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Legislation would create safe spaces for using opioids
Dec 1, 2022 9:58 PM - A proposal in Springfield would allow state-licensed drug injection sites to open across Illinois in an effort to reduce fatal overdoses amid a nationwide opioid crisis that has hit Cook County particularly hard.
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Appeals court halts special master review of documents seized from Mar-a-Lago
Dec 1, 2022 8:53 PM - A unanimous federal appeals court on Thursday ended an independent review of documents seized from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate, removing a hurdle the Justice Department said had delayed its criminal investigation into the retention of top-secret government information. -
Lawmakers advance $1.8 billion unemployment fund bailout
Dec 1, 2022 6:03 PM - On the final day of their fall veto session, Illinois lawmakers on Thursday advanced a pair of bills that would infuse $1.8 billion into the state's unemployment trust fund, which was depleted during the economic shutdown brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Good news may not sell, but we can't do without it
Dec 1, 2022 1:07 PM - Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: A line in a note from a reader about my column last week focusing on good news stories has stuck with me.
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Keep the statute of limitations -- for women's sake
Dec 1, 2022 1:06 PM - Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Forget the statute of limitations in New York. -
Guest Columnist Arthur I. Cyr: A blocked Florida law and attempts to dictate expressionDec 1, 2022 1:00 AM - Guest Columnist Arthur I. Cyr: Florida Republicans, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, have just won big in the election but also suffered a major loss in court.
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Lake County prosecutors aim to keep murder, sex crime defendants jailed after bail ends Jan. 1
Nov 30, 2022 9:29 PM - The Lake County state's attorney's office has begun the process of keeping dozens of jailed defendants, including those charged with murder and sex offenses, behind bars after cash bail is eliminated in Illinois on Jan. 1, officials said Wednesday. -
Citing need for experience as Bears project looms, two Arlington Heights trustees to seek reelection
Nov 30, 2022 8:49 PM - Two incumbent Arlington Heights trustees this week declared intentions to seek reelection to the elected panel that is expected to see some turnover next year. -
Long-awaited merger of two Lake County offices happens Thursday
Nov 30, 2022 8:42 PM - More than two years after Lake County voters called for it, the county's recorder of deeds office will merge with and become a division of the county clerk's office on Thursday. And if things go to plan, the public won't notice the difference, officials said. -
Roselle village clerk and three trustee seats up for April electionNov 30, 2022 4:24 PM - The Roselle Village Clerk's office reminds residents that candidate nomination packets for the April 4, 2023 consolidated election are available for download.
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