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Georgia's DeKalb County to keep controversial elections software, move poll worker data

ATLANTA — The DeKalb County elections board has chosen not to end its relationship with Konnech, a software company whose founder was recently arrested on accusations he stole the personal data of California poll workers.

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Potawatomi Nation’s decades-long effort to reclaim land near DeKalb could be settled by Congress

In farm country near DeKalb, Illinois, Native Americans and settlers have been feuding over a piece of disputed land for 173 years. Now, a federal bill proposes to settle the dispute once and for all — but could still face local resistance.

Chicago Tribune

Partisan balance of Illinois Supreme Court in play in races for seats once held by Kilbride and Thomas

Four Republicans and three Democrats are vying for the seat previously held for two decades by retired Justice (and former Chicago Bear) Bob Thomas in the 2nd District, which was redrawn to cover a large part of northeastern Illinois, including DeKalb, Kendall, Kane, Lake and McHenry counties.

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Dekalb County shooting - latest: Shooter on the run after three killed and more injured in Georgia

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Meta expanding massive $1 billion Illinois data center, set to power everything from Facebook to Instagram beginning next year

Meta, the social media giant formerly known as Facebook, is expanding its massive $1 billion data center under construction in DeKalb to nearly 2.4 million square feet, putting the college town west of Chicago at the center of its metaverse.

Chicago Tribune

Winter weather advisory for Thursday afternoon, early Friday. Up to 5 inches of snow, possibly freezing drizzle

The advisory covers Cook, Will, DuPage, Kendall, Kane, Grundy, DeKalb and Ogle counties from noon Thursday until 6 a.m. Friday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Muncie: The Be Nice to Bicyclists City

Muncie (Ind.) Code of Ordinances §§ 74.02, 74.17 forbids, among other things, "Any act which shall unreasonably disturb a bicyclist," "including but not limited to" "engaging in hate speech towards bicyclists." (DeKalb, Illinois, and the much smaller Lapel, Indiana, have similar laws.)

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