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Pritzker bans private detention centers
Immigration battle finds Illinois, Chicago on the front lines against Trump
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Trump Immigration, U.S. Immigration, U.S. Undocumented Immigrants, Dick Durbin, Lori Lightfoot, J.B. Pritzker, Kelly Cassidy, Jared Anderson, Rossana Rodriguez, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa
Pritzker signs bills applying 'tourniquet' on ethylene oxide
Lake County finds new EtO spike near Medline in Waukegan
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Ted CoxEthylene Oxide, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, J.B. Pritzker, Jim Durkin, Melinda Bush, Stop EtO, Matt Haller, Colleen Haller, IEPA, EPA, Tea Tanaka
Grassroots groups ask injunction against Chicago River development
Court filing charges subsidies don’t pass the ‘but for’ test on need
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Ted CoxAmisha Patel, Aneel Chablani, Grassroots Collaborative, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Lincoln Yards, Lincoln Yards TIF, Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education, Sterling Bay, Brenda Delgado, Megan Reif, National Lawyers' Center for Civil Rights Law, Rahm Emanuel, Lori Lightfoot, Joe Ferguson
Planned Parenthood Ill. rejects Trump gag rule
Organization refuses to compromise health care, drops out of Title X program
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Ted CoxPlanned Parenthood of Illinois, Planned Parenthood, Donald Trump, Jennifer Welch, Title X Gag Rule, Title X, Reproductive Rights, Abortion Rights, Illinois Abortion Rights, Jan Schakowsky, Dick Durbin
Panel debates Universal Basic Income
First we have to confront our biases, then we have to trust those in need to know what’s best for themselves
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Ted CoxUniversal Basic Income, Earned Income Tax Credit, Ebony Scott, Family Independence Initiative, Lauren Burns-Coady, Jain Family Institute, Jain Family Institute Guaranteed Income Initiative, Ameya Pawar, Metropolitan Planning Council, Milton Friedman, Martin Luther King, Lori Lightfoot, Chicago DFSS
Schakowsky, Casten join calls for impeachment
Leading House Democrat and freshman congressman say the time has come to hold Trump accountable
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Ted CoxJan Schakowsky, Sean Casten, Donald Trump, Trump Impeachment, Nancy Pelosi, Mike Quigley, Danny Davis, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Bobby Rush, Robert Mueller, Mueller Report
Duckworth gets U.S. commitments on Amtrak
Trump administration endorses better on-time performance, Chicago-Quad Cities line
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Ted CoxTammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Amtrak, Amtrak Chicago-Quad Cities, Amtrak Saluki Line, Federal Railroad Administration, Ronald Batory, IDOT, Iowa Interstate Railroad, Barack Obama, Bruce Rauner, Cheri Bustos, J.B. Pritzker
Pritzker proclaims Juneteenth in Illinois
Michelle Duster, Myiti Sengstacke-Rice, Haki Madhubuti honored in ceremony at Thompson Center
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Donald Trump, Michelle Duster, Myiti Sengstacke-Rice, Haki Madhubuti, Illinois Human Rights Council, Ida B. Wells, Juneteenth, Gordon Granger, Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation, Slavery, Slavery Reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Brady: Fair tax 'must be defeated'
Senate minority leader lauds bipartisan approach — but only up to a point
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Ted CoxBill Brady, J.B. Pritzker, Jim Durkin, City Club of Chicago, Illinois Capital Bill, Illinois Infrastructure, Illinois Minimum Wage, $15 Minimum Wage, Legal Marijuana, Illinois Legalization, Reproductive Health Act, Illinois Reproductive Rights, Pritzker Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Property Taxes, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump, Illinois Pensions, Gerrymandering
Farm flooding ripples across economy
Seeds, silos, semi drivers also see losses as farmers throw up hands
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Ted CoxIllinois Corn, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Soybean Growers, Donald Trump, USDA, USDA Crop Progress, Illinois Farm Bureau, Lynn Rohrscheib, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, J.B. Pritzker, FEMA
Renewable energy tops coal for capacity
Capacity isn’t actual generation, cautions research group, but U.S. trend is clear
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Rep. Garcia calls Trump 'rather treasonous'
Congressman re-endorses impeachment probe as Trump invites more foreign meddling in 2020
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, George Stephanopoulos, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump Jr., Trump Collusion, Trump Obstruction, Trump Impeachment, Robert Mueller, William Barr, Justin Amash, Chris Wray, Election Meddling, Election Security
Trump administration delays monarch decision
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service puts off ruling on butterfly as endangered species
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Ted CoxLyndsey Ramsey, Illinois Farm Bureau, Monarch Butterflies, Illinois Monarch Project, Donald Trump, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, EPA, Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, Jen Walling, Lindsay Keeney, Greg Sheehan
Raja smokes out JUUL on teen marketing
E-cigarette firm faces House subcommittee probe into efforts to hook teen smokers
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Pritzker signs Reproductive Health Act
Illinois proudly defies national trend to strengthen women’s rights
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Kelly Cassidy, Melinda Bush, Jennifer Welch, Colleen Connell, Reproductive Health Act, Illinois Abortion Rights, ACLU of Illinois, Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Abortion Rights, Roe v. Wade, Illinois House Freshman Caucus
Chicago Clerk Valencia releases report on fees
Panel on fines recommends debt forgiveness, payment plans, new financial justice director
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Corn, soybeans stage a comeback
Ill. farmers plant more than a quarter of crop in a week, but still face record for prevented-plant claims
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Feed the hungry, create jobs
Food-stamp study finds impact especially strong during Great Recession in rural communities
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Duckworth, Stratton lead suffrage celebration
Women’s groups, politicians mark centennial of Ill. ratifying 19th Amendment
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Ted CoxTammy Duckworth, Juliana Stratton, Melinda Bush, Audra Wilson, League of Women Voters of Illinois, League of Women Voters., 19th Am, 19th Amendment, Reproductive Health Act, J.B. Pritzker, Voter Suppression, Women's Rights, Women's Right to Vote
Trump drops tariffs on earlier concessions
President abruptly abandons trade barriers citing pledges Mexico already made
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