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Deere & Co laying off 42 at Waterloo location on May 4Feb 28, 2020 6:00 am - WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - Deere & Co. plans to lay off 42 workers in Waterloo - the latest round of layoffs in the state the farm equipment maker has announced in recent mon...
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Senate panel alters bill that would slow coal plant closuresFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An Indiana Senate panel has passed a stripped-down version of a bill consumer and environmental groups have argued could stifle growth in renewable e...
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Judge acquits Amtrak officer in fatal Chicago shootingFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A judge on Friday acquitted an Amtrak police officer of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Minnesota man at a major train station in ...
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5 Chicago cops injured in traffic crashFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Five Chicago police officers were injured when their cars crashed into each other late Thursday night, the department said. The three officers in an unma...
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High-tech Chicago exhibit puts visitors eye-to-eye with MLKFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Imagine being so close to Martin Luther King Jr. as he gives one of the world's most famous speeches that you notice the creases in his face and then real...
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Chicago schools drop Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples DayFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's public schools will no longer observe Columbus Day, replacing that October school holiday with Indigenous Peoples Day, with civic and political ...
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Illinois EPA tackling next vaping problem: toxic wasteFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - As people worry about the negative effects that electronic cigarettes and vaping pens may have on users' health, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agen...
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Pritzker says current coronavirus risk low, but public health agencies prepared for possible spreadFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread around the world, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot insisted Friday that state and loc...
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Lightfoot: No plans to change city holiday of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples DayFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday she has no plans to duplicate at the city level what her hand-picked school board just did, infuriating some Italian Americans. That is,...
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Pritzker appoints Costello as new agriculture directorFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - This story has been corrected to say that Jerry Costello grew up in Belleville. SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday appointed former state Rep. Jerry Costell...