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Illinois Facebook users to receive second, much smaller payment in privacy suit settlementMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - Illinois residents who cashed checks they received last year as part of a $650 million biometric privacy lawsuit settlement involving Facebook should expect another paym...
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Plan to move Taste of Chicago near Navy Pier draws backlashMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - Mayor Lori Lightfoot's plan to hold Taste of Chicago on the same July 4 weekend as NASCAR's first street-course race - but move Taste to a park near Navy Pier - hit a wa...
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Taxes? Tolls? 'Transit is the Answer' plan brings bevy of questionsMar 06, 2023 4:30 am - By Marni Pyke mpyke@dailyherald.com Imagine being able to jump from Metra to the CTA or Pace seamlessly. Imagine audible announcements instead of "ruhmmhmmm ... delays ....
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Trade top pick? Or draft Alabama pass rusher Will Anderson? Bears have optionsMar 06, 2023 12:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS - The Bears need defenders who can disrupt the quarterback. That is no secret. Head coach Matt Eberflus' team finished dead last in the league with 20 sacks...
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Across Illinois, high prices and gaps in available child careMar 06, 2023 12:00 am - In some Illinois communities, finding child care isn't just a routine task for families to work through, but a seemingly impossible dream. In some of those places, costs...
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In Chicago, Army boss' mission is to persuade schools to welcome recruitersMar 05, 2023 12:00 am - Army recruiters struggling to meet enlistment goals say one of their biggest hurdles is getting into high schools, where they can meet students one on one. But they rece...
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United Center concessions workers stage 1-day walkoutMar 05, 2023 12:00 am - Concessions workers at the United Center staged a one-day walkout Sunday that affected food and beverage service during the afternoon's Chicago Bulls game. The brief str...
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A flurry of filings as SAFE-T Act fight heads to state Supreme CourtMar 03, 2023 4:00 am - After a flurry of legal filings this week, the opposing sides in the fight over the elimination of cash bail in Illinois are now less than two weeks away from a SAFE-T A...
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Pritzker touts $70 million plan for addressing teacher shortageMar 03, 2023 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker was in Streamwood on Friday to tout a proposed grant program that would direct $70 million per year over the next three years to school districts faci...
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Democrats push bill to enforce federal anti-discrimination standards in Illinois lawMar 03, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - In response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision restricting the ability of people to recover damages in federal court for certain discrimination claims...