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Mar 17

WATCH: Primary election coverage for Florida, Illinois and Arizona

The new coronavirus hampered some balloting in Florida, Illinois and Arizona on Tuesday, and has cast a shadow over the Democratic primary race.

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Mar 17

WATCH: Illinois governor gives coronavirus update

By Joshua Barajas

Pritzker is expected to speak at 3:30 p.m. ET today. Watch the governor's remarks here.

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Feb 09

Unique Illinois privacy law leads to $550M Facebook deal

By Kathleen Foody, Associated Press

Facebook has agreed to a $550 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit that accuses it of violating the rights of millions of Illinois users by harvesting their biometric data without permission.

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Dec 31

Illinois governor clears thousands of marijuana convictions

By Kathleen Foody, Associated Press

Illinois' governor granted more than 11,000 pardons for low-level marijuana convictions on Tuesday, describing the step as a first wave of thousands of such expungements anticipated under the state's new marijuana legalization law.

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Dec 30

Newly legal pot sales in some Midwestern states may spark tensions with others

By Kathleen Foody, David Eggert, Associated Press

Retailers legally selling marijuana for the past month in Michigan say they have drawn customers from surrounding Midwestern states where the drug remains illegal and, as Illinois prepares to joins the recreational market on Wednesday, officials are renewing warnings to…

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Nov 30

Watch 6:45
How Illinois schools put thousands of children in seclusion

By PBS NewsHour

Hundreds of Illinois schools in 2017 and 2018 were secluding children in isolation rooms at alarming rates and often for reasons that violated the law, an investigation by the Chicago Tribune and ProPublica found. At least 20,000 children were put…

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Oct 23

As teachers strike, Chicago mayor offers plan to fix $838 million deficit

By Kathleen Foody, Associated Press

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who's still trying to settle a nearly week-old teacher's strike, proposed a combination of debt refinancing, tax and fee hikes and assistance from the state Legislature on Wednesday to close a massive $838 million budget deficit.

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Sep 14

Watch 12:04
Convicted of murder, but a police officer pulled the trigger

By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman

In 2015, an Alabama police officer shot and killed a teenager burglarizing a home. While the officer was cleared, four other teens who were involved in the crime were all charged with their friend’s murder. But how can that be?…

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Sep 13

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Admissions scandal highlights ‘disconnect’ between colleges’ message and action

The college admissions scandal that engulfed several Hollywood figures this year has essentially delivered a public indictment of some elite institutions. It has also sparked a larger conversation about admissions, access and inequity throughout American higher education. Paul Tough has…

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Aug 25

Ex-Rep. Joe Walsh making longshot GOP challenge to Trump

By Tom Davies, Associated Press

Joe Walsh, a former Illinois congressman and tea party favorite turned radio talk show host, announced a challenge Sunday to President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination in 2020, saying the incumbent is unfit for office and must be denied…

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