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As crashes, injuries mount, task force takes aim at Move Over violatorsFeb 19, 2021 4:30 am - You couldn't blame Illinois State Police for feeling like it's déjà vu all over again, in the worst possible way. Two years after a rash of roadside crashes left two sta...
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State tops 2 million vaccine doses givenFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - More than 2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Illinois, state health officials reported Friday. Of the 2,060,706 doses that have now gone i...
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Indiana voucher plan could take 1/3 of school funding boostFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - More than one-third of the proposed state funding hike for Indiana schools could go toward the state's private school voucher program under a Republi...
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Ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to resign seatFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois state Rep. Michael Madigan, a Chicago Democrat who virtually set Illinois' political agenda as House speaker before he was ousted last ...
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Governor signs bill for Indiana COVID-19 lawsuit shieldFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana businesses and others now have broad protections from lawsuits by people blaming them for contracting COVID-19 under a new state law. Republi...
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Black Indiana lawmakers face Republican boos during debateFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Tempers flared among Indiana legislators during a debate Thursday when Black lawmakers were shouted down and booed by some Republicans and two House ...
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1 killed when awning fails at Chicago off-track betting siteFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A man was killed and another injured when an awning at an off-track betting site in Chicago collapsed under the weight of snow, authorities said Wednesday...
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2 more mass vaccination sites to open in southern IllinoisFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - More mass COVID-19 vaccination sites are slated to open this week in southern Illinois, news that comes as nearly 2 millions doses have been admi...
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Correction: Illinois-State Budget storyFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - In a Feb. 17 story about Gov. J.B. Pritzker's budget proposal, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the proposal relied for revenue on...
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Fate of Honest Abe statues under review in Chicago, honestlyFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - A city commission is determining the fate of monuments to Abraham Lincoln and George Washington and other historical figures in Chicago as part of a 'œracial healing and...