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More High-Speed Rail Money On Its Way To Illinois
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation Wednesday announced that it has awarded $186 million to enable existing rails between Joliet and Dwight.
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The U.S. Dept. of Transportation Wednesday announced that it has awarded $186 million to enable existing rails between Joliet and Dwight.
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If a bill now before the Illinois Senate is passed, private consortiums could soon be battling for the right to build a bullet train that could link downtown Chicago with O'Hare and Rockford International Airport.
Two off-duty U.S. marshals shot a man in the northwest side Logan Square neighborhood Friday night.
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A top Regional Transportation Authority official says the agency should think twice about buying a fleet of natural gas-powered buses.
Three days after he was released from the hospital, Northern Illinois University football player Devon Butler was back at school, talking about the shooting that left him critically wounded earlier this month.
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A west suburban congressman who clamped new restrictions on teen drivers in Illinois as a state legislator in 2007 now wants to extend the restrictions nationwide.
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President Barack Obama headed back to Washington today, after a big night on the town to kick off his reelection campaign.
President Obama hopes to translate hometown support into campaign contributions Thursday at three evening fund-raising events.
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Sen. Mark Kirk predicted a final-hour agreement on a stopgap spending bill. But that is not why Illinois' junior senator is pleased with the budget compromise announced late Friday.
Public hearings are underway on plans to close or consolidate a handful of Chicago Public Schools.
It includes a 6,000-seat music hall, an elevated park, new parking and transportation, and hotel and retail spaces.
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Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle stepped down from her role after facing calls to resign after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
Vice President Kamala Harris has already secured the endorsements of a majority of the Democratic delegates who will vote on her presidential nomination.
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Bally's took possession of the River West property July 5.
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Sonya Massey's family and their lawyer Ben Crump met meeting with Governor JB Pritzker at a church in Springfield.
The video shows the chaotic scene after a sheriff's deputy shot Massey, who is Black, in the face during a tense moment over a pot of water.
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The Civilian Office of Police Accountability is investigating.
It includes a 6,000-seat music hall, an elevated park, new parking and transportation, and hotel and retail spaces.
Former Secret Service agent McCarthy said security for both conventions is now even under more scrutiny since the assassination attempt on former President Trump.
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The former University of Illinois football player had been hired at Aunt Martha's despite having a criminal conviction on his record.
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