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Will a graduated income tax help ensure fiscal order in Illinois?

By Barbara Vitello
Apr 04, 2020 6:05 am - Not everyone agrees what constitutes sound fiscal policy for Illinois, particularly when it comes to the proposed graduated income tax amendment to Illinois' Constitutio...
33 new Illinois COVID-19 deaths, 1,453 new cases - bringing total cases above 10,000

By Susan Sarkauskas
Apr 04, 2020 1:00 am - State health officials on Saturday announced 33 new coronavirus deaths and 1,453 more cases, bringing the total of confirmed cases in Illinois above 10,000 for the first...
Battery distribution site to close in Dixon; 125 jobs lost

The Associated Press
Apr 03, 2020 7:00 am - DIXON, Ill. (AP) - Energizer Holdings is closing a battery distribution site in northwestern Illinois, laying off 125 employees, SaukValley.com reported. Layoffs will be...
Urbana teacher and coach charged with child pornography

The Associated Press
Apr 03, 2020 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A teacher who also coaches cross country at an Urbana high school was arrested Friday on child pornography charges. Doug Mynatt appeared in federal c...
Illinois bans activities at state parks amid virus outbreak

The Associated Press
Apr 03, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois has barred all activities at state parks, fish and wildlife areas, recreational areas and historic sites in another move to stem the sp...
Democrats elevate health care as virus-era campaign argument

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE
Apr 03, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats are zeroing in on health care as one of the few issues that might resonate among Americans who have largely shelved election-year politics as...
53 additional deaths, 1,209 more Illinois COVID-19 cases; 500 beds ready to go at McCormick Place

By Jake Griffin
Apr 03, 2020 1:00 am - As the first 500 beds of a makeshift alternate care facility for COVID-19 patients came online Friday at McCormick Place in Chicago, state health officials announced one...
More than 14K Illinois jobs lost in March due to virus

By Rich Klicki
Apr 03, 2020 1:00 am - Note: This story has been updated to remove mention of layoffs by Fabrik Molded Plastics at its McHenry plant, as they have been removed from the state report. And i...
Unemployment up again, Illinois receives 178K initial claims

The Associated Press
Apr 02, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois continued to share in the nation's economic pain wrought by COVID-19 with 178,421 unemployment claims filed last week. The 56% jump, ...
16 more dead, 715 new Illinois COVID-19 cases as McCormick Place 'hospital' prepares to open

By Jake Griffin
Apr 02, 2020 1:00 am - A massive makeshift hospital at McCormick Place in Chicago is expected to be ready to handle its first batch of coronavirus patients as early as Friday, Gov. J.B. Pritzk...

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