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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center SquarE) – A Mexican national previously convicted of sexually assaulting a minor and attempting to possess child pornography has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for unlawfully reentering the United States after multiple deportations.
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(The Center Square) – An Illinois Democrat tasked with helping her party flip the U.S. House back into the party’s favor hit the campaign trail in one of Pennsylvania’s key swing counties on Saturday.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – New legislation in the Illinois House could provide small, independent grocery and pharmacy owners with tax credits.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – As a part of the city's budget negotiations, Chicago aldermen discussed the city's obligation to pay for Chicago Police Department misconduct settlements, which the mayor's budget recommends be paid for by taking on $481 million of debt.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing has announced a conditional loan commitment of up to $5 billion to finance upgrades across Constellation Energy’s nuclear fleet in Illinois, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says his administration will repurpose $20 million in taxpayer money from a dormant city fund to spur investment in community centers, recreational spaces and other resources.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Housing Development Authority has announced the opening of a $9.6 million development of 24 homes in Champaign County for people described as chronically unhoused and medically fragile.
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Reporting from Just the News
According to the criminal complaint against the suspect, he claimed he was only joking but realized that the recipients could perceive the joke as a threat.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Department of Human Rights announced Monday it reached a $120,000 settlement with Coldwell Banker LLC to resolve eight charges of housing discrimination against the real estate brokerage company.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(Legal Newsline) — DuPage County's clerk can't demand the county government pay invoices without oversight or demonstrating her office abided by county bidding rules or other accounting standards, a state appeals panel has ruled.
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