Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois' largest teachers union sets up its own panel to judge school reopening safetyAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - The state's largest teachers union is creating a medical review panel it says will judge whether individual school districts' reopening plans are safe. The 135,000-membe...
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Aug. 4 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 90,567 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's 49% of the state's total, ac...
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$23.8M deal awarded for New Jersey beach restoration workAug 03, 2020 7:00 am - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Federal officials have awarded a $23.8 million contract to an Illinois firm that will handle periodic beach restoration work in southern New J...
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Man arrested in Illinois in connection with Missouri killingAug 03, 2020 7:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - A Missouri man is now in custody in connection with a June homicide during a home break-in, after being arrested in Illinois. WGEM-TV...
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July cannabis sales set record at nearly $61 millionAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - July was another record month for marijuana dispensaries in Illinois. The businesses sold more than $60.9 million worth of products, according to the Illinois Departmen...
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Without federal relief, state faces big budget cuts, Pritzker warnsAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday that Illinois faces the prospect of having to make deep spending cuts over the rest of the fiscal year if Congress does not ...
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Downstate accounts for 40% of Illinois' new COVID-19 cases, up from 10% three months agoAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - As COVID-19 cases in Illinois peaked in early May, downstate residents made up an average of 10% of the new cases each day. Over the past week, with cases surging once a...
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Ginsburg waited 4 months to say her cancer had returnedAug 02, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is perhaps the most forthcoming member of the Supreme Court when it comes to telling the public about her many health issue...
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New breed of hemp growers tout resurgence of the plantAug 02, 2020 7:00 am - BEECHER, Ill. (AP) - In early 2019, Rachael and Jesse Smedberg took a leap of faith and bought a corn farm in Beecher. A corn silo remains on the 65-acre property that i...
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1,467 new confirmed Illinois cases of coronavirus, 14 deathsAug 02, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - There were 1,467 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in Illinois and 14 additional confirmed deaths, the Illinois Department of Public Health rep...