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• Army tales

  15-04-2023 17:07 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Jonah Saesan and LanDis Frederick are veterans of two different branches of the U.S. armed forces. After being discharged in 2015, they started processing their experiences in the military through sketch comedy, which has culminated in their first two-person show. Lasting 60 minutes, the program covers topics such as the difficulty of forming meaningful friendships […]
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• Meet Dwight White II and His Dazzling Murals

  15-04-2023 17:00
  
  Chicago-based artist Dwight White II had the life-affirming moment that only a few of us ever experience: witnessing his work impact someone in real-time.
  He recalled that it had to be 2017 or ’18 when a boy no older than eight watched him paint a mural and started tearing up.
  “I want to paint!” the kid yelled toward his mother as he watched White work on a wall in an alley.
  When his mother asked why he was crying, again he declared, ‘I want to paint!”
  White said he
  
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• Attorney General Raoul Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Veterans’ Rights

  15-04-2023 16:30
  
  Attorney General Kwame Raoul today, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 33 attorneys general, asked the Supreme Court of the United States to hear an important case in order to protect veterans’ rights to their hard-earned benefits.
  “The men and women who have served in the military deserve our recognition and support for the sacrifices they and their families have made to protect our nation,” Raoul said. “That’s why I am proud to be a part of this bipartisan coali
  
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• Governor Pritzker Announces Tax Filing and Payment Relief for Taxpayers Affected by March 2023 Tornadoes and Severe Storms

  15-04-2023 15:45
  
  Gov. JB Pritzker announced tax filing and payment relief today for individuals and businesses not able to meet regularly scheduled filing or payment deadlines due to the March tornadoes and severe storms.
  The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) will offer tax relief to affected income, withholding, and sales and use tax filers who live or have businesses in the impacted counties, or to those who have tax records located in those declared disaster areas.
  The five counties impacted and declared
  
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• White Teacher Repeatedly Called Black Girl’s Hair ‘Ethnic’, Lawsuit Says

  15-04-2023 15:00
  
  A white cosmetology teacher in New York has been accused of making repeated, racist remarks about a Black student’s hair.According to CBS News, the 17-year-old student filed a discrimination claim with New York state after her teacher continuously referred to her hair as “ethnic” during cosmetology class at Sachem East High School.The teacher suggested that the student’s hair wasn’t “American” or “normal,” according to her mother.
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