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Springfield city council votes to toughen ordinances dealing with animal cruelty and fighting | First Listen

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  • Fines are going up for first time offenders of animal cruelty in Springfield
  • Health care providers who serve low-income patients and the uninsured accusing drug manufacturers of restricting access to low-cost medicines
  • Former Department of Justice attorneys filed a brief in federal court arguing the Trump administration has no legal authority to demand access to Illinois' unredacted voter registration database
  • Governor JB Pritzker believes state lawmakers could move to keep the Chicago Bears immediately after the March 17 primary
  • A Republican State Senator in Illinois has filed a bill to ban companies from using groundwater in the Mahomet Aquifer for data centers
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