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Chicago man dies in I-290 crash near ItascaMay 06, 2021 1:00 am - A Chicago man died after a crash Thursday on I-290 near Itasca, police said. The man, 53, was driving his green 1997 Jeep Wrangler east on I-290 east of I-390 about 12:2...
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Law enforcement community honors officers killed in the line of dutyMay 06, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - After a delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic last year, members of Illinois' law enforcement community gathered in Springfield Thursday to honor officers kil...
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Illinois attorney general responds to cybersecurity attack, audit warningMay 06, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Wednesday addressed the recent cyber breach of his office's online network, as well as an audit of his office rele...
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85% of Illinoisans 65 and older have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine doseMay 06, 2021 1:00 am - Eighty-five percent of Illinoisans 65 and older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, state health officials report. That's one metric used to determine...
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Why federal judge's ruling on evictions won't affect IllinoisMay 06, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A federal judge invalidated a nationwide eviction moratorium on Wednesday, but the decision will not affect the moratorium on rental evictions in Illinois,...
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Pritzker now says budget can include added $350 million for schoolsMay 06, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Citing an "improved" economic outlook, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday his support to increase evidence-based education funding in the state by $350 ...
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GOP leaders again call out House Dems for redistricting 'hypocrisy'May 06, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois House Republicans continue to demand a "fair" redistricting process, following a news report depicting Democratic lawmakers meeting behind a close...
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GOP senators call for standardized election procedures across all countiesMay 06, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Two Republican senators have introduced legislation to standardize the way local authorities across Illinois handle elections, from the training of electio...
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Top Chicago prosecutor apologizes for false Toledo gun claimMay 05, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's top prosecutor apologized Wednesday because an attorney who works under her implied in court that 13-year-old Adam Toledo was holding a gun when...
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Top court spurns appeal in Ball State student's 1994 killingMay 05, 2021 7:00 am - MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has rebuffed a central Indiana man's appeal of his life sentence for fatally shooting a Ball State University student in 1994 ...