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Illinois House Speaker Madigan ends effort to retain leadership post after being implicated in bribery investigation.Jan 11, 2021 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois House Speaker Madigan ends effort to retain leadership post after being implicated in bribery investigation. ...
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Young Chicago students begin return to classroom learningJan 11, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Public Schools students began their return to the classroom Monday as school doors opened to thousands of pre-kindergarten and some special educat...
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Images: Through the Film Magnifier: Sportsphone, Steve and Garry, circus tryouts, police dogs and more.Jan 11, 2021 4:00 am - See vintage Daily Herald photos of Sportsphone, circus tryouts, Uncle Andy's Cow Palace, Jerry Sloan and more in our latest "Through the Film Magnifier" gallery. ...
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Bill to end Medicaid managed care advances in HouseJan 11, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A House committee on Monday advanced a bill that would end the system of hiring private insurance companies to manage the state's Medicaid program at the e...
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Pritzker weighs in on criminal justice billJan 11, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker took questions on a massive criminal justice omnibus bill backed by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus on Monday, noting he was gener...
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Chapa LaVia out as director of Illinois veterans affairs amid virus spread at facilitiesJan 11, 2021 12:00 am - Amid criticism from veterans advocates and others over her handling of COVID-19 in state-run homes, Aurora resident and former state Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia resigned Mond...
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Illinois in vaccine race against more infectious COVID-19 strainJan 11, 2021 12:00 am - A more infectious strain of COVID-19 likely is circulating in Illinois even as the state and nation struggle to expedite getting vaccines into arms, public health offici...
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Young Chicago students begin return to classroom learningJan 11, 2021 12:00 am - Chicago Public Schools students began their return to the classroom Monday as school doors opened to thousands of pre-kindergarten and some special education students. T...
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'This is not a withdrawal': Madigan suspends campaign for Illinois House speakerJan 11, 2021 12:00 am - In a tersely worded statement, besieged Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan said he is suspending his campaign for reelection as leader and told Democratic rivals it ...
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Cops: Chicago shooter who killed 3 posted social media rantsJan 10, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A man who police say killed three people and wounded four others during a series of shootings in and around Chicago posted nonsensical and expletive-laced...