Jake Griffin
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COVID-19 update: 74 more dead; Pritzker touts unemployment processing changesApr 13, 2020 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the state has called back several recently retired Illinois Department of Employment Security employees to help process the more than half a...
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Researchers seek plasma from recovered COVID-19 patientsApr 13, 2020 1:00 am - University of Chicago medical researchers are starting a clinical trial to determine if blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients can be used to treat current patien...
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How will coronavirus affect your property taxes?Apr 11, 2020 1:00 am - Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi plans on adjusting the assessed value of every parcel in the county ahead of the August 2021 tax bills, using historical data from past ...
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Attorney general's office finds no evidence of price gougingApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office has received more than 1,120 price-gouging complaints since the start of the coronavirus outbreak. However, investigators ...
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Pritzker: Start thinking about a summer with no festivalsApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - It's time to start thinking about a summer without any festivals, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday during his daily coronavirus briefing. "I think everyone needs to thin...
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73 more dead, 1,287 more infected with COVID-19 in IllinoisApr 07, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois experienced its largest single-day spike of COVID-19 fatalities Tuesday as the number of infected patients needing intensive care treatment and ventilators is a...
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Barbecue grill sparks Naperville house fireApr 03, 2020 1:00 am - A charcoal barbecue grill sparked a house fire in Naperville late Thursday. Naperville Fire Department officials say the grill caught the deck on fire at a house on the ...
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53 additional deaths, 1,209 more Illinois COVID-19 cases; 500 beds ready to go at McCormick PlaceApr 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...
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February marijuana sales net state $8 million in taxesApr 03, 2020 1:00 am - The second month of legal recreational marijuana sales in Illinois generated $5.2 million in marijuana tax revenue. February, which had 29 days this year, also added $3 ...
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16 more dead, 715 new Illinois COVID-19 cases as McCormick Place 'hospital' prepares to openApr 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...