Articles filed under Illinois
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State has fully vaccinated about 44% of eligible IllinoisansMay 18, 2021 1:00 am - About 44% of Illinoisans who are eligible have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Illinois Department of Public Health data indicated Tuesday. Nearly 10.9 million I...
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Senate panel endorses 'media literacy' mandate in schoolsMay 18, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - All high schools in Illinois would be required to offer instruction in how to understand and evaluate news and social media as part of their computer liter...
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Regional superintendents address Illinois' teacher shortageMay 18, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Following a February survey of school districts that illustrated a persistent teacher shortage in the state, the Illinois Association of Regional Superinte...
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GOP says Democrats' ethics bill doesn't go far enoughMay 17, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate is gearing up for a debate over a package of ethics reforms, possibly as early as this week, that Republicans say doesn't go far enough...
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COVID-19 update: 32,253 more shots, 6 more dead, 946 new casesMay 17, 2021 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 dropped to 946 Monday, the fewest since mid-March, with six more people dying from the respiratory disease, the Illinois Department of Public Healt...
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Pritzker rescinding mask rule for fully vaccinated residentsMay 17, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois is aligning its mask rules to reflect recent U.S. Centers for Disease Control guidelines that people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 don't need face c...
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State will phase out eviction moratorium, expand grants for rentersMay 17, 2021 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Monday the state will "phase out" its moratorium on pandemic-related evictions by August and launched a new program to provide assistance to...
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Chicks give Illinois students a lesson on agricultureMay 16, 2021 7:00 am - NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Stumbling, squeaking, fluffy chicks popped out of their eggs in classrooms across McLean County, some making their arrival a little later than others...
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Legacy of Coach Jerry Sloan lives on in Illinois hometownMay 16, 2021 7:00 am - MCLEANSBORO, Ill. (AP) - When you pull into this town, one of the first things you can see is Hamilton County Junior/Senior High School. It sits on Jerry Sloan Drive. An...
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After two-day spike, COVID-19 deaths in Illinois declineMay 16, 2021 1:00 am - After a two-day spike that saw the highest death toll from COVID-19 in more than two months, fatalities caused by the coronavirus were cut nearly in half Sunday, state h...