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Mail-in ballot requests down from 2020 and more top stories | First Listen

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  • Mail-in ballot requests down from 202
  • City of Springfield's budget director running for city treasurer
  • Two killed, on seriously injured in I-55 crash on Sunday
  • Pekin's Reditus laboratories ceasing operations as the company's owners are embroiled in a legal dispute
  • A letter written by Abraham Lincoln voicing political frustrations will be on display at the ALPLM
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