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ABC News Chicago: Election 2022: Turnout on pace to surpass 2018 elections, Chicago officials say
The election is Tuesday, but Chicago election officials hope voters show up Monday to vote. Chicago elections officials said turnout has been steadily on the rise over the last few weeks, with more and more people showing up early to vote. As of Sunday night, just over 134,000 early ballots have been cast in person. […]
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Joliet Herald-News: Start of a rebound? How suburban community colleges’ enrollments fared this fall
The start of fall classes at community colleges across the state brought a modest overall increase in student enrollment for the first time in more than a decade. Elgin Community College saw one of the state’s largest increases, with a 10.8% increase in enrollment from last fall. It was among nine community colleges with growth […]
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Chicago Tribune: As Election Day nears, officials across Illinois boost security amid fear of violence
Hidden amid the maze of filing cabinets and desks inside the otherwise unremarkable offices of the Boone County Clerk and Recorder are five buttons employees can press if they think they are in danger. The “panic” buttons — one nestled behind a fake plant, another tucked away in an easily accessible drawer — were installed […]
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Crain’s Chicago Business: Argonne, Fermilab will get over $300 million from feds
Chicago’s two national labs got more than $300 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy under the Inflation Reduction Act. Argonne National Laboratory near Lemont will get $60 million, much of it for a new supercomputer that is expected to be the world’s fastest when it comes online later this year. Fermi National […]
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