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Winter storm delays Indiana COVID-19 vaccine expansion plansFeb 17, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A winter storm that coated Indiana with heavy snow has disrupted thousands of coronavirus vaccine appointments and delayed the state's timeline for e...
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Government rushes virus gene-mapping as mutations spreadFeb 17, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is scrambling to expand DNA mapping of coronavirus samples taken from patients to identify potentially deadlier mutations that are starting to...
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Indiana panels back tighter abortion law, ending gun permitsFeb 17, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana legislators advanced two measures Monday that join Republican-led drives across the country to tighten abortion laws and loosen gun restricti...
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Chicago motorist killed after being struck by stray bulletFeb 17, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A stray bullet killed a 68-year-old man as he drove on Chicago's South Side, police said. The man was in a vehicle in the Bridgeport neighborhood around 6...
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Chicago spent $281.5 million in pandemic relief cash on copsFeb 17, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot spent millions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief money on the personnel costs for the police department, the city's budge...
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Biden's $15 wage proposal: Job killer or a boon for workers?Feb 17, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's effort to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour could provide a welcome opportunity for someone like Cristian Cardona, a ...
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Indiana lawmakers force through ban on local rental rulesFeb 17, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana cities will be largely blocked from regulating rental properties after state lawmakers voted Wednesday to override the governor's veto of the...
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Panel approves 'culturally responsive' teaching standardsFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A legislative panel on Wednesday allowed the Illinois State Board of Education to move forward with new rules that call on colleges and universities in the...
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No tax hike in slimmer Illinois budget, but it closes some corporate tax loopholesFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday presented a slimmer state budget that would not increase income taxes but would rely on federal COVID-19 relief, transfers ...
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Pritzker's budget proposal would close 9 corporate tax loopholesFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed $41.6 billion spending plan for the coming fiscal year relies, in part, on ending nine tax incentives for businesses in an ef...