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Is a tax increase on the agenda in Springfield?

By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com
Jan 04, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers will return to Springfield on Friday for a brief session that Republicans warn will include an attempt to raise the income tax to cover ...
Victims in northern Illinois bowling alley shooting honored

The Associated Press
Jan 03, 2021 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Hundreds of people have attended a vigil honoring three people killed in a shooting at a bowling alley in northern Illinois. Three others were als...
Large plastic flowers livening up yards across Illinois

By GARRETT KARSTEN
Jan 03, 2021 6:00 am - LOVINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Gary Smith found a hobby he loved about three and a half years ago, but never expected it to take off as quickly as it did. The 65-year-old retire...
New COVID-19 cases dip, but positivity rates continue to climb

Daily Herald report
Jan 03, 2021 12:00 am - State health officials reported a second consecutive daily decline in new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the likely result of a slowdown in testing and...
Wisconsin police monitor recreational marijuana in Illinois

By MITCHELL SCHMIDT
Jan 02, 2021 6:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Despite dispensaries quickly popping up along Illinois' northern border after that state legalized recreational marijuana almost a year ago, local l...
Disabled dog missing 10 months is reunited with owner

The Associated Press
Jan 02, 2021 6:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Illinois (AP) - A dog that disappeared from a yard in rural Missouri 10 months ago has been reunited with her owner on New Year's Day. The St. Louis Post...
Illinois reports fewer COVID-19 deaths, cases as holiday slows data collection

Daily Herald report
Jan 02, 2021 12:00 am - The number of COVID-19 deaths in Illinois reported Saturday dropped sharply, though the decrease probably related to slow reporting over the New Year's holiday, the stat...
With 2021 comes news laws for Illinoisans to follow

The Associated Press
Jan 01, 2021 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The arrival of 2021 brings with it few new Illinois laws due to the shortened spring session of the General Assembly caused by the COVID-19 pand...
Only three new state laws take effect in 2021, plus minimum wage goes up again

By Sarah Mansur Capitol News Illinois smansur@capitolnewsillinois.com
Jan 01, 2021 5:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - When a new year begins in Illinois, typically dozens if not hundreds of new laws go into effect. Not this year. Like so many other things in 2020, the leg...
4 arrested in 2019 southern Illinois slaying

The Associated Press
Dec 31, 2020 6:00 am - HERRIN, Il. (AP) - Four people have been charged with first-degree murder in the 2019 slaying of a southern Illinois man, authorities have announced. According to the ...

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