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Two-day session in Springfield ends with no energy billJun 17, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers finished a two-day special session Thursday by passing some important legislation but without reaching agreement on the one issue they h...
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Hours after 4 killed in Chicago, 5 more hurt in shootingJun 16, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Five people standing outside on Chicago's West Side were shot in a violent end to a day that began with a mass shooting on the city's South Side that lef...
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Chicago inches toward elected school board after House voteJun 16, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago moved a step closer to having an elected school board under a measure approved Wednesday by the Illinois House. The House voted 70-41 on a plan th...
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Chicago gets new postmaster following delivery complaintsJun 16, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Months of public outcry about the delays in the delivery of Chicago's mail has led to the replacement of the city's postmaster, the U.S. Postal Service ha...
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Illinois mental health experts see varied impacts of sports gambling a year into state's legalizationJun 16, 2021 1:00 am - Woodstock resident Jose Tapia had a feeling Tom Brady was going to look for a familiar receiver as the quarterback led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers into the Super Bowl this ...
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House passes legislation to give police more power to take weaponsJun 16, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House on Wednesday passed a Firearm Owner Identification card law change that would strengthen law enforcement's ability to retrieve guns from...
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House OKs remote voting on bills to pass budget amendmentJun 16, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House changed its rules Wednesday to allow lawmakers to cast votes on legislation remotely, giving them enough votes to pass a change to the b...
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Soldier Field will be at full capacity for 2021 seasonJun 16, 2021 1:00 am - For the first time since the 2019 season, Bears fans will be allowed at Soldier Field. And they will be allowed in at full capacity. The team announced the news in a let...
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Illinois ranks second for fewest new COVID-19 cases among nine Midwest statesJun 16, 2021 1:00 am - COVID-19 infections are simmering down across the U.S., but there are still large disparities among states in how many people are falling sick, including in the Midwest....
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Juneteenth becomes official state holidayJun 16, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The day that marks the anniversary of the day in 1865 when some of the last enslaved Americans learned that they had been freed is now an official state ho...