Articles filed under Illinois
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Fraternity leads cleanup effort at Black Illinois cemeteryMay 23, 2021 7:00 am - MILLSTADT, Ill. (AP) - The winding, narrow road to Booker T. Washington Cemetery off Illinois 163 between Millstadt and Cahokia Heights is ominous. It's inundated with p...
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Shootout leaves 1 person dead, police officer injuredMay 23, 2021 7:00 am - RED BUD, Ill. (AP) - A shootout early Sunday left one person dead and a police officer injured in southwestern Illinois, according to Illinois State Police. Red Bud pol...
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Nearly half of Illinois adults fully vaccinated, state reportsMay 23, 2021 1:00 am - For the second time in a week — but just the third time all year — Illinois health authorities on Sunday reported fewer than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 in the state. At...
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More than 5 million Illinois residents fully vaccinatedMay 22, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois now has more than 5 million fully vaccinated residents, the state Department of Public Health reported Saturday. On Friday, 76,652 doses of vaccine were reporte...
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Unionization amendment clears Senate, would prohibit 'right-to-work' laws in IllinoisMay 21, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate on Friday passed and sent to the House a proposed constitutional amendment that would establish a fundamental right of employees to uni...
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Illinois one of just 16 states with 20% of children 12-17 getting at least one shotMay 21, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois is just one of 16 states where more than 20% of children eligible for COVID-19 vaccines have received at least one dose. That's according to a Daily Herald anal...
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Law school to remove John Marshall's name over racist pastMay 21, 2021 1:00 am - University of Illinois trustees voted to remove the name of the longest-serving U.S. Supreme Court chief justice from the University of Illinois-Chicago law school after...
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Daily vaccine shots top 120,000 for first time this monthMay 21, 2021 1:00 am - For the first time this month, the daily number of vaccine shots exceeded 120,000. State health officials Friday announced 126,023 more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine mad...
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Illinois Democrats release proposed new state legislative districtsMay 21, 2021 1:00 am - Proposed maps of new legislative boundaries have been released by the redistricting committees of the Illinois Senate and House. The maps, showing proposed new legislati...
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Court rejects lawsuit over state use of government bondsMay 21, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court threw out a lawsuit Thursday that was brought by the head of a libertarian think-tank that challenged the state's use of bonds t...