Texas Democrats head to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting
CHICAGO — In an extraordinary move to counter Republican redistricting in Texas, dozens of Democrats in the state House of ...
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Man who murdered Palestinian-American child dies in prison
"This depraved killer has died, but the hate is still alive and well, ” the executive director of the Council ...
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Survivors’ lawyers say Illinois has one of nation’s worst records on sex abuse in juvenile detention
CHICAGO -- Illinois has one of the nation’s worst problems with child sex abuse at juvenile detention centers, attorneys representing ...
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Military honors bestowed on Illinois veteran identified nearly a decade after death
CHICAGO -- Standing near the gravestone for the relative he never met, Mark Bailey accepted the crisply folded American flag ...
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Chicago environmental justice group calls for transition to electric trucks » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: Every day, thousands of diesel trucks drive through Little Village and other Latino neighborhoods in southwest Chicago, and the ...
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In an Illinois forest, many buds are forming earlier and leaves are changing color later » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: Near the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a 60-acre forest called Trelease Woods has grown – largely undisturbed – for ...
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Composer weaves climate crisis themes into new choral work » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: From Gregorian chants to gospel hymns, people have long composed music inspired by Christian liturgy. And this spring, a ...
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A toxic site complicates Illinois’ rush to stop invasive Asian carp todayheadline
Last week, Illinois officials took possession of a 50-acre stretch of riverbed in Chicago’s shipping channel in a last-ditch effort ...
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Extreme weather could cause more disruptions to Chicago public transit » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: To get around, hundreds of thousands of Chicagoans ride a bus or the L, the city’s rapid transit system. ...
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Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi launches Illinois Senate campaign, joining a growing field
WASHINGTON — Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi is launching a campaign for the Senate in Illinois, jumping into a growing Democratic primary ...
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