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Saturday is the last day for Illinois residents to claim a cut of $100 million Google Photos privacy settlement

Illinois residents have until Saturday to submit claims for their cut of a $100 million class-action settlement reached this spring in a lawsuit against Google over alleged violations of the state’s biometric privacy law.

Chicago Tribune

Figuring bowhunting for deer in Illinois as the season opener comes Oct. 1

Figuring the changes and what the data means for deer hunting by Illinois bowhunters as the season opener comes Oct. 1.

Chicago Sun-Times

State Sen. Emil Jones III pleads not guilty to federal bribery charges

Jones allegedly agreed to protect the red-light camera company SafeSpeed from legislation in the Illinois General Assembly in exchange for $5,000 and a job for an unnamed associate. Then, the state senator allegedly lied to the FBI about it.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Police: Inmates got out of Illinois jail with pandemic loans

More than two dozen people have been charged in Illinois with fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief money, with authorities alleging some of them were behind bars when they used their relief money to post bond and free themselves from jail

The Independent UK

WATCH: Chicago Rapper Vic Mensa Seen Giving Away $10K In Free Gas As He Promotes His New Weed Brand

Chicago rapper, actor and activist Vic Mensa recently unveiled his new brand 93 Boyz, an equity-focused cannabis company - and the first Black-owned and led weed business in the state of Illinois.

Benzinga

Heads up for waterfowl hunters: Be aware of avian flu and proper precautions during hunting seasons

Avian flu is expected to spike again and Illinois is the latest Lake Michigan state to advice waterfowl hunters on what to notice and precautions for the upcoming seasons.

Chicago Sun-Times

Amendment 1 is a property tax hike in disguise

Passage of Amendment 1, on the November ballot, would put Illinoisans’ pocketbooks at risk of another hit during a time when it is already difficult to make ends meet.

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Charges against state Sen. Emil Jones III show cheap price of corruption in Illinois

The paltry $5,000 kickback Emil Jones III was allegedly promised in a scheme with the red-light camera company SafeSpeed LLC is indicative of how easily some of our elected leaders can apparently be bought off.

Chicago Sun-Times

AP Week 5 Illinois high school football rankings

The latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters.

Chicago Sun-Times

2 Claim Mega Millions Prize; 3rd-Largest US Lottery Jackpot

Two people who wish to remain anonymous have claimed a $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot after a single ticket to the late July drawing was sold in a Chicago suburb, opting to take a lump sum payment of $780.5 million, lottery officials said Wednesday. The Illinois Lottery said the prize…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Illinois vs Chattanooga Prediction, Game Preview

Illinois vs Chattanooga game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 4 game on Thursday, September 22

USA Today Sports Media Group

Two people who agreed to split the Mega Millions jackpot have claimed the prize

The Illinois Lottery said the $1.337 billion prize for the July 29 drawing was claimed by two people who wish to remain anonymous. They chose a lump sum payment of $780.5 million.

WEKU

Amid mounting pushback, Illinois drag queens push forward

For the last four years on the third Sunday of every month, drag queen Ginger Forest heads to Jerry’s Sandwiches in Lincoln Square just in time for brunch. She’s there to put on a show.

Chicago Tribune

Naturalization ceremony in Daley Plaza results in 63 new U.S. citizens

“This is the first step in achieving most of the goals I’ve set for myself,” said Sharon Celestine, 20, who came to Chicago from Nigeria.

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The Independent UK

Jury awards Illinois woman $363M in suit over plant's gas

A jury has awarded $363 million to a woman who alleged that a now-shuttered suburban Chicago plant that sterilized medical equipment exposed residents to a toxic industrial gas and gave her breast cancer

Chicago Sun-Times

State Sen. Emil Jones III hit with federal bribery charges tied to red-light camera investigation

The son of former Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr. is also charged with lying to the FBI.

Roll Call

One more football game for Rep. Rodney Davis - Roll Call

Is it ‘easier to play in the NFL’ than serve in Congress? This Illinois Republican weighs in ahead of his final Congressional Football Game.

Chicago Sun-Times

The persistent problem of preschool expulsions

Illinois enacted a law in 2018 aimed at curbing preschool expulsions. Progress has been made, but racial disparities in expulsions persist, a UIC expert says.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Teaching students to scrutinize online fact from fiction

Anew Illinois law allows high schools to teach media literacy to students in all subjects. In case skeptics are tempted to portray this as some kind of underground conspiracy to indoctrinate kids, it’s exactly the opposite. There’s no agenda here other than to arm young people with better tools to…

Chicago Sun-Times

What’s at stake in Illinois, now that Indiana has made most abortions illegal

Indiana has joined surrounding states that also have abortion restrictions. In Illinois, we expect to see an additional 20,000 to 30,000 extra patients travel to our state for abortion care in the next year.

Chicago Tribune

Jury says Sterigenics should pay $363 million to Illinois woman for exposing her to cancer-causing ethylene oxide

Sterigenics, its parent company and a corporate predecessor should pay $363 million in damages for exposing a Willowbrook, Illinois, woman and thousands of others to cancer-causing ethylene oxide pollution, a Cook County jury decided Monday.

Chicago Tribune

Data centers booming in Illinois with addition of $2.5 billion site planned for former United Airlines headquarters

Construction has begun at the site of the former United Airlines headquarters in Mount Prospect, Illinois, with recent demolition at the property clearing the way for the creation of a $2.5 billion data center campus expected to launch in 2024.

Chicago Tribune

An Illinois man is serving a life sentence for 6 grams of cocaine. He is fighting to be freed

CHICAGO — Michael Lightfoot is 66 years old. He survived prostate cancer. He has grandchildren and great-grandchildren who love him. He has health problems and doesn’t think he has that much time left.

Tribune News Service

No simple solution to helping voters in jail cast ballots

Each election cycle, thousands of eligible voters are effectively disenfranchised because they sit in a jail cell.

Tribune News Service

How Jacob Grandison went from having one college offer to playing for Duke basketball

College basketball became a young man’s sport at Duke over the past decade, as a parade of one-and-done players starred for the Blue Devils then moved on to NBA riches.

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