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Illinois State Rifle Association files federal suit over ban on high-powered gunsJan 18, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois State Rifle Association has joined forces with other gun rights advocates in filing a federal lawsuit challenging the state's new ban on the s...
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Proposed Chicago ordinance would hike fees for O'Hare ride-share tripsJan 18, 2023 12:00 am - This story has been updated from its original publication to add a statement from Lyft. A proposed Chicago ordinance would mean more expensive Uber and Lyft trips f...
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Gun shop owner files federal lawsuit over state's weapons banJan 18, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Legal challenges to Illinois' semi-automatic weapons ban began Wednesday with a federal complaint that the 8-day-old law prohibits "commonly possessed" and...
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Calling all foodies! Chart a course for dining adventure as Chicago Restaurant Week unfoldsJan 17, 2023 10:00 pm - The return of Chicago Restaurant Week is a bright and shiny spot to mark on the calendar for adventurous diners all over the city and suburbs. This year the celebration ...
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First legal challenges to high-powered gun ban filedJan 17, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A trio of gun owners and a firearms retailer in southeastern Illinois have filed the first two lawsuits in what's expected to be a flurry of litigation aga...
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UIC instructors hit the picket linesJan 17, 2023 12:00 am - Hundreds of faculty members at the University of Illinois Chicago hit picket lines across their Near West Side campus Tuesday on the first day of an indefinite strike af...
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Madonna brings 'Celebration Tour' to Chicago Aug. 9Jan 16, 2023 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Madonna will "Take a Bow" with a new tour through North America and Europe starting this summer that will be a "Celebration" of the pop icon's hits, which inc...
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University of Illinois Chicago faculty to go on strike after negotiations break downJan 16, 2023 12:00 am - Faculty members at the University of Illinois Chicago are going on strike Tuesday after nine months of negotiations and failing to reach a contract agreement during a ma...
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Sheriffs draw lines at what they will - and will not - enforce with new weapons lawJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg had a message for gun owners concerned about Illinois' new ban on the purchase, sale and manufacture of some high-powered weapons and l...
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Pritzker signs abortion rights expansionJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law Friday expanding access to abortion and other reproductive health care services. House Bill 4664, passed Tuesday during the Gen...