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Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. Candidates endorsed by charter-friendly groups have out-raised their opponents in the most competitive and expensive IPS board election since 2020. The election for four seats — three of which are contested —…
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Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. SPRINGFIELD, Il. – Attorneys in the offices of Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx made similar…
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ITHACA, N.Y. — On Oct. 22, New York State Police in Ithaca arrested 28-year-old Ross Haley of Syracuse for Grand Larceny in the fourth degree, a class “E” felony. An investigation revealed that in 2022, Haley engaged in a text conversation with an unknown victim. During the exchange, the victim believed he received sexually explicit…
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WHITNEY POINT, N.Y. — On October 24 at 11:47 a.m., New York State Police and EMS personnel responded to a fishing access site across from 2677 Main Street in the village of Whitney Point. Authorities discovered a 35-year-old male from Whitney Point deceased along the riverbank. The investigation is ongoing, but police do not believe…
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Attorney General Letitia James announced Friday the indictments of three individuals involved in a gun trafficking operation that illegally sold 184 firearms in Queens County.
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Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a new real-time weather data tool aimed at informing New Yorkers about increased wildfire risks. Developed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in collaboration with researchers from the University at Albany.
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Governor Kathy Hochul Friday announced funding of $25 million to enhance facilities and response capabilities for New York’s volunteer firefighters.
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‘My client is the speaker’: Il. Jury hears wiretapped calls of Madigan co-defendant, longtime friend
CHICAGO – By early 2019, Mike McClain had been a fixture around the Statehouse in Springfield for the better part of 50 years, first as a Democratic lawmaker in the 1970s and then for decades as a high-profile contract lobbyist. And though he officially retired in late 2016, McClain could still be spotted around the…
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ITHACA, N.Y. — The Ithaca Fire Department responded to an “uncontrolled brush fire that was extending up a hillside” on Wednesday morning, according to a press release early Thursday morning. Lt. Robert Shepherd wrote in a release that the fire department responded to the area of 272 Enfield Falls Road where the brush fire was…
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ITHACA, N.Y. — A new initiative from Tompkins County will offer free induction cooktops, a pot and a pan to residents with gas stoves in hopes of reducing indoor air pollution and curbing fossil fuels. The initiative is a collaborative effort between the county’s Department of Planning and Sustainability and Tompkins County Whole Health. The…