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Nursing home group at odds with Pritzker over payment reformFeb 04, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A political battle is shaping up between Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration and one segment of the nursing home industry over a key element of the governo...
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Authorities: Worker, spouse stole $2.1 million in goods from Carol Stream warehouseFeb 04, 2022 12:00 am - A Chicago couple have been charged with stealing more than $2 million worth of merchandise from a retail distribution company's Carol Stream facility. German Ramirez-Men...
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Sangamon County judge temporarily halts school mask mandate; Pritzker vows appealFeb 04, 2022 12:00 am - A Sangamon County judge issued a temporary restraining order late Friday that could disrupt Gov. J.B. Pritkzer's school mask mandate — a measure that required the use of...
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Ex-Chicago officer who killed Laquan McDonald leaves prisonFeb 03, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke left prison on Thursday after serving less than half of his nearly seven-year sentence for killing Black teen...
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AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. ESTFeb 03, 2022 6:00 am - Biden orders forces to Europe amid stalled Ukraine talks WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is ordering 2,000 U.S.-based troops to Poland and Germany and shifting 1,0...
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GOP reintroduces crime reduction packageFeb 03, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Senate Republicans unveiled an updated package of crime bills this week that they say will help curb violent crime and provide a morale boost to law enforc...
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Ex-Chicago officer who killed Laquan McDonald leaves prisonFeb 03, 2022 12:00 am - Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke left prison on Thursday after serving less than half of his nearly seven-year sentence for killing Black teenager Laquan McD...
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Indiana attorney general billing Texas trip to taxpayersFeb 02, 2022 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita took a state-paid trip to the U.S-Mexican border last week and attended a Donald Trump rally along the way. Roki...
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AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. ESTFeb 02, 2022 6:00 am - Biden orders forces to Europe amid stalled Ukraine talks WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is ordering 2,000 U.S.-based troops to Poland and Germany and shifting 1,0...
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Indiana man gets 55 years in death of victim found in forestFeb 02, 2022 6:00 am - PERU, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana man has been sentenced to 55 years for the 2018 slaying of a man who was found beaten to death with a pipe in a state forest. A Miam...