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Secretary of state calls for new Martin Luther King statue on Capitol groundsMay 04, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White on Tuesday said it's time for the state to construct a new statue commemorating Martin Luther King Jr., as the curr...
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Return of smaller Chicago Auto Show in July touted as return to 'normalcy'May 04, 2021 1:00 am - A smaller, shorter and different-looking Chicago Auto Show is returning to McCormick Place this summer, officials announced Tuesday. Touted by both Chicago and state pol...
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Catholic leaders oppose governor's proposed change to scholarship tax creditsMay 04, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Catholic Conference of Illinois is lobbying against proposed tax changes for the 2022 fiscal year that would reduce an income tax credit gained for don...
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CSO plans to resume in-person concerts May 27 at Symphony CenterMay 04, 2021 1:00 am - The sounds of in-person classical music are returning to Symphony Center. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association on Tuesday announced the first CSO concert performan...
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Why Trump is more likely to win in the GOP than to take his followers to a new third partyMay 03, 2021 7:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Marjorie Hershey, Indiana University (T...
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Sheriff: Wisconsin casino shooter was fired employeeMay 03, 2021 7:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A man who shot and killed two people and wounded a third at a northeastern Wisconsin tribal casino restaurant had been fired from the eatery and ord...
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Puerto Rican man missing in Lake Michigan after capsizeMay 03, 2021 7:00 am - EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) - A Puerto Rican man was identified Monday as the boater missing in Lake Michigan after the vessel he was on capsized. Kelvin Soto Crespo, 20, of...
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Illinois selling James R. Thompson Center in ChicagoMay 03, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois officially placed the James R. Thompson Center that houses state government offices in downtown Chicago up for sale, state officials sa...
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Indiana constitutional fight means tussle among GOP leadersMay 03, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The conservative pushback over Indiana's COVID-19 restrictions is turning into a tangled legal standoff among Republicans who dominate the Statehouse...
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Chicago man who drove into picnickers faces felony chargesMay 03, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A man announced his intent before driving his pickup truck onto a grassy median on Chicago's North Side and striking two people in a group he labeled yupp...