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Legislative watchdog bemoaned as too weak to matter in IllinoisFeb 06, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Investigations into misconduct by Illinois lawmakers should be confidential and free of oversight, particularly from legislators themselves, the General A...
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The big star of the Chicago Auto Show is ... the minivan?Feb 06, 2020 12:00 am - While Ford's electric Mustang Mach-E and Toyota's 2021 Highlander XSE SUV sucked up a lot of oxygen at the Chicago Auto Show's media preview Thursday, a few unlikely sta...
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Karen Pence touts Trump's reelection bid with Indiana filingFeb 05, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence's wife returned Wednesday to the Indiana Statehouse where her husband used to serve as governor, filing paperwork to put Pr...
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Business executive drops out of Indiana gubernatorial raceFeb 05, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Longtime health care business executive Woody Myers on Wednesday became the presumptive Democratic nominee to challenge Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb as ...
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Lawmakers override veto of aircraft tax breakFeb 05, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois lawmakers have voted to override a veto by Gov. J.B. Pritzker that protects a tax exemption on aircraft parts. A 54-1 Senate vote Wedn...
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SW Indiana man pleads guilty to abusing elderly disabled manFeb 05, 2020 6:00 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A southwestern Indiana man has pleaded guilty to charges that he put an elderly disabled man in a headlock and otherwise abused him while working...
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13th Republican joins campaign for US Rep. Brooks' seatFeb 05, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A state senator has become the 13th candidate in a crowded Republican field seeking the central Indiana congressional seat being given up by GOP Rep....
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US investigates discipline disparity in South Bend schoolsFeb 05, 2020 6:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - U.S. Department of Justice officials are visiting multiple South Bend schools to investigate racial disparities in student discipline that leaves...
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Indiana bridge indefinitely closed after truck strikes frameFeb 05, 2020 6:00 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - An 80-year-old bridge in southwestern Indiana is now closed indefinitely after inspectors found that it sustained major damage when a truck carry...
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Chicago schools inspector general admits to being tough bossFeb 05, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The inspector general of Chicago Public Schools since 2014 who was asked to step down by Mayor Lori Lightfoot admitted Wednesday to being an "impatient bo...