A nearly $56 billion spending plan is headed to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk after the Illinois legislature approved it in another overtime spring session.

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A floating pitch, Motley Crue and merch: Fan fests extend the World Cup experience beyond the games

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A time capsule sealed by the Elgin High School class of 1976 included old photos, newspaper clippings, a yearbook — and a Pet Rock.

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Celebrating a wedding amid the Ebola outbreak: No kisses or close contact, but love lives here

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In first papal speech to Spanish parliament, pope demands respect for migrants

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Lionel Messi is preparing for what could be his final World Cup with Argentina, aiming to retain the trophy the national team won four years ago in Qatar.

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Tropical Storm Boris forms off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast and brings flooding threat

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As America 250 approaches, fewer Americans see their country as exceptional, AP-NORC poll finds

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Without directly saying the idea was to replace Pride, the governors of Indiana and Tennessee rebranded June as Nuclear Family Month to celebrate units made up of “one husband, one wife and any biological, adopted or fostered children.”

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Senior setter Matthew Proskey ‘can literally do everything.’ For state runner-up OPRF, he means everything.

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Freshness key for fans of Aurora Farmers Market as it opens for its 115th season

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Following an Illinois legislative session in which efforts to regulate data center development stalled, Gov. JB Pritzker took matters into his own hands, issuing an executive order to pause tax incentives for data centers beginning July 1.

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