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Inmate voting rights still on the tableJun 08, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers could take up a bill later this month that would restore voting rights to convicts serving time in county jails or state or federal pris...
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How employers can turn the tide of COVID-19 vaccinationsJun 08, 2021 1:00 am - With COVID-19 vaccination rates waning and workplace outbreaks contributing to infections, Illinois' employers could play a key role in stamping out the pandemic, public...
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Former lawmaker from West Chicago seeks back payJun 08, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A former Republican state lawmaker from West Chicago is suing the state comptroller for salary increases he claims he was entitled to while serving in the ...
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Machado, O'Grady power Padres past Cubs 9-4 in series openerJun 08, 2021 1:00 am - Associated Press SAN DIEGO - Manny Machado and Brian O'Grady each homered and had three RBIs to lead the San Diego Padres over the Chicago Cubs 9-4 on Monday night in th...
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U-Chicago will grant Ph.D. to student slain in JanuaryJun 07, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The University of Chicago will grant a doctorate degree to a student who was killed during a series of shootings last winter. Colleagues got access to key...
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Girl, 11, seriously wounded in Chicago shooting from carJun 07, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An 11-year-old girl was shot and seriously wounded in Chicago near the end of a weekend that saw at least 60 people wounded in shootings across the city, ...
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Woman dies after passing out on Indiana theme park's rideJun 07, 2021 7:00 am - SANTA CLAUS, Ind. (AP) - An Ohio woman who passed out while riding a roller coaster at a southern Indiana theme park later died at a local hospital, a coroner said. Dubo...
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Gary woman to be resentenced in fire deaths of 2 childrenJun 07, 2021 7:00 am - CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A Gary woman whose prison sentence was thrown out on appeal in a 2018 apartment fire that killed two of her children will be resentenced this mo...
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Victim of Fox Lake crash identifiedJun 07, 2021 1:00 am - Authorities on Monday identified a 72-year-old man from Wisconsin as the person killed Saturday in a five-vehicle crash in Fox Lake. Stephen Kamen, of Fontana-on-Geneva...
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As COVID-19 cases hit new low, Illinois tops Midwestern states for one or more shotsJun 07, 2021 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 numbered 244 Monday, reflecting a low not seen since late March 2020, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported. The seven-day COVID-19 cas...