Associated Press
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A powerful Chicago City Council member was charged Thursday with trying to shake down a fast-food restaurant seeking city remodeling permits.Alderman Ed…
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed a sweeping package of Republican legislation Friday that restricts early voting and weakens the incoming Democratic…
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A wave of bomb threats emailed Thursday to hundreds of schools, businesses and government buildings across the U.S. triggered searches, evacuations and…
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Wisconsin Republicans moved quickly Monday to change the 2020 presidential primary date at a cost of millions of dollars to benefit a conservative state…
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The family of a Northern Illinois University student who died while enduring fraternity hazing has reached a $14 million settlement of their lawsuit.…
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Illinois officials have again denied parole to 79-year-old inmate Chester Weger. He was sentenced to life in prison for the 1960 killings of three…
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Billionaire Democrat J.B. Pritzker has donated $15 million more to his campaign for Illinois governor. This pushed his self-financing total to $161.5…
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Medical marijuana use is up more than 80% in Illinois, with PTSD as the most common condition treated, according to a report by the state Department of…
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A jury has convicted white Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke of second-degree murder in the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.Van Dyke…
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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office has opened an investigation into the management by Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration of a Legionnaire's…