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Legislation calls for reburial of Native Americans whose remains are held by Illinois museumsApr 17, 2023 5:30 am - This story was originally published by ProPublica. For more than 30 years, tribal nations have been asking the state of Illinois and its state-run institutions to r...
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Bears new president, CEO Kevin Warren officially begins MondayApr 17, 2023 1:00 am - New Bears president and CEO Kevin Warren officially began his new job Monday at Halas Hall in Lake Forest. Warren becomes the fifth team president in the team's 103-year...
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Chicago officials respond to unruly crowds downtown over the weekendApr 17, 2023 1:00 am - Chicago officials are reacting after unruly crowds gathered downtown and a shooting injured two teens near Millennium Park, and another teen was shot at a beach over the...
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Democratic Supreme Court justices won't recuse themselves in state weapons ban caseApr 17, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Two newly elected justices of the Illinois Supreme Court have declined to recuse themselves from a case challenging the state's recently passed ban on cert...
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Report: State help with tuition, college budgets tanked amid 20 years of state disinvestmentApr 15, 2023 10:00 am - As university faculties around Illinois strike for better pay and working conditions, budget analysts have found that state spending on higher education has fallen drama...
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Illinois' push to clean energy has been re-energized by 2021 lawApr 15, 2023 1:00 am - For Jon Carson, founder of solar developer Trajectory Energy Partners, the impact of the state's massive climate bill — the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act or CEJA — has ...
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What it takes to expel legislators in IllinoisApr 13, 2023 5:30 am - Though historically rife with a variety of scandals, Illinois legislators have rarely used their powers of expulsion to remove offending colleagues from office. In fact,...
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Bills targeting polystyrene containers, single-use plastics separately pass Illinois House, SenateApr 13, 2023 5:00 am - Two environmentally focused bills that would ban polystyrene foam food containers and curb single-use plastics separately have passed the Illinois House and Senate, and ...
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Ex-ComEd CEO testifies she didn't view Madigan as ally of utilityApr 13, 2023 1:00 am - Federal jurors have spent five weeks listening to the voice of former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, caught in a cache of secret FBI recordings in which prosecutors say she...
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Illinois to receive $67.6 million in settlement with JuulApr 12, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Wednesday that he and six other attorneys general have settled a multistate lawsuit against e-cigarette man...