Articles filed under Illinois
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House passes legislation to give police more power to take weaponsJun 16, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House on Wednesday passed a Firearm Owner Identification card law change that would strengthen law enforcement's ability to retrieve guns from...
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House OKs remote voting on bills to pass budget amendmentJun 16, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House changed its rules Wednesday to allow lawmakers to cast votes on legislation remotely, giving them enough votes to pass a change to the b...
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Illinois ranks second for fewest new COVID-19 cases among nine Midwest statesJun 16, 2021 1:00 am - COVID-19 infections are simmering down across the U.S., but there are still large disparities among states in how many people are falling sick, including in the Midwest....
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Juneteenth becomes official state holidayJun 16, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The day that marks the anniversary of the day in 1865 when some of the last enslaved Americans learned that they had been freed is now an official state ho...
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Scam alert: Beware of texts claiming to be from secretary of state's officeJun 15, 2021 5:30 am - If you've received a suspicious text message or email recently purporting to be from the Illinois secretary of state and asking you to update your contact information or...
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Foam set to be sprayed onto burning Illinois chemical plantJun 15, 2021 1:00 am - ROCKTON - A private firefighting company from Louisiana was expected to begin pumping fire-suppressing foam Tuesday onto the still-burning ruins of a northern Illinois c...
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Illinois records fewest new COVID-19 cases since March 2020Jun 14, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois public health officials on Monday reported the lowest daily cases of coronavirus since March 2020. The Illinois Department of Public H...
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Energy bill still not filed less than 24 hours before planned voteJun 14, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate is scheduled to return to the Capitol Tuesday to consider an energy regulatory overhaul bill that is years in the making but was not ye...
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If you want to avoid the ICU, get a COVID-19 shot, doctors sayJun 14, 2021 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 totaled 165 Monday, the lowest since March 20, 2020, with nine more deaths from the respiratory disease, the Illinois Department of Public Health r...
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Chemical plant explosion, fire prompt evacuationsJun 14, 2021 1:00 am - An explosion at a northern Illinois chemical plant Monday morning sparked massive fires that sent flames and huge plumes of thick black smoke high into the air and debri...