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Pregnant worker protections short of Indiana governor's goalApr 03, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana legislators are turning aside - for the second straight year - an appeal from Gov. Eric Holcomb for a law requiring more businesses to provid...
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Natural areas can be found on Heartland College campusApr 03, 2021 7:00 am - NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - A noisy Canada goose squawked its way across Birky Pond as it chased a possible competitor on a recent Friday in March. 'œSomeone got up on the wrong...
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House Democrats continue public hearings on redistrictingApr 03, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Public hearings continue next week as the Illinois House Redistricting Committee gathers information for the Legislature's once-a-decade adjustm...
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Land trust's `challenge' aims to get Hoosiers back outdoorsApr 03, 2021 7:00 am - TRAFALGAR, Ind. (AP) - The wind whistled through the bare branches of towering red and white oaks at Laura Hare Preserve at Blossom Hollow, carrying the scent of the for...
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Judge dismisses lawsuit over Indiana's Lake Michigan beachesApr 03, 2021 7:00 am - PORTER, Ind. (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed the latest attempt by property owners in a northwestern Indiana town to deny public access to Lake Michigan beaches. U....
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Sale of South Side Chicago hospital to nonprofit finalizedApr 03, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's oldest hospital has finalized the facility's sale to a nonprofit. Mercy Hospital and Medical Center and Insight Chicago announced the agreement...
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Cook County warns of virus surge among the youngApr 03, 2021 1:00 am - Suburban Cook County COVID-19 test positivity rates are highest among people under age 20, officials said Saturday, warning people to think of protecting their families ...
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Indiana virus hospitalizations, cases continuing slight riseApr 02, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's COVID-19 hospitalizations and new coronavirus cases are continuing to see slight increases after reaching recent lows in mid-March, data re...
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Illinois man whose murder conviction was commuted now freeApr 02, 2021 7:00 am - JOLIET, Ill (AP) - A man whose sentence for a 1990 double murder was commuted by Gov. J.B. Pritzker after allegations he was tortured into confessing to the crime was fr...
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Indiana man faces 10th civil suit for molesting childrenApr 02, 2021 7:00 am - JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A southern Indiana man sentenced to 120 years in prison for molesting 20 children while working at a YMCA and an elementary school is facing ...