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EPA detects fresh EtO spikes at Sterigenics sites
Stop Sterigenics community group ‘outraged,’ calls protest, renews demand for shutdown
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Sports gambling could raise $100M in state revenue
But Illinois Economic Policy Institute warns it must first undercut betting on the black market
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Ted CoxILEPI, Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, UIUC, Project for Middle Class Renewal, Illinois Sports Betting, Illinois Sports Gambling, Legal Sports Betting, Napoleon Harris III, Tim Butler, J.B. Pritzker
Annual smoking report kicks Illinois in the butts
State gets failing grades almost across board on issues including raising the smoking age to 21
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Ted CoxAmerican Lung Association, Illinois Smoking Age, Chicago Smoking Age, State of Tobacco Control, Donald Trump, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, E-cigarettes, Harold Wimmer, Kathy Drea
Break in China trade talks yields soybean buy
Illinois Farm Bureau calls for efforts to recapture lost trade
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Ted CoxDick Durbin, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Soybeans, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, U.S.-China Trade, Chicago Board of Trade, Terry Linn, E-15, Climate Change, Donald Trump
Mount Carroll lays claim to state record low: -38
State climatologist to lead panel to certify new record as town tries to reclaim top spot for bottom reading
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Congressional Dems meet with Sterigenics heads
But Sterigenics made few if any concessions on ethylene oxide, according to Sen. Durbin
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Ted CoxDick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Michael Petras, Phil MacNabb, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Sotera Health, Ethylene Oxide, Bill Foster, Brad Schneider, Sean Casten, Dan Lipinski, EPA, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Neringa Zymancius
Manar proposes $50M for new SIU capital campus
State senator foresees ‘a significant and lasting impact on downtown Springfield and the capital city at large’
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Ted CoxAndy Manar, J.B. Pritzker, SIU, SIU Springfield, SIUE, SIUC, Illinois Capital Bill, University of Illinois, UIUC, UIC, University of Illinois at Springfield
Segregation: Not just a problem in Chicago area
Governing magazine finds downstate cities Peoria, Danville as segregated as Chicago
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Congressional Dems charge EPA with 'capitulation'
Sens. Duckworth, Durbin lead letter calling for stronger regulations on ethylene oxide
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Sen. Duckworth calls for oversight on EPA hiring
Illinois senator joins Delaware’s Carper in demanding hiring reforms at the Environmental Protection Agency
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Stay warm, stay in, if possible stay warm at home
Gov. Pritzker proclaims disaster, enacts Emergency Preparedness Plan against ‘historic winter storm’ — with list of warming centers
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Ill. sens., reps. cheer reopening, chide Trump
Congressman Garcia charges president instigated ‘made-up crisis at the border’ to ‘portray immigrants in the worst light possible’
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It's peak eagle viewing season at Ill. state parks
Starved Rock holds Eagle Watch Weekend and Bald Eagle Days resume at Pere Marquette
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Chi. commission rubber-stamps Lincoln Yards
Public comment dominated by opponents, but planning panel votes unanimously 10-0 to approve
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Ted CoxBrian Hopkins, Michele Smith, Scott Waguespack, Lincoln Yards, Sterling Bay, Andrea Tolzmann, Raise Your Hand, Raise Your Hand Action, Tom Tresser, TIF Illumination Project, Juanita Irizarry, Friends of the Parks, Amisha Patel, Grassroots Collaborative, Edward Burke, Danny Solis, Tim Tuten, Katie Tuten, Hideout Chicago, Beat Kitchen, Subterranean, CIVL, Peter Landon, Chicago Affordable Housing, Walter Burnett
Pritzker, Frerichs free up $100M to aid gov't workers
‘We have an obligation as a state to do everything we can to help those paying a direct price for the actions of the president,’ says governor
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We're No. 3! In masterpieces of U.S. literature
Illinois ranks behind only N.Y., Calif. in recognized award-winning novels, poems — led by Sandburg, Hemingway
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Ted CoxPulitzer Prize, National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, Literary Hub, Emily Temple, Ernest Hemingway, Carl Sandburg, Archibald MacLeish, Jonathan Franzen, Jennifer Egan
Illinois dumps system blamed for voter suppression
State Board of Elections votes unanimously to drop out of Crosscheck, Kansas voter database protected by Rauner veto
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Pair of bald eagles returns to wild in Greene County
TreeHouse Wildlife Center released two bald eagles in Roodhouse after they were treated for ingesting rat poison
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How was Ill. first on MLK holiday? Washington did it
Future Chicago mayor lobbied in 1973 to make the Rev. Martin Luther King’s birthday a state holiday
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Ted CoxMartin Luther King, Harold Washington, Richard Ogilvie, Dan Walker, Ronald Reagan, Martin Luther King Day, MLK Holiday, Gary Rivlin, Edward Burke, Patrick O'Connor, Council Wars
Duckworth, Durbin call for probe of EPA
Senators charge ‘potential outright misconduct by political appointees’ failing to regulate firms on ethylene oxide like Sterigenics
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Ethylene Oxide, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, EPA, Andrew Wheeler, Tom Carper, Michael Mikulka