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Illinois Senate passes ban on high-powered weapons, virtually assuring it'll become lawJan 09, 2023 12:00 am - The state Senate on Monday passed legislation to ban the sale and manufacture of certain high-powered weapons and large-capacity magazines in Illinois, after tweaking th...
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Madigan's trial scheduled to begin April 1, 2024Jan 09, 2023 12:00 am - The highly anticipated racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan has been set for April 1, 2024. The trial, which is expected to last six or...
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18% legislative pay raises started with Pritzker, though he sought raises only for the cabinetJan 08, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The idea for raising salaries of top Illinois state government officials, which culminated this weekend with the House and Senate voting lawmakers an 18% p...
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State House Republican leader Durkin announces his exit from the General AssemblyJan 08, 2023 12:00 am - State Rep. Jim Durkin, who said in November he was giving up his post as Illinois House Republican leader, is now saying he is resigning from the House of Representative...
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Lame-duck state lawmakers vote themselves a 16% raiseJan 07, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois House Democrats working in a lame-duck session left town for a weekend break Friday night - but not before voting on plans to give themselves a pa...
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Sound check: Weekend Run Club, Local Motive, Mr. Blotto and moreJan 06, 2023 5:00 am - Weekend Run Club's headlining weekend Suburban-born indie rock band The Weekend Run Club hits Chicago this weekend as they play a headlining show at Schubas Friday. The...
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Illinois House approves increased abortion, gender care protectionsJan 06, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Six months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned nearly 50 years of precedent providing for legal abortion, Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly on...
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Illinois House passes new ban on high-powered weapons, large-capacity magazinesJan 06, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A bill that would ban the sale and manufacture of certain high-powered weapons in Illinois advanced out of the state House early Friday and now awaits acti...
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U of I removes COVID-19 vaccine, testing requirementsJan 06, 2023 12:00 am - URBANA, Ill. - The University of Illinois has removed its COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements for all students and employees, system President Tim Killeen anno...
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Medical officials warn of a growing threat from the COVID-19 'Kraken' variantJan 06, 2023 12:00 am - A new highly contagious and ominously dubbed the “Kraken” subvariant of COVID-19 is driving infections in the northeastern part of the country and showing up in greater ...