Illinois
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Court weighing whether to block school COVID mitigations statewide
Jan 24, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A Sangamon County judge is considering a motion to block Illinois schools from requiring people to wear masks in classes and excluding students and staff m...
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State surpasses 30,000 COVID-19 deaths even as new cases, hospitalizations decreaseJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - New COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue a welcome downslide, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Monday. However, the state reached a sobering mile...
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Pritzker compromise would give teachers extra sick leave for COVID-19 - if they are vaccinated
Jan 24, 2022 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker vetoed a bill Monday that would have required COVID-19 related paid leave for teachers and staff at public schools and universities in favor of a new ...
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Illinois group knits, crochets, sews, quilts for charities
Jan 23, 2022 6:00 am - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - In front of the TV. In waiting rooms. On planes. A group of women in Lake County has spent countless hours knitting, crocheting and, more...
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Flags lowered to honor slain Illinois child welfare worker
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Constable: Blizzard? Prairie fires once were 'demons' in what's now the suburbsJan 22, 2022 12:00 am - We suburbanites complain about the cold and snow. We're a few months away from griping about the heat and humidity. We dread droughts, fear floods, carp about coyotes, a...
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Mix-up leads to switched verdict in Illinois murder trial
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ICU COVID-19 patients drop below 1,000 for first time this yearJan 21, 2022 12:00 am - The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care has dropped below 1,000 for the first time in 2022. Illinois Department of Public Health officials are reporting 972 of...
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Louis Vuitton stages Virgil Abloh swansong in Paris
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Rittenhouse seeks return of gun used during Kenosha protest