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Trade top pick? Or draft Alabama pass rusher Will Anderson? Bears have optionsMar 06, 2023 12:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS - The Bears need defenders who can disrupt the quarterback. That is no secret. Head coach Matt Eberflus' team finished dead last in the league with 20 sacks...
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Across Illinois, high prices and gaps in available child careMar 06, 2023 12:00 am - In some Illinois communities, finding child care isn't just a routine task for families to work through, but a seemingly impossible dream. In some of those places, costs...
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In Chicago, Army boss' mission is to persuade schools to welcome recruitersMar 05, 2023 12:00 am - Army recruiters struggling to meet enlistment goals say one of their biggest hurdles is getting into high schools, where they can meet students one on one. But they rece...
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United Center concessions workers stage 1-day walkoutMar 05, 2023 12:00 am - Concessions workers at the United Center staged a one-day walkout Sunday that affected food and beverage service during the afternoon's Chicago Bulls game. The brief str...
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A flurry of filings as SAFE-T Act fight heads to state Supreme CourtMar 03, 2023 4:00 am - After a flurry of legal filings this week, the opposing sides in the fight over the elimination of cash bail in Illinois are now less than two weeks away from a SAFE-T A...
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Pritzker touts $70 million plan for addressing teacher shortageMar 03, 2023 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker was in Streamwood on Friday to tout a proposed grant program that would direct $70 million per year over the next three years to school districts faci...
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Democrats push bill to enforce federal anti-discrimination standards in Illinois lawMar 03, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - In response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision restricting the ability of people to recover damages in federal court for certain discrimination claims...
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Bail denied as new details revealed about fatal shooting of Chicago police officerMar 03, 2023 12:00 am - Prosecutors disclosed new details Friday about the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer near a playground at a grade school in Gage Park this week, including the d...
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Chicago police officer dies after he was shot chasing suspectMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - A Chicago police officer died after he was shot Wednesday afternoon, Superintendent David Brown said. The male officer was shot on the city's Southwest Side while respon...
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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and wife to invest $250 million in new Chicago research labMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, are investing $250 million to create a biomedical research facility in Chicago that will bring togethe...