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Indiana cigarette tax proposal raises questions on spendingNov 26, 2020 6:00 am - MUNSTER, Ind. (AP) - Indiana legislative leaders are willing to increase the state's cigarette tax but say any measure must include specifics on how the new revenue will...
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Hammond mayor wants to sell raw water to Joliet in IllinoisNov 26, 2020 6:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. wants to sell water from the Indiana city to Joliet in neighboring Illinois. McDermott Jr. said this week that Jo...
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Another 131 COVID-19 deaths, 12,022 cases reported in Illinois ThursdayNov 26, 2020 12:00 am - State health officials Thursday reported 12,022 new confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 and 131 more deaths from the respiratory disease. Of the fatalities, 29 were ...
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Central State human remains 'mangled' by police constructionNov 25, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indianapolis police knowingly disrupted human remains in a historic cemetery during construction of a new K-9 training facility on the west side of t...
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Purdue to give staff $750 bonuses for `heroic' pandemic workNov 25, 2020 6:00 am - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Purdue University plans to reward its faculty and staff with a $750 bonus for their 'œheroic work" keeping the West Lafayette campus open dur...
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Vandals try to pull down Chicago park's McKinley statueNov 25, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Vandals tried to topple a Chicago park's statue of President William McKinley early Wednesday using a rope tethered to a car, police said. The attempt to ...
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Vandals try to pull down Chicago park's McKinley statueNov 25, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Vandals tried to topple a Chicago park's statue of President William McKinley early Wednesday using a rope tethered to a car, police said. The attempt to ...
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155 more COVID-19 deaths, 11,378 new casesNov 25, 2020 12:00 am - New COVID-19 cases totaled 11,378 Wednesday, the highest since Saturday, and 155 more people died from the respiratory disease, as Illinois moved to borrow $2 billion to...
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Republicans sue to stop Wisconsin vote certificationNov 24, 2020 6:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Republicans filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to block certification of the presidential election results even as a recount...
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Indiana lawmaker quitting weeks after winning reelectionNov 24, 2020 6:00 am - MIDDLEBURY, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana lawmaker announced Tuesday she was resigning from her legislative seat just three weeks after winning reelection. Republican C...