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'There's a real human impact here': Pritzker announces $711 million in budget cutsDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. JB Pritzker announced $711 million in spending cuts on Tuesday, calling it a "first step" in closing a $3.9 billion revenue shortfall in the current f...
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Chicago's 1st COVID-19 vaccines given at West Side hospitalDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - Health care workers in Chicago and Peoria received the first COVID-19 vaccinations Tuesday during ceremonial events attended by top elected officials. Five health care w...
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First health care workers in Illinois get COVID-19 vaccinesDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - Applause erupted as doctors and nurses received COVID-19 shots in Chicago and Peoria Tuesday, a positive step after months of a seemingly uncontainable pandemic that has...
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Indiana presidential electors award Trump, Pence 11 votesDec 14, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's 11 representatives to the Electoral College unanimously cast their votes Monday for President Donald Trump. The ceremonial voting process w...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court rules against Trump's attempt to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the stateDec 14, 2020 6:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin Supreme Court rules against Trump's attempt to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the state. ...
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Publishing saw upheaval in 2020, but 'books are resilient'Dec 14, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Book publishing in 2020 was a story of how much an industry can change and how much it can, or wants to, remain the same. 'œA lot of what has happened t...
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Why getting back to 'normal' doesn't have to involve police in schoolsDec 14, 2020 6:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Stanley S. Litow, Duke University (THE ...
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Man charged in March killing of 15-year-old Chicago boyDec 14, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An Evanston man has been charged in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Chicago boy found dead in an alley last March. A judge on Sunday ordered Eric Gunn...
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Report: Raising average Indiana teacher pay would cost $600MDec 14, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A panel tasked with finding ways to make Indiana teacher salaries more competitive released its long-awaited report on Monday, recommending a mix of ...
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Puerto Rico wants statehood '“ but only Congress can make it the 51st state in the United StatesDec 14, 2020 6:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Rashid Carlos Jamil Marcano Rivera, Ind...