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The study, commissioned by the Chicago and Illinois Departments of Transportation, released new visualizations for the project this month.

CHICAGO — As another election approaches, the Illinois Republican Party and its allies are facing a conundrum — urging followers to cast ballots by mail while trying not to alienate followers of former President Donald Trump, who continues to insist that mail-in votes are “automatically corrupt.”

Completed in the 1970s by artist Ruth Duckworth, “Clouds Over Lake Michigan” replicates “a sort of topographical grid you’d see on satellite views.”

Rebuild Illinois has earmarked money for a river port in Cairo, extending a passenger rail line near Belleville, and helping developer Elzie Higginbottom erect an apartment building and hotel in Chicago’s Illinois Medical District.

Chicago looks to blow past the undermanned Charlotte squad on Friday.

The three stores robbed early Friday were hit minutes apart on the North and Northwest sides.

The greatest risk of severe weather is in the south and west suburbs, from 2 p.m. until 11 p.m.

Brandon Johnson says he’d hire 200 more detectives while Paul Vallas vows to build the detective ranks to 10% of overall staffing. The next mayor will also have to address the controversial spike in people being stopped for traffic violations.

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