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Consumer advocates call on regulators to reject rate increases for natural gasMar 28, 2023 1:00 am - Consumer advocates, environmentalists and Chicago residents gathered in front of the Chicago offices of Peoples Gas this week to call on the Illinois Commerce Commission...
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Best bets: Tedeschi Trucks Band, C2E2, Shedd Aquarium sleepover, symphonic 'Star Wars' and moreMar 27, 2023 11:00 pm - Comics, K-pop and ... Cory Matthews? It may have started as the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, but C2E2 has grown beyond just comic books. The convention returns to...
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Tax the rich? Chicago mayoral hopefuls debate city budgetMar 26, 2023 1:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Ken Kunz used to know everyone in the North Side Chicago neighborhood where he's lived for more than 40 years. But crossing paths with old friends is rare...
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Illinois' new paid leave law is a win for workers and a win for businessesMar 26, 2023 1:00 am - It is not often that passage of a new law can be considered both a win for workers and a win for businesses. But in the case of a new paid leave law that was just signed...
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Cat declawing, indoor vaping could be bannedMar 24, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate passed 68 bills this week while the House had advanced 284 as of Friday morning with hundreds more to go before their adjournment for t...
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Find your roots in Fort Wayne: Visit The Genealogy Center on a getaway to Indiana's second cityMar 23, 2023 11:00 pm - I found my great-grandmother in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Actually, she didn't live in Indiana but on an island in the Baltic Sea. After years of searching for her birthplace...
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Debut album 'Motion and Picture' from Chicago band MIIRRORS a reflection of the timesMar 23, 2023 11:00 pm - “Motion and Picture,” the newly released debut album from Chicago band MIIRRORS, first drifts onto the soundscape like a ghost, singer Brian McSweeney's ethereal voc...
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Sound check: Josh Caterer Trio kicks off the weekend at The VenueMar 23, 2023 6:00 am - Rachael Sage at Uncommon Ground Six-time Independent Music Award winner and NYC-based alt-pop singer-songwriter Rachael Sage brings songs from her recent album "Cha...
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House narrowly passes bill allowing all-gender bathroomsMar 23, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House narrowly passed a bill Thursday that would allow businesses, universities and other building owners to designate multi-occupancy all-gen...
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Advocates push for tax credit to increase affordable housing in IllinoisMar 23, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Lawmakers are considering bills that would create a new tax credit for affordable housing, referred to as the Build Illinois Homes Tax Credit. The legislat...