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Today in History

By The Associated Press
Jan 03, 2022 6:00 am - Today in History Today is Monday, Jan. 3, the third day of 2022. There are 362 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 3, 1990, ousted Panamanian...
Peoria schools add week to winter break amid COVID-19 surge

The Associated Press
Jan 03, 2022 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois school district has extended students' winter break by one week to give administrators more time prepare for in-person learning as...
Court upholds state legislative redistricting plan

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com
Jan 03, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A three-judge federal court panel upheld the legislative redistricting plan that state lawmakers approved during a special session last summer, thus leavin...
'Frustrating and tragic': Illinois sets new COVID-19 hospitalization record

By Jake Griffin
Jan 03, 2022 12:00 am - More COVID-19 patients are currently hospitalized in Illinois than at any other point of the pandemic. That's according to new Illinois Department of Public Health data ...
University of Illinois tests future of domestic living

By ETHAN SIMMONS
Jan 02, 2022 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Walk into the living commons of the McKechnie LIFE home and you'll find the pad occupied by several domestic, sociable robots. There's Stretch, a ...
New laws take effect across US on abortion, policing, taxes

By WILSON RING
Dec 31, 2021 6:00 am - Minimum wage increases, animal protections, police accountability, cutting and increasing taxes are all part of a series of new laws taking effect across the country on ...
New state laws in 2022: $12 minimum wage, legal lemonade stands, students' mental health days

Daily Herald news services
Dec 31, 2021 12:00 am - $12 minimum wage, mental health days for students also begin
Among new state laws in 2022, higher ethical standards for lawmakers, at least somewhat

By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer
Dec 31, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers have resolved to hold themselves to a higher ethical standard in 2022. About 300 pieces of legislation were approved by Democratic Gov. ...
McHenry County allowed to keep holding ICE detainees for now

By Emily K. Coleman Shaw Media
Dec 30, 2021 12:00 am - Just days before a new state law requiring McHenry County to end its contract to house federal immigration detainees was to take effect, a federal appeals court put the ...
Lieutenant governor has breakthrough COVID-19 case

Associated Press
Dec 30, 2021 12:00 am - Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton said Thursday she has tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19. Stratton, the state's second-in-command, said on Twitter that she ha...

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