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Gambling taxes generated record $1.99 billion for Illinois last year, but can it last?Oct 07, 2023 1:00 am - The expanding array of wagering opportunities in Illinois created the state's largest windfall to date from gambling-related taxes during the last fiscal year. The Illin...
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Tow truck driver for Rolling Meadows company shot, killedOct 06, 2023 1:00 am - A 27-year-old tow truck driver for a Rolling Meadows company was killed early Friday morning while on the job in Chicago's East Garfield Park neighborhood. Jack Jaco...
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Officials: 2 injured when shuttle, plane collide at O'HareOct 06, 2023 1:00 am - Two people were injured when a shuttle bus and an airplane crashed at Chicago O'Hare Airport on Friday evening, the Chicago Fire Department said. A CFD spokesperson ...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear challenge to GOP's maps after liberal justice doesn't recuseOct 06, 2023 1:00 am - MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Supreme Court, in a 4-3 vote along partisan lines Friday, agreed to hear a challenge to Republican-drawn legislative maps after a newly ele...
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Settlement reached in 2017 Rosemont hotel freezer death case, but amount undisclosed for nowOct 05, 2023 9:00 am - The family of a Chicago teen found dead in a Rosemont hotel freezer in 2017 has settled a lawsuit against the hotel, its security company and a restaurant. But attorneys...
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Restart your engines - NASCAR returns to Chicago in 2024Oct 05, 2023 1:00 am - NASCAR stock cars once again will whiz past Buckingham Fountain after Mayor Brandon Johnson gave a green light to the return of the Chicago Street Race in 2024. Johnson'...
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Wisconsin Republicans consider $614 million plan to fund Milwaukee Brewers stadium repairsOct 05, 2023 1:00 am - MADISON, Wis. - The public will get a chance to sound off Thursday on a Republican-authored plan to hand the Milwaukee Brewers more than $614 million in public funding t...
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Sound check: The latest from Sin.; Black Keys, Young the Giant on Q101's Twisted XMAS lineupOct 04, 2023 6:00 am - Sin. in the wings Riding the buzz coming off the two recently released singles ".308 Hate" and "Momfriend," rock foursome Sin. is dropping its new album "Wax Figure...
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United Airlines makes 2nd large order for new planes in less than a year as it renews its fleetOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - CHICAGO - United Airlines is making its second large order of new planes in less than a year, more than 100 in all, as the carrier renews its fleet. The most recent orde...
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Embattled DCFS director resigning in wake of blistering auditor's reportOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - Chicago Sun-Times Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith on Wednesday announced he would step down from his high-profile post by year's ...