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  • Voters making choices for mayor, alderman, school board and more at the polls today
  • Strong storms with tornadoes possible expected this afternoon and evening in Central Illinois
  • Illinois lawmakers passing measures to further define probable cause with traffic stops
  • Illinois state senators pass a measure lifting a 1980s ban on building new nuclear power plants
  • A recent study of single Black mothers on Chicago's South Side details hyper-segregation's toll on their health
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