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Apr 03, 2025
Nicholas Barraco testified Thursday at the bench trial of four suburban men accused of violently attacking him, some of his staff members and a patron outside his Southwest Side restaurant in a brawl that ignited outrage.
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Apr 03, 2025
Gaza's Health Ministry says an Israeli airstrike has killed at least 27 Palestinians sheltering at a school in northern Gaza and wounded 70 more.
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Apr 03, 2025
Kevin Cornett, who lives in the 400 block of Northview Drive on Valparaiso's north side, saw a hopeful sign on his block Thursday -- NIPSCO crews working on a power line taken out by a tree during Sunday's severe storm.
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Apr 03, 2025
Gov. Mike Braun and Secretary of Education Katie Jenner announced three specific diploma options Wednesday for students weighing future plans for college, the military or direct employment after high school.
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Apr 03, 2025
Blue Island voters backed an advisory referendum to limit gaming cafes, but split on making Western Avenue to a two-way street.
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Apr 03, 2025
Ten people were taken to hospitals following an extra-alarm blaze in an Edgewater apartment building, per fire department sources.
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Apr 03, 2025
The eight candidates who won Tuesday's nonpartisan races for Naperville City Council and Park Board clearly aligned themselves with the Democratic party.
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Apr 03, 2025
Miguel Alvarado, charged in a Bridgeview carjacking and crash that injured three, was detained while his case is pending
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Apr 03, 2025
Northwestern engineers unveiled what they say is the smallest pacemaker in the world in a study published in the journal Nature.
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Apr 03, 2025
A Ladies Auxiliary Women's History Museum is planned near the National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum in Pullman.
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Apr 03, 2025
The Pentagon's acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.
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Apr 03, 2025
Public concern over a controversial development in Sugar Grove continues, as evidenced by Tuesday's unofficial election results.
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Apr 03, 2025
Stasy Joiner claimed in court Thursday she felt compelled to sign a voluntary manslaughter plea deal or her lawyer Roy Dominguez would withdraw from the case.
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Apr 03, 2025
President Donald Trump has moved to fire several White House National Security Council officials taking action soon after he was urged by a far-right activist to purge staffers she deemed insufficiently committed to his Make America Great Again agenda, several people familiar with the matter said Thursday.
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Apr 03, 2025
Influential figures on the right have largely cheered on the opening months of the Trump presidency. But the unified front in favor of the president's immigration purge is beginning to crack.
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Apr 03, 2025
Legal aid clinics that sued the Trump administration after it canceled legal services for migrant children alone in the country say they are still in limbo.
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Apr 03, 2025
Park Ridge Alderperson Richard "Rick" Biagi had decided not to seek reelection to be 6th Ward leader, creating a contest to replace him where, according to unofficial vote totals from the election Tuesday, Lauren Rapisand appears to have prevailed. "Having held elected office in Park Ridge for the past 16 years, I believe it is […]
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Apr 03, 2025
What to know about the Chicago Bears' possible move from Soldier Field, including a new domed lakefront stadium or move to Arlington Heights.
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Apr 03, 2025
A Gary man was sentenced to six years Wednesday in a plea deal for trying to run over a couple, then pinning their friend between two vehicles.
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Apr 03, 2025
After weeks of anticipation and speculation, President Donald Trump followed through on his tariff threats by declaring on Wednesday a 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries and higher tariff rates on dozens of nations that run trade surpluses with the United States.
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Apr 03, 2025
Close to 150 protestors gathered outside a Tesla dealership in Northbrook, targeting Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his involvement with President Donald Trump's administration.
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Apr 03, 2025
The death toll from the massive earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,085 as search and rescue teams found more bodies, the military-led government said, and humanitarian aid groups scrambled to provide survivors medical care and shelter.
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Apr 03, 2025
President Donald Trump's dramatic changes to the federal government haven't emerged as an obvious political winner or loser, according to a new poll that indicates some Americans may be giving him the benefit of the doubt for now on his Department of Government Efficiency.
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Apr 03, 2025
Wall Street followed global markets sharply lower Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced tariffs on imports of goods from around the world.
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Apr 03, 2025
New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday said he will pull out of the city's Democratic primary and instead run for reelection as an independent, arguing that his recently dismissed federal bribery case had made it impossible to mount a primary campaign.
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Apr 03, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Apr 03, 2025
Segregationist Strom Thurmond's senate-speech record was broken by Booker, a man whose rights he fought to deny.
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Apr 03, 2025
Some activists feel left out because they can't review the ordinance before its expected City Council introduction in mid-April.
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Apr 03, 2025
Conditions have varied during season openers at the Wrigley Field. Here's what to expect, plus the warmest and coldest home openers for the Chicago Cubs.
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Apr 03, 2025
A group of Chicago firefighters have accused the city and the Chicago Fire Department of violating their Fourth and 14th Amendment rights during a set of vehicle searches in late February.
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Apr 03, 2025
On April 3, 1974, an outbreak of tornadoes began hitting wide parts of the South and Midwest before jumping across the border into Canada; 148 tornadoes caused more than 300 fatalities in what became known as the 1974 Super Outbreak.
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Apr 03, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 3, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Apr 02, 2025
Dozens of tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings were issued in parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri and Mississippi as storms hit those and other states in the evening.
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Apr 02, 2025
The Chicago White Sox lost the series finale to the Minnesota Twins 6-1 on Wednesday at rainy Rate Field. The White Sox finished the opening homestand at 2-4.
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Apr 02, 2025
A Northwest Indiana jury acquitted a Chicago man Wednesday night in a deadly 1999 cold case stabbing. The jury deliberated for less than two hours.
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Apr 02, 2025
A Hammond woman was sentenced to seven years Wednesday in a plea deal for taking over selling meth after her son was jailed for it.
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Apr 02, 2025
Reflecting voter angst over President Donald Trump, Democrats score major victories in suburbs critical for rebuilding state GOP.
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Apr 02, 2025
At close of trade mission to Mexico, Gov. JB Pritzker positions Illinois as a 'stable and reliable trade partner' amid President Donald Trump's tariffs.
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Apr 02, 2025
The Senate passed a resolution Wednesday night that would thwart President Donald Trump's ability to impose tariffs on Canada, delivering him a rare rebuke just hours after the president unveiled sweeping plans to clamp down on international trade.
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Apr 02, 2025
The sweeping new tariffs announced Wednesday by U.S. President Donald Trump were met initially with measured reactions from key trading partners, highlighting the lack of appetite for a full-fledged trade war.
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Apr 02, 2025
Judge finds two men guilty in videotaped slaying of Brittany Hill, whose daughter waved at killers in North Austin attack.
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Apr 02, 2025
Judge finds two men guilty in videotaped slaying of Brittany Hill, whose daughter waved at killers in North Austin attack.
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Apr 02, 2025
Two DePaul University students filed a lawsuit Wednesday morning against their university, alleging that DePaul failed to intervene in an alleged antisemitic attack against the students last November.
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Apr 02, 2025
Just before polls closed April 1, a flyer described as antisemitic circulated attacking Jewish candidates Nate Mellman and Josh Gertz.
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Apr 02, 2025
Just before polls closed April 1, a flyer described as antisemitic circulated attacking Jewish candidates Nate Mellman and Josh Gertz.
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Apr 02, 2025
Despite voters ousting high-profile mayors in Aurora, Tinley Park and Waukegan, residents reelected incumbents in numerous other towns.
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Apr 02, 2025
Rescuers pulled two men alive from the ruins of a hotel in Myanmar's capital on Wednesday and a third from a guesthouse in another city, five days after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake.
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Apr 02, 2025
The start of Wednesday's Chicago White Sox game against the Minnesota Twins at Rate Field was delayed as rain fell in the area. The Sox now are targeting 4:30 p.m. for the first pitch.
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Apr 02, 2025
Jose Gregorio Gonzalez, 43, would likely be released this week from detention in Clay County Detention Center in Indiana to donate a kidney to his younger brother.
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Apr 02, 2025
Senate Bill 2 — authored by Sen. Ryan Mishler, R-Mishawaka — places restrictions on Medicaid. It passed the Ways and Means committee Wednesday.
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Apr 02, 2025
Elon Musk recently suggested that he will be done with his work at DOGE in the near future.
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Apr 02, 2025
The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday in a case over whether states should be to able cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.
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Apr 02, 2025
Two challengers in the school board election, Mayra Reyes and Vannia Valencia, appear to have won seats, per unofficial election results.
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Apr 02, 2025
Amazon has put in a bid to purchase TikTok, a Trump administration official said Wednesday, in an eleventh-hour pitch as a U.S. ban on the platform is set to go into effect Saturday.
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Apr 02, 2025
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offered no new details Wednesday about his massive restructuring of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Apr 02, 2025
Indiana legislators are seemingly preparing to review the Indiana-Illinois border without its neighboring state.
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Apr 02, 2025
Nintendo has announced a June 5 launch date for its latest gaming console, the Switch 2, which will introduce interactive chat and screenshare functions to connect gamers.
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Apr 02, 2025
The unofficial results for the contested elections held Tuesday in the Naperville area, including city council, board board, school board and other races.
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Apr 02, 2025
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Apr 02, 2025
The University of Illinois System announced the launch of a pilot program aimed to increase the number of students transferring from community colleges to four-year universities.
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Apr 02, 2025
The start of Wednesday's Chicago White Sox game at Rate Field will be delayed as rain continues to fall in the area. First pitch was scheduled for 1:10 p.m.
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Apr 02, 2025
Unofficial results from Will and DuPage counties show the four incumbent District 204 board members retaining their seats.
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Apr 02, 2025
Chicago Bears President Kevin Warren confirmed at the NFL owners meetings that the team no longer has a singular focus on building its new stadium downtown.
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Apr 02, 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to name Cook County Commissioner Anthony Quezada as his choice to succeed Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa on the City Council.
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Apr 02, 2025
Crime reports from south and southwest suburban agencies from police and court reports and news releases.
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Apr 02, 2025
The liberal status quo appeared to have scored a victory in the Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 School Board race.
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Apr 02, 2025
National Weather Service officials are expecting Wednesday waves of showers and thunderstorms to hit the Chicago area capable of producing damaging winds and large hail and possibly tornadoes.
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Apr 02, 2025
In Park Ridge, Martin "Marty" Maloney appears to have breezed to another term as mayor, holding off a challenge from the current city clerk Sal Raspanti.
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Apr 02, 2025
Susan Crawford's Wisconsin Supreme Court election victory over a conservative candidate backed by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk cemented a liberal majority on the state's top court for at least three more years and dealt a devastating blow to Republicans who fear it paves the way for a wide array of rulings that will overturn or block the GOP's agenda in the swing state.
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Apr 02, 2025
Two incumbents - board President Richard Kerns II and Julie Stone - as well as challenger Erika Garcia appear to have won four-year seats on the West Aurora School District board in Tuesday's election.
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Apr 02, 2025
Here are some election results from Aurora, Elgin, Elmhurst, Evanston, Glenbrook, Gurnee, Homer Glen, Naperville, Northbrook, North Chicago, Oak Park, Orland Park, Skokie, the south suburbs, Thornton Township, Tinley Park and Waukegan.
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Apr 02, 2025
Tesla sales declined 13% in the first three months of the year, another sign that Elon Musk's once high-flying electric car company is struggling to attract buyers.
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Apr 02, 2025
Nintendo has announced a June 5 launch date for its latest gaming console, the Switch 2, which will introduce interactive chat and screenshare functions to connect gamers.
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Apr 02, 2025
Senate Republicans said they are pushing ahead on President Donald Trump's big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts this week, even though they're punting some of the most difficult decisions — including the costs and how to pay for the multitrillion-dollar package — until later.
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Apr 02, 2025
After weeks of White House hype and public anxiety, President Donald Trump is set Wednesday to announce a barrage of self-described reciprocal tariffs on friend and foe alike.
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Apr 02, 2025
Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in "Top Gun," donned a voluminous cape as Batman in "Batman Forever" and portrayed Jim Morrison in "The Doors," has died. He was 65.
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Apr 02, 2025
A trio of elections on Tuesday provided early warning signs to Republicans and President Donald Trump at the beginning of an ambitious term, as Democrats rallied against his efforts to slash the federal government and the outsize role being played by billionaire Elon Musk.
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Apr 02, 2025
Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip is expanding to seize "large areas," the defense minister said, while officials at hospitals inside the Palestinian territory said that Israeli strikes overnight and into Wednesday had killed more than 40 people, nearly a dozen of them children.
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Apr 02, 2025
Rescuers pulled two men alive from the ruins of a hotel in Myanmar's capital on Wednesday and a third from a guesthouse in another city, five days after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake.
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Apr 02, 2025
The trade war that U.S. President Donald Trump has escalated in his second term is a challenge for all Asian economies, large and small, in an era when the most populous region of the world is expected to drive global economic growth.
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Apr 02, 2025
Referendums in Northbrook School Districts 27 and 28 appeared to have won April 1, per unofficial election results.
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Apr 02, 2025
Glowacki, Hope, O'Hara and Downing have won, in unofficial results, the Glenbrook High School D225 school board election April 1.
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Apr 02, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Apr 02, 2025
Mass firings and regulatory rollbacks come as scientists routinely determine pollution is far more damaging than previously thought.
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Apr 02, 2025
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 2, according to the Tribune's archives.
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Apr 02, 2025
On April 2, 2005, John Paul II, the Polish pope born Karol Józef Wojtyla, died in his Vatican apartment at age 84. The first non-Italian pope in over 450 years, John Paul II became one of the most influential leaders of the late 20th and early 21st centuries while playing a crucial role in the fall of communism in Europe.
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Apr 02, 2025
In Tuesday's consolidated election, Aurora voters appear to have mostly kept incumbent candidates on City Council — except in the alderman at-large race.
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Apr 02, 2025
Ann Tennes declared victory in the three-way Skokie mayor race, starting a new era after a 24-year mayor chose not run.
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Apr 02, 2025
Val Kilmer, a homegrown Hollywood actor who tasted leading-man stardom as Jim Morrison and Batman, but whose protean gifts and elusive personality also made him a high-profile supporting player, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 65.
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Apr 02, 2025
Voters in Tuesday's consolidated election appear to have shot down a referendum question in Kane County that would have increased the sales tax by 0.75% to pay for public safety expenses in the county.
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Apr 02, 2025
Incumbent Elmhurst Mayor Scott Levin appears to have defeated longtime City Councilman Mark Mulliner in Tuesday's election.
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Apr 02, 2025
Evanston voters have re-elected Daniel Biss as mayor over challenger Jeff Boarini, unofficial results show.
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Apr 01, 2025
Here are the election results for high school district races in in the south and southwest suburbs.
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Apr 01, 2025
Here are the Waukegan election results in the race for mayor featuring Sam Cunningham, Harold H. Beadling, Ann Taylor and Keith E. Turner.
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Apr 01, 2025
Judge Susan Crawford preserved liberals' narrow majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court Tuesday by defeating conservative Brad Schimel, but in a way the real loser of the election was billionaire Elon Musk.
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Apr 01, 2025
Here are the election results for Gurnee mayor in the race between Tom Hood and Quin O'Brien.
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Apr 01, 2025
In the Oak Park village president race, incumbent Vicki Scaman claimed victory over challenger Ravi Parakkat.
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Apr 01, 2025
Incumbent Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin has admitted defeat to his challenger, Ald. John Laesch, in the Aurora mayoral election.
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Apr 01, 2025
Rose Reynders, Michael LePore and Nicholas Muller had a commanding lead Tuesday night in a race for three Homer Glen trustee seats.
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Apr 01, 2025
Here are the election results for North Chicago mayor in the race featuring Leon Rockingham Jr., Anthony Coleman and David Hood.
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