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Illinois-made 'Coolest Thing' keeps ice off traffic lightsMar 29, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The next time you're in a blinding snowstorm but can clearly see the traffic signal ahead, thank the producers of 'Ε“The Coolest Thing Made in Il...
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Auto dealers sue Jesse White's office, electric vehicle companiesMar 29, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Automobile Dealers Association has filed a lawsuit against Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White's office, alleging that White is allowing u...
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COVID-19 update: All Illinois restaurant workers now eligible for vaccineMar 29, 2021 1:00 am - Sylvia Masters is seeing some familiar faces again at the breakfast restaurant she owns in Carol Stream. The regulars, the old-timers who used to fill the booths at Map...
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Vaccine sites in Kane, Lake and Will counties will take all eligible IllinoisansMar 29, 2021 1:00 am - Starting this week, new mass vaccination clinics in Kane, Lake and Will counties will offer COVID-19 shots to anyone eligible in the state. Illinois is expanding vaccin...
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Union-backed coalition outlines broad new energy planMar 29, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A coalition of lawmakers and labor unions introduced another regulatory overhaul bill that focuses on employing union workers as the state begins to transi...
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Picking up highway litter costs state $6M a yearMar 28, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Before you toss trash out the car window while cruising down an Illinois highway, think of this: Taxpayers pay $6 million a year to clean it up....
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Sterling enthusiast opens boxing club in his garageMar 28, 2021 7:00 am - STERLING, Ill. (AP) - Steve Mazzarisi has taken a few blows to the body over his 60 years, but the local boxing enthusiast always gets back up on his feet again. Even wh...
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Police car Dillinger stole in jailbreak returning to IndianaMar 28, 2021 7:00 am - CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A police car that notorious 1930s gangster John Dillinger stole after his daring escape from a northwest Indiana jail will get a police motorcad...
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More than 16% of Illinoisans fully vaccinated; COVID-19 hospitalizations on the riseMar 28, 2021 1:00 am - While Illinois public health officials announced Sunday more than 16% of the state's population is now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, hospitalizations from the virus...
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NIPSCO utility adds more wind, solar power to its portfolioMar 27, 2021 7:00 am - MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Northern Indiana Public Service Co. is adding more than 400 megawatts of wind and solar power to its energy portfolio in the utility's latest s...