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Pritzker now says budget can include added $350 million for schoolsMay 06, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Citing an "improved" economic outlook, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday his support to increase evidence-based education funding in the state by $350 ...
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GOP leaders again call out House Dems for redistricting 'hypocrisy'May 06, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois House Republicans continue to demand a "fair" redistricting process, following a news report depicting Democratic lawmakers meeting behind a close...
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GOP senators call for standardized election procedures across all countiesMay 06, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Two Republican senators have introduced legislation to standardize the way local authorities across Illinois handle elections, from the training of electio...
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Top Chicago prosecutor apologizes for false Toledo gun claimMay 05, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's top prosecutor apologized Wednesday because an attorney who works under her implied in court that 13-year-old Adam Toledo was holding a gun when...
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Top court spurns appeal in Ball State student's 1994 killingMay 05, 2021 7:00 am - MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has rebuffed a central Indiana man's appeal of his life sentence for fatally shooting a Ball State University student in 1994 ...
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Chicago launches concert series for fully vaccinated peopleMay 05, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago will see the return of cultural events this summer, including a concert series solely for people who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19, officials ...
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Veto of Indiana health order limits faces new vote next weekMay 05, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana legislators will return to the Statehouse next week for a possible vote to again override the governor's veto of a bill limiting the broad au...
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Indiana reaches 2M vaccinated but new shots rate sluggishMay 05, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's rate of COVID-19 vaccination shots has remained sluggish in recent weeks while coronavirus-related hospitalizations have slowly climbed to...
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Dead person found in car submerged in Illinois-Indiana lakeMay 05, 2021 7:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - A dead person has been was found inside a car submerged in a lake straddling Northwest Indiana and Illinois, police said. Officers responded about 1...
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US parents excited over prospect of virus shots for childrenMay 05, 2021 7:00 am - MISSION, Kan. (AP) - After more than a year of fretting over her 13-year son with a rare liver disease, Heather Ousley broke into tears when she learned that he and mill...