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Chicago Public Schools to go fully remote to start fallAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Chicago Public Schools students will start the new school year at home next month as officials plan to announce as soon as Wednesday that they'll back off a proposal tha...
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Chicago police mistakenly arrest former state legislatorAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Two Chicago police officers detained a former high-ranking state representative less than two blocks from his West Side home over the weekend after they mistakenly belie...
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State investing $40 million in hopes of making Cairo port a shipping hubAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The state is about to invest $40 million into developing an inland river port that officials hope will produce thousands of new jobs and turn the small tow...
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Mendoza says state must have financial relief from federal governmentAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza is adding her voice to those warning that the state will face dire consequences if the federal government does not appr...
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Illinois has 1,471 new COVID-19 cases; Pritzker warns about campus parties after SIU outbreakAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - The state reported 1,471 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday and 19 new deaths as Gov. J.B. Pritzker warned college students to curtail parties after a localized surge in cases r...
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Illinois' largest teachers union sets up its own panel to judge school reopening safetyAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - The state's largest teachers union is creating a medical review panel it says will judge whether individual school districts' reopening plans are safe. The 135,000-membe...
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Aug. 4 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 90,567 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's 49% of the state's total, ac...
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Nearly 60 fish types in Chicago waters, up from about 10Aug 03, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The variety of fish swimming in Chicago's rivers have increased in recent decades, which authorities attribute to a decline in pollution, according to a s...
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Body of angler pulled from eastern Indiana reservoirAug 03, 2020 7:00 am - NEW CASTLE, Ind. (AP) - The body of a 61-year-old man who fell from a boat while fishing has been pulled from a reservoir in eastern Indiana. State conservation officers...
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$23.8M deal awarded for New Jersey beach restoration workAug 03, 2020 7:00 am - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Federal officials have awarded a $23.8 million contract to an Illinois firm that will handle periodic beach restoration work in southern New J...