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Republicans introduce own ethics bill to get Democrats' attentionMay 18, 2021 5:30 am - Democrat Ann Gillespie of Arlington Heights and Republican John Curran of Downers Grove have competing ethics bills in the Illinois Senate. The question is whether eithe...
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State has fully vaccinated about 44% of eligible IllinoisansMay 18, 2021 1:00 am - About 44% of Illinoisans who are eligible have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Illinois Department of Public Health data indicated Tuesday. Nearly 10.9 million I...
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Senate panel endorses 'media literacy' mandate in schoolsMay 18, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - All high schools in Illinois would be required to offer instruction in how to understand and evaluate news and social media as part of their computer liter...
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Regional superintendents address Illinois' teacher shortageMay 18, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Following a February survey of school districts that illustrated a persistent teacher shortage in the state, the Illinois Association of Regional Superinte...
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Lollapalooza will return to Chicago this summer, for those who get vaccinated or testedMay 18, 2021 1:00 am - COVID-19 won't stop Lollapalooza this year. The music festival will make a comeback July 29 to Aug. 1 in Grant Park at full capacity, Chicago officials announced Tuesday...
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Broadway-bound tuner 'Paradise Square' set to premiere in November in ChicagoMay 17, 2021 11:00 pm - Fourteen months after the pandemic shuttered live theater, the Chicago to Broadway pipeline reopens in November with "Paradise Square," a new musical whose impressive pe...
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Indiana boy, 16, sentenced in fatal shooting of another teenMay 17, 2021 7:00 am - FRANKLIN, Ind. (AP) - A 16-year-old suburban Indianapolis boy charged as an adult in another teen's fatal shooting has been sentenced to more than two years in prison af...
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Indiana ending enhanced pandemic jobless aid next monthMay 17, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana will drop out of the federal program providing an extra $300 in weekly payments to unemployed workers and other programs that expanded unempl...
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Chicago fire crew rescues parrot from office building ledgeMay 17, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Fire Department didn't have to raise a ladder to rescue a cat from a tree over the weekend, but firefighters did grab a pole to snatch a pet p...
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Off-duty Chicago officer killed as SUV leaves road, crashesMay 17, 2021 7:00 am - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - An off-duty Chicago police officer who was killed when the SUV he was driving slammed into a power pole early Monday was fleeing from poli...