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7 Chicago firefighters injured battling coach house fireFeb 19, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Seven Chicago firefighters were injured battling an extra-alarm fire early Friday in the city's South Side Bridgeport neighborhood, according to fire depa...
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GOP source: Priebus mulling run for Wisconsin governorFeb 19, 2021 6:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Reince Priebus, a former White House chief of staff to Donald Trump, has called Republican donors and power brokers in Wisconsin to discuss a possib...
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Bill seeking ban on local housing rules gets sidelinedFeb 19, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Legislative leaders have sidelined a proposed ban on adopting local housing design standards in Indiana cities and counties. The move came after ethi...
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As crashes, injuries mount, task force takes aim at Move Over violatorsFeb 19, 2021 4:30 am - You couldn't blame Illinois State Police for feeling like it's déjà vu all over again, in the worst possible way. Two years after a rash of roadside crashes left two sta...
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State tops 2 million vaccine doses givenFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - More than 2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Illinois, state health officials reported Friday. Of the 2,060,706 doses that have now gone i...
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Indiana voucher plan could take 1/3 of school funding boostFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - More than one-third of the proposed state funding hike for Indiana schools could go toward the state's private school voucher program under a Republi...
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Ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to resign seatFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois state Rep. Michael Madigan, a Chicago Democrat who virtually set Illinois' political agenda as House speaker before he was ousted last ...
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Governor signs bill for Indiana COVID-19 lawsuit shieldFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana businesses and others now have broad protections from lawsuits by people blaming them for contracting COVID-19 under a new state law. Republi...
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Black Indiana lawmakers face Republican boos during debateFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Tempers flared among Indiana legislators during a debate Thursday when Black lawmakers were shouted down and booed by some Republicans and two House ...
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1 killed when awning fails at Chicago off-track betting siteFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A man was killed and another injured when an awning at an off-track betting site in Chicago collapsed under the weight of snow, authorities said Wednesday...