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Restart your engines - NASCAR returns to Chicago in 2024Oct 05, 2023 1:00 am - NASCAR stock cars once again will whiz past Buckingham Fountain after Mayor Brandon Johnson gave a green light to the return of the Chicago Street Race in 2024. Johnson'...
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Wisconsin Republicans consider $614 million plan to fund Milwaukee Brewers stadium repairsOct 05, 2023 1:00 am - MADISON, Wis. - The public will get a chance to sound off Thursday on a Republican-authored plan to hand the Milwaukee Brewers more than $614 million in public funding t...
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Sound check: The latest from Sin.; Black Keys, Young the Giant on Q101's Twisted XMAS lineupOct 04, 2023 6:00 am - Sin. in the wings Riding the buzz coming off the two recently released singles ".308 Hate" and "Momfriend," rock foursome Sin. is dropping its new album "Wax Figure...
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United Airlines makes 2nd large order for new planes in less than a year as it renews its fleetOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - CHICAGO - United Airlines is making its second large order of new planes in less than a year, more than 100 in all, as the carrier renews its fleet. The most recent orde...
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Embattled DCFS director resigning in wake of blistering auditor's reportOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - Chicago Sun-Times Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith on Wednesday announced he would step down from his high-profile post by year's ...
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Haymarket sign goes up, but Itasca 'stands by' decision to reject drug rehab centerOct 03, 2023 7:00 pm - Haymarket Center has put its name atop the former Holiday Inn in Itasca amid a legal fight over whether the nonprofit group can use the hotel building as an addiction tr...
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Casino at Medinah Temple will 'secure Chicago's fiscally strong and vibrant future,' mayor saysOct 03, 2023 1:00 am - Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday invited gamblers in Chicago and beyond to come to the table at the city's first legal casino. "To all of our residents and Illinoisans ...
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Racist propaganda, antisemitic acts spiked in Illinois last year, report showsOct 03, 2023 1:00 am - Racist propaganda campaigns and antisemitic acts more than doubled last year in Illinois, according to a report released Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League that detai...
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Pritzker urges Biden to intervene amid 'untenable' pace of migrant arrivalsOct 03, 2023 1:00 am - As Chicago prepares this week for an increase in the already steady stream of migrants arriving from the southern U.S. border, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is once again publicly ...
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Lake County, Elgin to receive $1 million each to assist asylum-seekersOct 03, 2023 1:00 am - Lake County and the city of Elgin will receive about $1 million each to support asylum-seekers. Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently announced nearly $42 million in awards to loc...