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Opening statements in trial of a former Sangamon County deputy set to begin today | First Listen

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  • Deputy Sean Grayson is charged with the killing of Sonya Massey last year
  • University of Illinois Chicago is ending the consideration of race and other factors in financial aid an tenure decisions
  • A decision on whether the Illinois Senate President's campaign must pay a fine will wait until November
  • The Trump administration has agreed to an extension of a judge's temporary block of deploying National Guard troops to Chicago
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