Jake Griffin
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4% of people in suburbs who tested positive for COVID-19 have diedApr 15, 2020 1:00 am - Slightly more than 4% of the residents of suburban Cook County and the five collar counties who tested positive for the coronavirus have died. Of the 11,745 people who c...
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Pritzker estimates $2.7 billion revenue shortfall from COVID-19Apr 15, 2020 1:00 am - The state will lose an estimated $2.7 billion this fiscal year and $4.6 billion next fiscal year because of the effects of the near total economic shutdown from the coro...
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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...