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Illinois gets $760 million as part of Johnson & Johnson opioid settlementFeb 25, 2022 12:00 am - Illinois will receive about $760 million from a nationwide settlement finalized Friday with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major drug distributors over their role...
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Pritzker makes it official: Indoor mask mandate will be lifted Monday, including for schoolsFeb 25, 2022 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the state's indoor masking requirement in most public places will be lifted starting Monday, including in schools. Pritzker said the steep d...
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Family of man fatally shot by Chicago police files lawsuitFeb 24, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The family of an armed man who was shot in the back by Chicago police during a foot chase filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the city is partly respons...
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Indiana regulators approve settlement cutting I&M ratesFeb 24, 2022 6:00 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - State regulators have approved a settlement with Indiana Michigan Power under which the utility will cut its Indiana residential customers' base ...
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Indiana State Police leader blasts GOP on gun permit repealFeb 24, 2022 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A proposal aiming to repeal Indiana's handgun permit requirement was at least temporarily sidelined in Legislature on Thursday amid ongoing objection...
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Concerts: Drew Baldridge, Pino Farina Band, Dropkick Murphys, May Erlewine, Michael Glabicki and moreFeb 24, 2022 5:00 am - Nightrain — The Guns N Roses Tribute Experience: 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, at RocHaus, 96 W. Main St., West Dundee. $20-$35. (815) 893-9768 or rochaus.com. '80s Pop Rock ...
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Pritzker's gas tax relief plan faces oppositionFeb 24, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker's plan for pausing a scheduled automatic increase in the state's motor fuel tax is facing opposition from several quarters, including en...
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Great-grandson of a Ukrainian refugee, Pritzker denounces Russian invasionFeb 24, 2022 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker noted his Ukrainian roots on Thursday while condemning Russia's invasion of the eastern European nation, but he said everyone, regardless of origin, s...
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State revenues $4.6 billion higher than initially projectedFeb 24, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A House revenue committee on Thursday heard projections of an Illinois economy that is steadily moving back toward a level of pre-pandemic normalcy, which ...
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'Will he stop in Ukraine?' Durbin says U.S., allies must be ready for Putin's next stepFeb 24, 2022 12:00 am - For U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, the question the United States and world need to answer after Russia's invasion of Ukraine is this: What's next for President Vladimir Putin? ...