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Pritzker calls threat to abortion rights ‘actual emergency’ for voters to prevent — promises further legislation

The event also highlighted that the pledge Pritzker made on June 24 to call the Illinois General Assembly back into session in Springfield to “further enshrine” reproductive rights remains unfulfilled.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ben Frederickson: Rehabbing Cardinals starter Jack Flaherty's strong finish Sunday made impression

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — During a frustrating season that has now included more rehab starts for minor league affiliates than games pitched for his Cardinals, Jack Flaherty has kept up with his team through the help of highlights while doing his best to field whatever questions minor leaguers throw his way.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Illinois gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey resumes calling Chicago a ‘hellhole’ at state fair’s GOP day

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Darren Bailey, who had tempered his criticism of Chicago since winning the Republican nomination for governor, returned to calling the state’s largest city a crime-ridden “hellhole” Thursday in playing to a downstate crowd during the GOP’s annual day at the Illinois State Fair.

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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker calls on the ‘coalition of the sane’ to defeat ‘the lunatic fringe’ as Democrats rally at state fair

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Democrats looked to both the past and the future as rallying points on their day at the Illinois State Fair on Wednesday, castigating former Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s one-term stewardship of the state and warning that the party’s candidate for governor in November, Darren Bailey, would…

Chicago Tribune

Highland Park City Council calls for federal, state assault weapons ban as Democrats in Springfield ponder next move

Senate Republicans in Congress are against assault weapons restrictions; Democrats in Springfield hold supermajorities in the state House and Senate.

Chicago Sun-Times

Coffee Pot: New product makes medical marijuana users less sleepy

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Missouri users of medical marijuana are familiar with the sleepiness that comes from consuming the soporific weed.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Politicians wade into Gretna car park row between community council and Church of Scotland

Springfield and Gretna Green Community Council is locked in a battle with the church which put a hall and car park up for sale for offers over £90,000

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Darren Bailey declines to answer questions on Trump, Jan. 6 panel and censuring Adam Kinzinger

SPRINGFIELD — State Sen. Darren Bailey saw an endorsement from Donald Trump as key to winning the Republican nomination for governor, traveling to the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach in April to make his case.

Chicago Tribune

Community anger over Church of Scotland plans to sell Old Gretna Church Hall

Springfield and Gretna Green Community Council members have been outraged by the proposed £90,000 sale of a church hall and adjacent car park

Daily Record

End of an era as last residents of condemned Deans South estate move out after 18 years of fighting

The 'ghost town' residents are looking forward to a new chapter in their lives in new homes

Daily Record

West Lothian ghost estate's last residents ready to say goodbye after 18 years

Homeowners in Livingston have fought for new home after the estate was condemned in 2004 . Soon they'll say goodbye to condemned houses and look forward to returning to new build

Edinburgh Live

Trial of 4 charged in ComEd bribery case rescheduled for March

The four are accused of arranging for then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s associates and allies to get jobs, contracts and money in order to influence Madigan as key legislation worked its way through Springfield.

Chicago Sun-Times

Republican candidates for governor say ‘historic’ overturn of Roe v. Wade signals ‘battle for life ... moves right here to Illinois’

Republican Jesse Sullivan declared, “What a beautiful day.” GOP frontrunner Darren Bailey called the Supreme Court ruling “historic and welcomed.” If either wins in November, he’d likely still face Democrats in Springfield determined to keep the state’s abortion laws and even try to expand them.

Chicago Sun-Times

Taxi bursts into flames on Scots road as emergency services race to scene

Fire crews scrambled to Main Street in Springfield, Fife, after the alarm was raised at around 8.20pm on Tuesday, June 21.

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Lake Springfield proved to be a fine state championship setting

Lake Springfield proved a good choice, for both the fishing and the setting, for the ICASSTT Clash, a state championship of high school bass fishing; plus the Stray Cast.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ex-state Rep. Luis Arroyo sentenced to almost five years in prison for bribery scheme

Arroyo entered a blind plea of guilty in November to a wire fraud count that said he was paid bribes in exchange for promoting legislation in Springfield.

Irish Mirror

Gardai appeal for information following fatal collision in Co Kerry

Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene of a single-vehicle road traffic collision involving a motorcycle at Springfield, Ballyvelly, Tralee, shortly after 4pm on May 17

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Brisbane Lions' new Springfield training facility raises AFL benchmark, with men and women equal priorities

The Brisbane Lions will set a new AFL benchmark for high-performance environments — for both their men's and women's sides — when the club's $80 million training base is unveiled in September.

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Victims of fatal crash at Centenary Highway in Springfield identified as Vaea Taavale and Anthony Cooper

Twenty-two-year-old Vaea Taavale is described as an "all round great human" after being killed in a three-car crash west of Brisbane yesterday.

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Two men dead and others injured in three-car crash at Springfield, west of Brisbane

Two people are dead and several others are injured after a car crossed lanes of traffic and collided with two vehicles.

Chicago Sun-Times

Higher ed got a boost in state budget, so let’s keep the momentum going

The return on this investment is massive, and doubly important as independent colleges and universities in Illinois enroll more students annually than the state’s public universities.

Chicago Sun-Times

Speaker’s wife returns out-of-state contribution to her judicial campaign

The $10,000 came from a hospital company that won support in Springfield from Speaker Chris Welch. ShawnTe Raines-Welch’s spokesman says the money was unsolicited, spotted as violating a ban on contributions from outside Illinois and quickly given back.

Chicago Sun-Times

Billie Jean Paige, one of the first Black women to lobby in Springfield, dead at 84

‘She definitely was a trailblazer and glass-ceiling breaker,’ U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly said.

The Guardian - US

Black high school valedictorian honored 38 years after ‘incredibly upsetting’ snub

Tracey Meares had highest grades at Springfield high school but was denied title, sharing ‘top student’ award with white peer

Chicago Tribune

After long being mired in politics, Lincoln museum has ‘potential to be incredibly great’ under restructuring plan

CHICAGO — Ever since it opened late and over budget in 2005, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield has been regularly beset by problems tied to the historically transactional nature of Illinois politics.

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