Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Cook County officials: COVID-19 absent in juvenile detaineesApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - None of the 88 general population residents selected for testing at Cook County's Juvenile Temporary Detention Center tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, health c...
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Naperville projects 'significant' revenue shortfall from virus shutdownApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - Naperville is projecting a 15% reduction in general fund revenue because of business shutdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which creates a roughly $18 million budge...
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26 million have sought U.S. jobless aid since virus hitApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - More than 4.4 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week as job cuts escalated across an economy that remains all but shut do...
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Relief Cloud Tutors help workers' kidsApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - A group of high school students organized under the Naperville nonprofit organization KidsMatter has formed Relief Cloud Tutors to provide free online tutoring to childr...
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White House shifts from raising alarms to reopening countryApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - For weeks, the Trump administration played up the dangers of the coronavirus as it sought to persuade Americans to disrupt their lives and stay home. Now, a...
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Illinois rents refrigerated trailers as COVID-19 morgue contingencyApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois has rented refrigerated semitrailer trucks to store the bodies of COVID-19 victims in case morgues become filled to capacity. The "more than 20" t...
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April 23 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map • Not all the suburbs with cases are listed below. Cook County • As of Thursday, suburban Cook County had 10,738 confirmed COVID-19 case...
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Golf courses to open in Illinois May 1Apr 23, 2020 1:00 am - Dust off those clubs and wash those balls, everybody. Because golf will be open for business in Illinois, beginning May 1. Details are still being worked out, but accord...
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Wheeling waiving business and liquor license fees for yearApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - Citing the negative economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wheeling village board has approved an ordinance waiving all base business and liquor license f...
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Stay-at-home order extended through May 30; face coverings required starting May 1Apr 23, 2020 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker is extending the state's stay-at-home order through May 30. The governor said the move is necessary because a plateau of new COVID-19 cases and hospit...