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Election judges count mail-in ballots by running them through a scanner on March 25, 2024, at the Chicago Board of Elections. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

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An Elgin company that produces a high-tech machine to tranform silicon carbide balls into semiconductor pucks is in the running for "Coolest Thing Made in Illinois" in the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association’s fifth annual “Makers Madness” competition.

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Adrianne Todman chose Chicago as her first public appearance since taking over for Marcia Fudge, who resigned Friday as HUD secretary.

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Northwestern University has submitted an application to Evanston in an attempt to use an existing campus field while the demolition and reconstruction of Ryan Field is completed.. The petition was submitted to the city’s Community Development Department on Tuesday, March 26 and requested a zoning analysis to determine if Martin Stadium could host football games, according to city spokesperson Cynthia Vargas. The field, located lakeside at 2235 Campus Drive, is used for competition by Northwestern’s men’s and women’s soccer and women’s lacrosse teams, per the university website. The city stated part of the application included temporary seating for up to […]

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For three months, back and forth between the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and the county administration delayed the transfer of inmates from a short-staffed Lake County Jail to another facility as the two county departments tried, and ultimately failed, to arrange the transfer by intergovernmental contract. Due to vacancies, family and medical leave and other absences, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office’s corrections division is down nearly 40% of normal staffing levels, according to the department. Staff issues are a nationwide problem for jails and prisons, according to correctional oversight agencies. With the Lake County jail population hovering around 500 people, […]

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Tuition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and other campuses in the system would increase 3.75% next school year under a recommendation announced Thursday by UW President Jay Rothman.

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Dear Amy: I asked my sons to forgive one another and to move forward so that our family can be back to normal. They declined.

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