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It's supposed to be payday for many federal workers. Instead, they're getting nothing
Andrea Hsu
Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay.
Gov. JB Pritzker signs an executive order in Chicago on Thursday, Oct. 23, creating the Illinois Accountability Commission to document abuses by federal agents.
(Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
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Pritzker forms independent commission to document misconduct of federal agents
Maggie Dougherty
Naperville 4th-grader and "Math Star" Soleha Yuldash
Peter Medlin
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