Champaign County Clerk Gordy Hulten, a Republican who supports gay marriage, said he hoped other Illinoiscounties would follow suit.
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The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings for parts of 17 Illinoiscounties, including Chicago and its suburbs, and two northwest Indiana counties.
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The immediate opening of marriage rights to a second Illinoiscounty came hours before a federal judge ruled a Texas ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional.