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  • Illinois receives its ninth credit upgrade
  • Lawmakers want answers regarding fraudulent unemployment claims
  • Efforts to preserve the Invest in Kids Act continue
  • The Illinois State Police finalizing rules for the state's assault weapons ban
  • Chicago Alderman Ed Burke is on trial for corruption
  • President Joe Biden expected to visit Northern Illinois on Monday
  • Illinois lawmakers order an audit of state-run healthcare programs
  • 15th District Congresswoman Mary Miller announces she will run for reelection
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