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Chicago teachers warned they won't be paid if they don't show up on MondayJan 08, 2021 12:00 am - Chicago Public Schools will move ahead with its plans to reopen classrooms Monday, and staff members who are supposed to report to schools but don't show up will not be ...
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Suburban COVID-19 cases rise at long-term-care facilities even as vaccines beginJan 08, 2021 12:00 am - Of the nearly 750 Illinois residents who died from COVID-19 over the past week, almost half were residents of the state's long-term care facilities. That's according to ...
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Pritzker proposes federal tax decoupling to save $500MJan 08, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday proposed changes in Illinois tax law that would save the state $500 million during a budget crisis. The Democrat also froze th...
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Congresswoman apologizes for citing Hitler in speech to groupJan 08, 2021 12:00 am - U.S. Rep. Mary Miller apologized today for quoting Adolf Hitler at a rally outside the U.S. Capitol this week. In a statement, the newly sworn-in downstate Republican or...
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AP-Sportlight-Week AheadJan 07, 2021 6:00 am - Jan. 9 1942 - Joe Louis knocks out Buddy Baer with four seconds left in the first round at Madison Square Garden in New York to retain the world heavyweight title. 1977 ...
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Indiana reports 81 more COVID-19 deaths, 7,344 more casesJan 07, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana health officials reported 7,344 new coronavirus infections and 81 additional COVID-19 deaths Thursday as the state continued to see expected ...
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Fire kills Chicago boy after he and siblings left aloneJan 07, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A 6-year-old boy died in a fire in a home on Chicago's South Side on Wednesday night after he and four other children were left there alone, authorities s...
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Deal reached on project to protect lakes from invasive fishJan 07, 2021 6:00 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Michigan, Illinois and a federal agency have agreed on funding the next phase of an initiative to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes by s...
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Holding company buys Lake Michigan car ferry SS BadgerJan 07, 2021 6:00 am - LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) - A coal-fired ferry that carries people and cars across Lake Michigan between Michigan and Wisconsin has been sold. Interlake Holding Co. announce...
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Indiana Sen. Braun dropped Biden objection after Capitol mobJan 07, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Republican Indiana Sen. Mike Braun dropped his objections to Joe Biden's Electoral College votes after a mob of President Donald Trump supporters sto...