Jake Griffin
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Pritzker warns another statewide lockdown on the horizonNov 12, 2020 12:00 am - As the state's COVID-19 infection rate climbs and hospitalizations from the virus continue their exponential growth, Gov. J.B. Pritzker warned another statewide "mandato...
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Illinois records 12,623 new COVID-19 cases and largest one-day spike in hospitalizationsNov 10, 2020 12:00 am - Hospitals throughout the state added 333 more COVID-19 patients Monday, the largest single-day increase since the Illinois Department of Public Health began keeping trac...
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Pritzker promotes contact tracing amid 10,376 new COVID-19 cases; he self-isolates againNov 06, 2020 12:00 am - Illinois COVID-19 contact tracers are barely reaching half the people who have tested positive for the disease since Aug. 1. The news comes as Illinois recorded more tha...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations continue 'alarming increase'Nov 04, 2020 12:00 am - With 167 more hospitalized for COVID-19 Wednesday, Illinois has 3,761 patients in the hospital for the disease - a figure that has more than doubled in less than a month...
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Pritzker says 'painful cuts' coming after graduated tax defeatNov 04, 2020 12:00 am - After the defeat of his signature graduated income tax rate plan he said would generate $3.6 billion per year more for the state, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Illinois Republ...
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Graduated income tax proposal failing as more votes pour inNov 03, 2020 12:00 am - A proposal that would pave the way for Illinois to enact graduated income tax brackets on earnings is failing in early vote counting. With less than 80% of precincts rep...
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Suburban regions creeping toward harsher COVID-19 restrictionsNov 02, 2020 12:00 am - While state health officials announced 20 more COVID-19 related deaths and an additional 6,222 new cases of the disease Monday, some areas of the state are bracing for t...
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The facts on Illinois' graduated income tax proposalNov 01, 2020 12:00 am - For the past two years, no issue has consumed Illinois politics as much as the proposed graduated income tax plan. Gov. J.B. Pritzker made changing the state's income ta...
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'It was a little ping of joy': Suburban businesses share $15 million in COVID-19 grant fundsOct 30, 2020 1:00 am - Michelle Dacy first thought the email she received offering grant funds for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic was some kind of scam. But instead of hitting th...
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6,363 new COVID-19 cases: State record again, and now an average of 5,000+ new cases a dayOct 29, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois hit a single-day record of 6,363 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday and is averaging more than 5,000 new cases a day this week. Just two weeks ago, the state was av...