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city-hall
  • by david hall
City Council vote could allow members to keep ShotSpotter in their wards

After a long, emotionally charged debate, a defiant City Council voted 34-14 to lay the groundwork to tie Mayor Brandon Johnson’s hands when it comes to canceling the contract with the gunshot detection technology known as ShotSpotter.

health
  • by david hall
Cancer causer or heartburn healer? Lawyers make closing pitches in first jury trial over Zantac cancer claims

The trial — a first for thousands of similar cases across the country to make it to a jury — has lasted three weeks. The jury of nine women and three men will now deliberate over whether the heartburn drug caused an 89-year-old Brookfield woman's colon cancer.

springfield
  • by david hall
Illinois General Assembly budget talks stall over sportsbook tax hike, retailer discounts

Lawmakers were on track to blow their self-imposed deadline to pass a state spending plan, as Democratic leaders tangle over a proposed increase to the tax rate paid by sportsbooks, as well as a rollback of tax discounts for retailers.

transportation
  • by david hall
More than 2 million Illinois residents to travel Memorial Day weekend

A record number of nearly 1.9 million of them will do so by car, according to AAA.