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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has announced the launch of its Clean Trucks Program, backed by $3 million from the federal EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program and more than $935,000 from the federal Diesel Emissions Reduction Act.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – An Illinois lawmaker is defending legislation aimed at preventing foreign legal systems from overriding constitutional rights, while an Illinois Family Institute contributor argues that a recent LaSalle County resolution condemning Sharia law could undermine legitimate scrutiny of a proposed Fox River resort development.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Polls are open until 7 p.m. today at voting sites across the state.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – On Chicago ballots Tuesday is a question with the potential for voters to recommend the city reverse course on a cancelled contract for gunshot detection technology, which was removed from the city by Mayor Brandon Johnson following his election.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Chicago is expanding its camera system to enforce bus and bike lane regulations, with help from a taxpayer-funded transit agency created by state government.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Polls are scheduled to be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. across Illinois on Election Day.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The former leader of the FBI’s Chicago field office has filed a lawsuit claiming he was forced to resign because “false and defamatory statements” by U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Andrew Boutros created political pressure.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Liberty Justice Center is preparing a federal lawsuit against Community High School District 128, arguing its gender support guidelines and overnight student room-assignment procedures violate parental rights, religious freedom and protections for female students.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Bloomington police and the McLean County Coroner’s Office are investigating the circumstances surrounding a shooting that left one person dead and seven injured early Sunday morning.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Ahead of the midterm election, Department of Justice filings revealed the federal government won’t send immigration or FBI agents to state polling places.
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