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Pritzker, GOP leaders ramp up graduated tax debate after threat of 20% increaseSep 25, 2020 1:00 am - In dueling press briefings Friday, Illinois House Republican leaders said the Pritzker administration "threatened" a big tax increase if voters don't approve a graduated...
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Lightfoot defends using electronic billboards honor Breonna TaylorSep 25, 2020 1:00 am - Mayor Lori Lightfoot was accused Friday of "hijacking" the city's access to electronic billboards for public service announcements to make a "political statement" to rem...
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Illinois records 25 more COVID-19 deaths, another 2,514 infectedSep 25, 2020 1:00 am - State health officials reported 25 more COVID-19 deaths today, as well as 2,514 more new cases of the disease. That brings the state's death toll to 8,563 since the outb...
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IU chief to ask trustees to strike name of eugenics backerSep 24, 2020 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - The president of Indiana University announced Thursday he will recommend the school's trustees remove from the Bloomington campus the name of on...
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Records: Mail delivery lags behind targets as election nearsSep 24, 2020 7:00 am - The slice of Michigan that covers Detroit, its suburbs and towns dependent on the auto industry is coveted political terrain in one of this year's most important preside...
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Court upholds death sentence for man who killed girlfriendSep 24, 2020 7:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence for an Illinois man convicted of abducting his estranged girlfriend from Kentucky in 2...
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Indiana chief justice recovering from COVID-19 illnessSep 24, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush said Thursday she is still dealing with her COVID-19 illness as she joined the first state Supreme Court arguments...
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2 found dead, 1 shot, in burning home in small Indiana townSep 24, 2020 7:00 am - BURLINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Police investigating the deaths of a man and a woman whose bodies were found in a burning home in a small north-central Indiana town say the woma...
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Pompeo shatters diplomatic norms with political appearancesSep 24, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Undaunted by criticism, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is forging ahead with a series of events that have overtly political overtones ahead of the Nove...
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Kenosha shooter's defense portrays him as 'American patriot'Sep 24, 2020 7:00 am - The way lawyers for Kyle Rittenhouse tell it, he wasn't just a scared teenager acting in self-defense when he shot to death two Kenosha, Wisconsin, protesters. He was a ...