NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Administrators at the Virginia school where a first-grader shot his teacher last week learned the child may have had a weapon in his possession before the shooting but did not seize the 9mm handgun he brought to his classroom, the school system’s superintendent said

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The Trump Organization received its sentencing Friday at the New York Supreme Court after being found guilty of a slew of tax fraud-related felonies last year.

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SPRINGFIELD — Every two years, when a new Illinois General Assembly is inaugurated, the leadership offers rhetoric filled with hope, bipartisanship and a message of unity in which both political parties promise to work together for the state’s residents.

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(The Center Square) – Hours after the Illinois Senate approved a bill to spend $1.7 billion of taxpayer resources and give themselves raises, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the measure into law.

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The racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been set for April 1, 2024.

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Rend Lake College will be hosting its annual REC the Scale Challenge from January 3 to April 7, 2023.

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INA, Ill. — Are you interested in pursuing a nursing degree? Get all the information you need to know about the program, from application to graduation, at our upcoming information sessions. RLC Nursing officials and faculty will be available to answer any questions you may have about the program and to give tours of our facilities.

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SPRINGFIELD — Officials at the highest levels of state government appear set to receive substantial pay raises this month after the House and Senate passed a budget bill that would also advance a $400 million business incentive fund proposal pushed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker

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When Illinois House Republican leader Jim Durkin was subjected to a rare challenge of a legislative leader in a primary five years ago, he summed up his job duties in three sentences

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(The Center Square) – About 30,700 mail-in ballots in Illinois were rejected statewide in last year’s November election, according to preliminary data from the Illinois State Board of Elections.

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