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Illinois waterfowl blind drawings sites and schedule released for 2025 season
Illinois Governor
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June 6, 2025
SPRINGFIELD - Waterfowl hunters should mark their calendars for upcoming waterfowl blind drawings at several public hunting areas in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) will host traditional blind drawings at various...
Illinois ‘chicken bill’ aims to boost small poultry farms, expand access to their products
Capitol News Illinois - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
SPRINGFIELD — A bill that would lift long-standing restrictions on small poultry farmers in Illinois, reducing red tape and transforming the way local farmers process and sell their products, is heading to the governor. Under a measure dubbed the...
Illinois Stops Issuing New Cannabis Licenses to Give Industry Time to Grow
Ganjapreneur - Washington
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June 6, 2025
With over 130 licenses to hand out before hitting the state’s cap of 500 cannabis licenses, Illinois is not looking to hand out any new cannabis industry licenses, Crain’s Chicago Business reports. Illinois state law allows for up to 500 active...
Illinois tollways announce June ramp closures amid interchange project
Prairie State Wire - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
Overnight and long-term ramp closures will continue throughout June as part of the Illinois Tollway's ongoing work to reconstruct and reconfigure the I-290/I-88 Interchange at the Tri-State Tollway (I-294). These closures are necessary to...
Illinois Has One Of The Worst Unemployment Rates In America
US 104.9 - Iowa
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June 6, 2025
The US job market continues to falter. Some states, like Iowa, are actually doing well, but Illinois is on the wrong side of the unemployment numbers. Unfortunately, this is not just a current trend for Illinois. 7.2 Million Americans Are...
Illinois recruit Logan Farrell eager for some football
Chicago Sun Times - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
Is Illinois recruit Logan Farrell ready for some football? After missing his senior season at Hersey, the answer is an emphatic yes. Farrell is the consensus No. 18 senior in Illinois and the No. 36 tight end nationally in his class, according to...
Illinois City is The Best Place to Raise A Family in America
97.9 KICK FM - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
It’s not always easy to decide where to settle down and raise a family. Sometimes your job dictates where you live, but a new ranking highlights one Illinois city that stands out as the best place in the country to raise a family. Illinois City is...
Illinois Commerce Commission encourages community input on upcoming electric grid plans
Wand - Illinois
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - The Illinois Commerce Commission is encouraging the public and community organizations to weigh in on the state’s ongoing planning for a safer, more reliable power grid at a set of community workshops this month. The...
Illinois legislature passes largest budget amid controversy
McLean County Times - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
The Illinois House recently passed a record-setting budget proposed by Governor Pritzker, amounting to $55.2 billion. The budget was finalized just hours before the adjournment deadline, sparking criticism from some lawmakers for its lack of...
Illinois House passes controversial bills on assisted suicide and gun control
Rock Island Today - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
Last week, Representative Dan Swanson voted against Senate Bill 1950, a measure that would permit physician-assisted suicide in Illinois. The bill, which was met with significant opposition from the medical community, was described by Swanson as...
Illinois offers free fishing days next week
West Kentucky Star
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By West Kentucky Star staff Jun. 06, 2025 | 09:20 AM | SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has authorized free fishing days across the state on June 13-16. During those four days, the public can fish without a fishing license,...
Illinois woman loses $62K to scammer impersonating Kevin Costner
WKRG - Alabama
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June 6, 2025
Related video: Why do scammers love gift cards? EVANSTON, Ill. (WGN) — An Illinois woman thought she was sending gift cards to actor Kevin Costner in hopes of elevating her financial portfolio. It turns out that she was the latest victim of a scam...
Illinois woman charged in Linn County with theft from dependent adults
The Gazette - Iowa
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The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. An Illinois woman was arrested Thursday in Linn County on charges that she stole more than $6,000 from two dependent adults for whom she was a...
Illinois quick hits: Chicago police officer killed; controversy over East St. Louis shooting; Flash Index falls
The Center Square
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June 6, 2025
Chicago police officer killed in shooting A Chicago Police officer died after being shot in the line of duty on the city’s South Side. Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said officers attempted to stop a subject they believed to be armed...
Illinois BBB Warns Of “Tariff Scams” Targeting Illinois Residents
103.1 KFIL - Minnesota
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June 6, 2025
It's funny how a few months back, people who couldn't even spell the word "tariff" suddenly became overnight experts on the topic after watching a few minutes of news coverage. Well, just like taking advice from a brand-new "expert" in something,...
Illinois Republican mistakes Sikh for Muslim, calls him delivering prayer in House ‘deeply troubling’
KTAL - Louisiana
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June 6, 2025
Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) said it was "deeply disturbing" that a Sikh delivered a prayer in the House chamber on Friday — after apparently mistaking him for a Muslim man. The since-deleted post Friday morning sparked immediate bipartisan...
Illinois bill to legalize assisted suicide stalls in Senate
WTVO - Illinois
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June 5, 2025
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — A bill that would legally allow doctors to prescribe fatal doses of medication to terminally ill patients has stalled in the Illinois Senate. Senate Bill 1950 was introduced as “sanitary food preparation” legislation,...
Clean Slate Act, Medical Aid in Dying bills among those that stalled in Illinois legislature
WGLT - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
Illinois lawmakers filed more than 7,500 bills this spring session, and 615 of them crossed the finish line. While most bills failed to escape legislative committees, there were some that got close to becoming reality. These are some of the bills...
Some Illinois Counties Buck Trend of Population Loss
97.9 KICK FM - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
In Illinois the story of population loss is one that goes back over a decade. Former Illinois residents have moved out of state to Indiana, Florida, Wisconsin and Texas. But what of the people who have decided to move but stay in state? These...
State Sen. Plummer on failure to address utility bill increases: 'This is catastrophic for Illinois families'
South Central Reporter - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
Jason Plummer, senator for Illinois' 55th District, has attributed the current utility cost crisis to prioritizing environmentalist policies over practical solutions that could benefit residents of Illinois. "This is catastrophic for Illinois...