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Illinois' COVID-19 positivity rate much lower than some neighbors'

By Marni Pyke
Jul 13, 2020 6:49 PM - Cases of COVID-19 rose by 883 Monday as deaths from the respiratory disease increased by six, officials said. Illinois' positivity rate has crept up from early July when it hovered at 2.6% but compares favorably with other Midwestern averages. Iowa is at 8.9%, Indiana is at 8.4% and Wisconsin is at 6.9%. Michigan's average also is 2.6%.
Feder: Mancow parties with Roger Stone after Trump commutes sentence

By Robert Feder
Jul 13, 2020 8:32 AM - When Chicago radio personality Erich Mancow Muller flew down to Florida last week he thought he'd be attending a pity party for his friend Roger Stone, who was set to begin serving a 40-month prison sentence for lying to Congress and witness intimidation.
Trump commutes longtime friend Roger Stone's prison sentence

By JILL COLVIN and ERIC TUCKER
Jul 10, 2020 7:51 PM - President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime political confidant Roger Stone on Friday, just days before he was set to report to prison. Democrats denounced the move as just another in a series of unprecedented interventions by the president in the nation's justice system.
Federal court denies relaxed ballot requirements for constitutional amendments

By Rebecca Anzel
Jul 10, 2020 3:32 PM - An Illinois group trying to get a constitutional amendment on the Nov. 3 ballot is not entitled to looser regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
Goya CEO praises Trump at White House, backlash is swift

The Associated Press
Jul 10, 2020 7:45 AM - Goya Foods is facing a swift backlash after its CEO praised President Donald Trump at White House event.
Trump looks for political edge in latest high court rulings

By JESSICA GRESKO and ZEKE MILLER
Jul 10, 2020 7:45 AM - President Donald Trump won the White House on the promise of bringing a conservative shift to the Supreme Court. But this year and last, even with two justices Trump hand-picked, the court has shown it is no rubber stamp for him or his administration's policies.
No peeking, voters: Court keeps Trump taxes private for now

By MARK SHERMAN
Jul 9, 2020 3:35 PM - Rejecting President Donald Trump's complaints that he's being harassed, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of a New York prosecutor's demands for the billionaire president's tax records. But in good political news for Trump, his taxes and other financial records almost certainly will be kept out of the public eye at least until after the November election.
Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don't reopen

By COLLIN BINKLEY
Jul 8, 2020 1:31 PM - President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal money if schools don't reopen in the fall, and he lashed out at federal health officials over school reopening guidelines that he says are impractical and expensive.
Vindman retiring from army, lawyer blames Trump

By JILL COLVIN and LOLITA C. BALDOR
Jul 8, 2020 1:08 PM - Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the national security aide who played a central role in President Donald Trump's impeachment case, announced his retirement from the Army Wednesday in a scathing statement that accused the president of running a "campaign of bullying, intimidation, and retaliation."
Opposing groups readying for fight over graduated tax

By Jerry Nowicki
Jul 7, 2020 5:23 PM - Days after the governor donated $51.5 million of his personal fortune to a committee supporting a graduated income tax constitutional amendment, a new coalition has begun an effort to defeat the measure.

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