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Alton looks to stem tide by offering loans for home repairs
Apr 17, 2021 7:00 AM - ALTON, Ill. (AP) - The home Angela Relford owns is more than 100 years old and came with wiring that was outdated and dangerous. The aging heating and air conditioning unit was unreliable, and her limited income as a retired middle school teacher was not enough to keep up with one repair cost after another. Relford has lived in Alton since the early 1980s and now raises her teenage granddaughter in her home in the city's fifth ward in Upper Alton.
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Pritzker announces $1.6B in federal funding for early childhood services
Apr 16, 2021 3:56 PM - Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Friday that $1.6 billion in federal funding will be allocated toward early childhood education and child care providers in Illinois. The funds will be provided through the American Rescue Plan passed by Congress in March, Pritzker announced at a news conference in Aurora on Friday, and will include $140 million in direct grants for child care providers to be disbursed over the next three weeks. -
Are ties to marijuana industry a problem for suburban lawmaker seeking CBD rules?
Apr 16, 2021 6:31 AM - Deerfield state Rep. Bob Morgan's 'CBD Safety Act' draws criticism from hemp growers who cite the lawmaker's ties to the rival marijuana industry. -
Video: Chicago boy wasn't holding gun when shot by officer
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High demand for COVID-19 shots continues despite Johnson & Johnson setback
Apr 16, 2021 6:28 AM - Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine pause isn't preventing Pfizer and Moderna versions from going like hot cakes in the suburbs. Average new cases are down statewide, but the shots per day average also has dipped. -
Legislation would require colleges to provide free sanitary productsApr 15, 2021 5:24 PM - The state House on Thursday approved a bill to require public universities and community colleges to make feminine hygiene products available for free in restrooms.
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Illinois Supreme Court makes ruling on innocence certificates
Apr 15, 2021 3:40 PM - A majority of the Illinois Supreme Court decided Thursday that the state law governing certificates of innocence requires exonerated individuals to prove their innocence only for the criminal offense with which they were initially charged. -
State unemployment falls to 7.1% in MarchApr 15, 2021 3:31 PM - The statewide unemployment rate in Illinois fell three-tenths of a percentage point in March, to 7.1%, as the daily count of new COVID-19 cases and the case positivity rate appeared to be leveling.
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Bankers report strong growth in rural parts of 10 states
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More than 3 million now fully vaccinated in Illinois
Apr 15, 2021 12:15 PM - More than 3 million people in Illinois -- nearly one in four -- are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, state health officials reported Wednesday, as Gov. J.B. Pritzker offered cautious hope that a climb in cases of the disease is slowing.
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