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Mawa Iqbal

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Oct 1, 2026
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Jul 31, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Mawa Iqbal

    Labor-aligned group sees boon in jobs and tax revenues with Illinois data center growth (opens the original)

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    Data center projects planned in Illinois over the next decade could generate tens of thousands of new jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in new tax revenues but also drive up utility bills, according to a report released Thursday. The state is expecting $57 billion worth of new data center projects through 2035, which the labor-backed think tank, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, and the University of Illinois say could create 121,000 mostly temporary skilled trade and construction jobs.

  2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Mawa Iqbal

    Illinois Supreme Court sides with widow of Uber rider killed in wrongful death case (opens the original)

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    The ride-sharing giant, Uber, has been dealt a legal setback by a unanimous Illinois Supreme Court that sided with the widow of 60-year-old rider killed in a 2022 crash along the Stevenson Expressway. The question at the center of the case was whether a family member of a deceased rider would be forced into third-party arbitration to settle a wrongful death or severe injury claim, rather than hashing the issue out in the courts. In its registration process, Uber requires every user to agree to m

  3. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Mawa Iqbal

    Lincoln's blood-stained gloves from his assassination resurface in California museum (opens the original)

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    After being auctioned last year, blood-stained gloves Abraham Lincoln had when he was assassinated and that once were showcased at his presidential museum in Springfield have now turned up about 2,000 miles away in southern California. The rare artifact, which was sold last year to a mystery buyer for $1.5 million, is being exhibited at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum until mid-September. It’s part of a display at the Simi Valley, Calif., museum commemorating America’s semiquin

  4. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Mawa Iqbal

    Back-to-back bond rating upgrades for Illinois boost Pritzker's reelection bid (opens the original)

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    Illinois just received a new financial accolade from a top bond rating agency, giving Gov. JB Pritzker a strategic boost in a fall campaign where Republican challenger Darren Bailey has made the state’s fiscal management under Pritzker a central issue. S&P Global Ratings raised Illinois’ general obligation bond rating from an “A-” to an “A,” marking the 12th bond rating upgrade for the state since Pritzker took office in 2019. S&P cited the passage of consecutive balanced state budgets and the “

  5. Article · Aug 23, 2026 · Mawa Iqbal

    Sean Grayson, former cop convicted of killing Sonya Massey, dies (opens the original)

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    A white former cop convicted of killing a Black woman in her Springfield-area home two years ago died in prison Sunday, according to his legal team. Sean Grayson was battling stage 4 rectal cancer that had spread to his liver and lungs, and had in May requested an early medical release. A three-person state panel that handles all inmate release and clemency decisions unanimously denied Grayson’s request three weeks ago. The Illinois Department of Corrections did not return immediate requests for

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