:00 pm - Hometown pride is running high this year as Chicago and suburban bands Friday Pilots Club, North Shore natives Louis the Child, Sincere Engineer, Ax & the Hatchetmen, De...
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Bon Iver, The Smile, Big Thief headline Pitchfork fest's lineupMar 20, 2023 10:04 am - Pitchfork Music Festival is back with its three-day celebration of indie, rock and hip-hop, as well as up-and-coming acts, on Chicago's West Side. The Smile (an English...
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New Bears RB D'Onta Foreman believes he can compete for starting jobMar 20, 2023 1:00 am - D'Onta Foreman was never supposed to be the lead back in Carolina last year. That should have been star running back Christian McCaffrey. Following a 1-5 start to the se...
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Second officer in Illinois inmate's fatal beating gets same 20-year termMar 20, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The second of three former correctional officers sentenced in the fatal beating of a state inmate received a 20-year prison term Monday, the same as a co-c...