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Illinois joins pact to protect monarch butterflies' habitatSep 26, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Four state agencies have signed a pact to protect monarch butterflies and other important pollinators whose numbers are dwindling. Representati...
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Illinois community forms panel to stop nuclear plant closureSep 26, 2020 7:00 am - BYRON, Ill. (AP) - A local panel was recently formed in an Illinois community in hopes of preventing a nuclear energy company from closing its plant. Byron Station Respo...
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Agriculture workers risk safety and health during pandemicSep 26, 2020 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Pedro Cabrera Flores, 70, had spent the past eight summers packing green beans into cans in Gillett, Wisconsin. In order to be hired again, he had...
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Indiana sheriff says he'll pay settlement in shoving lawsuitSep 26, 2020 7:00 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - A northeastern Indiana sheriff has agreed to pay $55,000 to cover the county's settlement of a lawsuit over allegations that he shoved a 15-year-...
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US colleges struggle to salvage semester amid outbreaksSep 26, 2020 7:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Colleges across the country are struggling to salvage the fall semester amid skyrocketing coronavirus cases, entire dorm complexes and frat houses u...
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New Illinois COVID-19 cases top 2,000 for 3rd day in a rowSep 26, 2020 1:00 am - After running around 1,500 new positive COVID-19 cases a day for the first four days of the week, new cases climbed well above 2,000 for the third day in a row Saturday....
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Votes cast in November will shape Congress through 2030Sep 25, 2020 7:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Robin Best, Binghamton University, Stat...
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Longtime Indiana GOP stalwart Mutz says he'll vote for BidenSep 25, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Longtime Indiana Republican stalwart John Mutz has gone public with his opposition to President Donald Trump, saying in a newspaper column that he wi...
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Peoria woman gets 30 years in park stabbings that killed 1Sep 25, 2020 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for stabbing two people, one fatally, during a fight last year at a park. Jatara Jo...
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Teen charged in Kenosha shootings fights extraditionSep 25, 2020 7:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - The 17-year-old charged in the shooting deaths of two protesters in Wisconsin is fighting his extradition from Illinois, but his attorneys didn't o...