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Indiana governor vetoes bill limiting local health ordersMay 04, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's governor vetoed a bill on Tuesday that would limit the authority of county or city health departments by allowing local elected officials t...
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Pleasant Valley man charged in fatal Iowa boat crashMay 04, 2021 7:00 am - LeCLAIRE, Iowa (AP) - Iowa officials have charged a Pleasant Valley man with manslaughter after a boating crash last summer on the Mississippi River that killed two peop...
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Study shows working mothers hit hard by pandemic-related child care burdensMay 04, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - New research shows pandemic-related child care burdens have magnified economic inequalities for women in the workforce in Illinois. That research was inclu...
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From target shooting to museum passes: State plans to offer 'free stuff' for vaccinationsMay 04, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois officials are offering “incentives” to residents to get immunized against the coronavirus — starting at a downstate shooting facility where those who get COVID-...
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Secretary of state calls for new Martin Luther King statue on Capitol groundsMay 04, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White on Tuesday said it's time for the state to construct a new statue commemorating Martin Luther King Jr., as the curr...
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Return of smaller Chicago Auto Show in July touted as return to 'normalcy'May 04, 2021 1:00 am - A smaller, shorter and different-looking Chicago Auto Show is returning to McCormick Place this summer, officials announced Tuesday. Touted by both Chicago and state pol...
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Catholic leaders oppose governor's proposed change to scholarship tax creditsMay 04, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Catholic Conference of Illinois is lobbying against proposed tax changes for the 2022 fiscal year that would reduce an income tax credit gained for don...
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CSO plans to resume in-person concerts May 27 at Symphony CenterMay 04, 2021 1:00 am - The sounds of in-person classical music are returning to Symphony Center. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association on Tuesday announced the first CSO concert performan...
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Why Trump is more likely to win in the GOP than to take his followers to a new third partyMay 03, 2021 7:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Marjorie Hershey, Indiana University (T...
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Sheriff: Wisconsin casino shooter was fired employeeMay 03, 2021 7:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A man who shot and killed two people and wounded a third at a northeastern Wisconsin tribal casino restaurant had been fired from the eatery and ord...