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The time has come for real solutions to Illinois and Chicago’s grossly underfunded pensions

The five state pension systems collectively have a staggering unfunded liability of $139 billion, and Chicago’s unfunded liability of $35.4 billion.

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Insurers aren’t obligated to pay Chicago Trump Tower’s pollution fines, judge rules

In 2018, the Illinois attorney general’s office filed a lawsuit against the hotel for violating environmental laws for allegedly polluting the Chicago River.

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Chicago Democrats are pushing Biden hard to speed up work permits for migrants. Will they succeed?

Top Illinois Democrats are pushing the Biden White House to speed up work permits for noncitizen migrants in Chicago, but the effort is complicated and nuanced.

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Associated Press Illinois high school football rankings for Week 2

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

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Dying, disabled prisoners stay behind bars, despite Illinois law calling for medical release

Terminally ill or medically incapacitated prisoners can apply for early release. But the Illinois Prisoner Review Board has denied twice as many requests as it OK’d — and seven prisoners died months after their applications were rejected, an Injustice Watch / WBEZ investigation found.

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US Marines killed in Australian aircraft crash identified

The three U.S. Marines killed in a tiltrotor aircraft crash during a training exercise in Australia were from Illinois, Virginia and Colorado

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Let’s make it easy for kids to get a school breakfast

Nationally, the total average daily rate for breakfast participation in schools went up by 11.2% in 2022 compared to 2021. In Illinois, it went down by 6.6%, according to the Food Research and Action Center.

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US Marines killed in Australian aircraft crash were from Illinois, Virginia and Colorado

The three U.S. Marines killed in a tiltrotor aircraft crash during a training exercise in Australia were from Illinois, Virginia and Colorado

The Independent UK

Groups rally at Federal Plaza to end overdose deaths in Illinois

Organizers called for Illinois to allow safe-use sites, where people can use drugs under supervision of medical professionals and be guided toward recovery resources.

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John Kezdy, punk singer and Illinois prosecutor, dead at 64 after bicycle crash in Glencoe

He rocked hard with the Effigies, oversaw grand juries for the attorney general’s office and survived the Highland Park Fourth of July parade massacre with a graze wound.

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Prospects and conditions for the dove-hunting opener at select Illinois public sites

The annual look at field conditions and prospects ahead of opening day for dove hunting in Illinois on Friday, Sept. 1.

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Revisiting the Bears’ 2022 roster cutdown waiver claims

The Bears will be all over the waiver wire this week when cuts are made, but how did last year's moves fare?

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Judge to decide if father of man accused in parade shooting will stand trial too

An Illinois judge is set to decide whether the father of the man accused of fatally shooting seven people at a suburban Chicago Fourth of July parade will stand trial himself

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Gov. Pritzker’s pro-environment vetoes help Illinois, but climate crisis demands more

Illinois and Chicago should kick up their efforts to protect and improve the state’s environment.

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Photos from the Bears’ preseason loss vs. Bills

The Bears wrapped the preseason with a 24-21 loss to the Bills. Take a look at the action:

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‘Please ask for my help!’: a Chicago taskforce tries to save lives from deadly fentanyl

The West Side heroin/opioid taskforce is confronting the growing overdose crisis among the city’s Black population

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Physical, fast Jack Elliott leads Mount Carmel past East St. Louis in his first start

Mount Carmel took control early and then held off a ferocious comeback from the Flyers to win 36-33 at Illinois State’s Hancock Stadium.

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Bears vs. Bills: Everything we know about Chicago’s 24-21 loss

The Bears dropped their preseason finale to the Buffalo Bills. Here's everything we know about the loss.

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Pritzker sends mixed messages on moratorium of new Illinois nuclear plants

He has taken some heat for vetoing legislation to eliminate the state’s decades-old moratorium on new nuclear power reactors.

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Go & Show: Celebrating Illinois Nature Preserves’ 60th & a Wisconsin waterfowl show

A weekend celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Illinois Nature Preserves system and the Waterfowl Hunters Expo on Saturday in Wisconsin are in this Go & Show.

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$2 million in grants heading to Chicago literacy centers

More than 400,000 Illinois residents — about 3% of the population — have less than a ninth-grade education, and about 900,000 adults older than 25 don’t have a high school diploma, according to state figures.

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Criminal gangs might be selling your identity to fraudsters. Here’s how and how to protect yourself.

They use sham bank accounts and online marketplaces to create “drop accounts” to steal from almost anyone — and some banks do little to fight the fraud. One victim: the Illinois EPA.

The Independent UK

Jury convicts ex-chief of staff of lying to protect his boss, former Illinois House speaker Madigan

A federal jury in Chicago has convicted a former chief of staff to longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan of lying under oath to protect his once-powerful boss

Chicago Sun-Times

Jury takes 5 hours to convict Madigan’s ex-top aide of perjury, attempted obstruction of justice: ‘This should stand as a clear message’

Tim Mapes, the former chief of staff to onetime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, is the seventh person to be convicted by a federal jury in Chicago this year as a result of public corruption investigations.

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Suburban Cook County resident first human Illinois West Nile virus-related death of 2023

The individual, who was in their 90s, had an “onset of symptoms” of the virus earlier this month and died shortly after, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

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