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    "Vol. 55 No. 15",
    "The fight over Illinois’s data center boom is coming to a head",
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  "textContent": "At a packed and contentious Joliet City Council meeting on Tuesday night, opponents outnumbered supporters of a proposed data center at the edge of the city, not far from a large warehouse development. People spilled out of the chamber. Some wore union shirts bearing the names of their local chapters, and representatives for IBEW 176 […]\n\nThe post The fight over Illinois’s data center boom is coming to a head appeared first on Chicago Reader.",
  "title": "The fight over Illinois’s data center boom is coming to a head"
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