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Lawmakers consider major changes to Indiana curriculum billFeb 15, 2022 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A contentious Indiana bill that Republican lawmakers say would increase transparency of school curricula could undergo significant changes Wednesday ...
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'A bit opaque' and confidential: Behind Illinois' gubernatorial pardon processFeb 15, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Jerame Simmons got his long-held wish in December when he became the chief of the fire department that dismissed him 24 years ago after he was charged with...
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Hospitalizations on track for Feb. 28 lifting of state mask mandateFeb 15, 2022 12:00 am - COVID-19 hospitalization averages dropped by 65% in recent days compared to January, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Tuesday. The seven-day average for ...
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GOP lawmakers back effort to give DCFS workers pepper sprayFeb 15, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Republican lawmakers are calling for the passage of legislation that would allow Department of Children and Family Services workers to carry pepper spray f...
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Pritzker touts initiatives aimed at expanding health care workforceFeb 15, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker continued to promote his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year Tuesday, outlining his plan for rebuilding the state's health care...
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Legislative panel suspends COVID-19 rules for schoolsFeb 15, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A legislative panel on Tuesday voted to suspend the latest version of COVID-19 mitigations for public schools, which include requiring face masks, saying i...
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Ticket broker who scammed White Sox sent to prisonFeb 15, 2022 12:00 am - A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a prolific ticket broker convicted of a lucrative yearslong scam of the Chicago White Sox to 1½ years in prison. A January 2020 indi...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne, 3M fall; Splunk, TreeHouse Foods riseFeb 14, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Cornerstone Building Brands Inc., up $4.04 to $22.44. Investor Clayton, Dubilier & Ri...
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Michigan town holds parade for 40-year-old gold medalistFeb 14, 2022 6:00 am - IRON RIVER, Mich. (AP) - A 40-year-old snowboarder who won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics was honored Monday with a parade in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Nick Baumg...
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Indiana lawmakers turn down changes to mail-in voting rulesFeb 14, 2022 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An Indiana legislative committee on Monday turned aside a proposal that aimed to tighten the state law on the increasingly popular practice of voting...