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Investing in People: Gotion Illinois Supports Graduates of Local Workforce Development Program
The AI Journal
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June 6, 2025
Partnership with Calumet Area Industrial Commission prepares area residents for skills needed for modern manufacturing jobs MANTENO, Ill., June 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Gotion Illinois, a global innovator in next-generation energy storage and...
What to Do in Chicago This Weekend: Kendrick Lamar, Ribfest, Angel Reese and the Sky, and More
Chicago Defender - Illionis
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June 6, 2025
Kendrick Lamar, Angel Reese and Mavis Staples headline a festive week in the city (Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons). The signs of summer are everywhere: longer days, warmer nights, and that unmistakable energy in the air. In true #SummerTimeChi...
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Firearm Prohibitors and Records Improvement Task Force met June 6
Prairie State Wire - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
David E. Olson, PhD. - Chair | ICJIA Board | Loyola University ChicagoDavid E. Olson, PhD. - Chair | ICJIA Board | Loyola University Chicago Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Firearm Prohibitors and Records Improvement Task Force met...
Chicago's kid carjackers: Inside the SRT Boys' yearslong crime spree
Chicago Sun Times - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
At the age when many kids are busy with homework and sports, he already was a seasoned bandit. Just 12 years old and barely 5-foot-3, the boy had earned his stripes in a robbery crew, snatching iPhones on train platforms and flipping them for...
Naples kayak, Marco boat businesses in 10BEST adventure tours in U.S.
Marco Eagle - Florida
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Dolphin Explorer, ranked 4th for boat tours, offers dolphin research tours, sunset cruises, and fireworks cruises. Rising Tide Explorers, ranked 3rd for kayak tours, provides guided experiences through mangrove tunnels and Rookery Bay Reserve, led...
Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever Teammate Teases Major Life Update 1 Day Before Chicago Sky Game
Essentially Sports
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June 6, 2025
The Indiana Fever are riding a wave of excitement this season with Caitlin Clark holding the reins! After the new-look Fever team ended their seven-year playoff drought last season, they’re looking to go all the way! Their start to the season...
Media Critic Gary Deeb Dies at 79, Leaving a Controversial Legacy
Times News Global
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June 6, 2025
CHICAGO, Ill. — Gary Deeb, a prominent media critic known for his biting commentary, died on May 17 at the age of 79. His obituary appeared in The Buffalo News, the same newspaper where he began his career as a radio and TV columnist in 1970....
Read Illinois’ $55.2B budget ‘incomplete,’ Civic Federation president says
WQAD 8 - Illinois
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Democrats are monitoring Congress for actions that could force changes to the budget. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’ latest budget misses the mark in several key areas, according to one independent nonprofit fiscal analyst. State lawmakers sent...
Another offseason won, so what are the realistic expectations for the Chicago Bears in 2025?
Windy City Gridiron - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
The Chicago Bears and their fans have become no strangers to “winning” the offseason over the last few years. When general manager Ryan Poles took the reins of this franchise in 2022, he quickly ripped the band-aid off a roster that was one of the...
Notice to the Media
Illinois Governor
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June 6, 2025
Incident Involving Personally Identifiable Information SPRINGFIELD - Pursuant to the requirements of the Illinois Personal Information Protection Act, 815 ILCS 530/12, the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) is notifying...
Tillamook Opens Illinois Ice Cream Plant
Food Manufacturing - Wisconsin
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June 6, 2025
The maker of Tillamook brand dairy products announced Thursday that it has officially started production at a new ice cream plant in central Illinois. The Decatur facility represents the Tillamook County Creamery Association's first plant outside...
Inside Illinois’ 2026 budget: spend now, squeeze more, solve later
Illinois Policy
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June 6, 2025
State lawmakers built Illinois’ record $55.2 billion budget for 2026 on gimmicks, one-time fixes and piecemeal tax hikes. They left pension debt, transit cliffs and real reform for another day. Illinois state lawmakers eked out a budget for 2026...
A former Illinois congressman is switching parties | First Listen
NPR Illinois
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June 6, 2025
Joe Walsh says he is switching to the Democrat party Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says the Chicago Police Department acted appropriately during a south side immigration raid Investigating internet crimes against children could officially become a...
What we know about slain Chicago Police Officer Krystal Rivera
CBS 2 Chicago - Illinois
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Krystal Rivera, the Chicago police officer killed in a shooting in Chatham Thursday night, was a fierce and loving mother, friend and police officer who was dedicated to her job protecting the community, those who knew her said Friday. CPD Supt....
Ford County Chronicle named best large nondaily newspaper in Illinois
Ford County Chronicle - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
EAST PEORIA — The Ford County Chronicle won 29 awards — nine more than its closest competitor — to claim the coveted Will Loomis Memorial Trophy, which recognizes the best large nondaily newspaper in Illinois, in the Illinois Press Association’s...
Renee Ferguson, long-time NBC Chicago investigative journalist, dies
NBC 5 Chicago - Illinois
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Renee Ferguson, the first African American woman to work as an investigative reporter in Chicago television and a long-time journalist for WMAQ, has died, her family told NBC Chicago. She passed away Friday at 75. Ferguson is remembered as one of...
The Rundown: Why is Chicago violence declining?
WBEZ - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
Good afternoon! The Tony Awards are this Sunday, and productions with Chicago ties are well represented among the nominees. Here’s what else you need to know today. 1. Why is Chicago violence plummeting? Some credit street outreach workers. There...
Chicago police on scene of ‘officer down’ call in Chatham neighborhood
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
Chicago police responded to a call of a fallen officer near the intersection of 82nd Street and Drexel Avenue in the city’s Chatham neighborhood. The officer was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in a squad car. Police had not...
Small Business Administration would have to relocate field offices from ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ under House-passed bill
Government Executive
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June 6, 2025
The House on Thursday passed legislation that would require the Small Business Administration to relocate its regional, district and local offices in "sanctuary jurisdictions.” “President Trump is taking action to restore the rule of law with...
Accounting Major Ralph Wideman Delivers Address At Illinois High School Diploma Graduation
EdGlenToday - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
GODFREY – Illinois High School Diploma Graduation speaker Ralph Wideman is currently pursuing an associate degree in Accounting at Lewis and Clark Community College, but just a few years ago, he sat in the very same seats as the graduates he...