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McCarthy ousted as speaker — how House members from Illinois voted

The three Illinois Republicans in the House, Mary Miller, Darin LaHood and Mike Bost, voted to keep McCarthy as speaker. All 14 Democrats from Illinois voted to remove him.

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Banned any books lately?

Book banning is on the rise; Illinois has a law against it, but individuals get around the law with their own personal book bans.

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Chicago fishing: Heat may disrupt start of C&R trout season in Illinois

Fishing through the fall heat, including a possible delay in the early C&R trout season in Illinois, leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

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Bally’s casino at Medinah Temple will ‘secure Chicago’s fiscally strong and vibrant future,’ Johnson says

Johnson helped cut the ceremonial ribbon Tuesday at Medinah Temple, which is expected to take bets for the next three years while a bigger permanent casino is built in River West.

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Chemical exposure killed 5 in central Illinois crash, preliminary autopsies find

Preliminary autopsies show that five people who were killed in a central Illinois crash involving a semitruck carrying anhydrous ammonia died from exposure to the caustic chemical.

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104-year-old Chicago woman sets Guinness World Record as oldest person to skydive

A 104-year-old Chicago woman is hoping to be certified as the oldest person to ever skydive after making a tandem jump Sunday and landing 13,500 feet later at a northern Illinois airport

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Racist propaganda, antisemitic acts spiked in Illinois last year, report shows

“In some ways, we think that we live in Illinois and somehow we’re immune to this,” said David Goldenberg, the Midwest director of the Anti-Defamation League that issued the “Hate in the Prairie State” report.

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Illinois sues alternate electric supplier for ‘deceptive’ tactics that may have cost residents $15 million

The 50-page complaint filed Sept. 29 listed out instances in which some customers had their energy costs tripled; on average, the company’s rates were nearly double those offered by ComEd in 2020.

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5 died of exposure to chemical in central Illinois crash, preliminary autopsies find

Five people who were killed in a central Illinois crash involving a semitruck carrying anhydrous ammonia died from exposure to the caustic chemical, according to preliminary autopsies

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Pritzker presses Biden for more help as migrant buses double: ‘Illinois stands mostly unsupported against this enormous strain’

On a call with the White House on Sunday, the governor and Mayor Brandon Johnson warned that Chicago could receive as many as 1,250 migrants a day.

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Toxic gas from a tanker truck crash killed five people. Now, an Illinois town braces for more damage

A semi-truck crash had deadly consequences as thousands of pounds of anhydrous ammonia leaked onto an interstate in Illinois. Kelly Rissman reports

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Chicago woman, 104, skydives from plane, aiming for record as the world's oldest skydiver

A 104-year-old Chicago woman is hoping to be certified as the oldest person to ever skydive after making a tandem jump Sunday and landing 13,500 feet later at a northern Illinois airport

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Photos from the Bears’ Week 4 loss vs. Broncos

The Bears lost their 14th consecutive game with a Week 4 loss to the Broncos. Take a look at the action:

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Why wait? Get renewable energy projects connected to the power grid

Somebody — probably Congress or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission — has to figure out how to get these projects up and running.

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Father, two children and two others killed in toxic tanker crash in Illinois are named

The crash and the subsequent anhydrous ammonia leak led to the deaths of five people on Friday night

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Registration now open for Illinois residents who own assault weapons

Under a new law that took effect earlier this year, residents in possession of assault weapons are required to submit an endorsement affidavit by Jan. 1, 2024.

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Two children among five killed after truck carrying anhydrous ammonia overturns in Illinois

A tanker carrying anhydrous ammonia, a poisonous gas, overturned and began leaking on Friday night in Illinois, killing five

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Five people killed in crash that releases leak of anhydrous ammonia

A tanker carrying anhydrous ammonia, a poisonous gas, overturned and began leaking on Friday night in Illinois, killing five

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5 dead after crash, chemical leak in downstate Teutopolis

About 500 people were being evacuated from the area of the crash in central Illinois due to an anhydrous ammonia leak.

The Independent UK

Truck accident in Illinois causes "multiple" deaths and an ammonia leak that leads to an evacuation

Federal regulators are investigating the crash of a semitruck carrying anhydrous ammonia in Illinois

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A truck crash in Illinois kills 5 and forces temporary evacuation over ammonia leak

The crash caused a large plume of anhydrous ammonia that caused dangerous air conditions in Teutopolis. Residents were later allowed to return to their homes after being evacuated.

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Republican hysteria over Chinese electric vehicle battery plant makes no sense

Elements of the far right have essentially claimed that Communists are using taxpayer funds to build some sort of spy base or to promote the Chinese Communist Party’s activities in Manteno.

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Senior citizens are the safest drivers on Illinois roads

The secretary of state is trying to permanently raise driver testing requirement from 75 years old to 79.

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Picture Chicago: 17 of the best Sun-Times photos from this week in news

Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling was sworn in as the city’s top cop, United Auto Workers members went on strike in Illinois, and a 12-foot puppet of a Syrian refugee girl walked along Navy Pier.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

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