Articles filed under Illinois
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Missing Illinois hunter's body found in Michigan's UPMar 15, 2021 7:00 am - STEPHENSON, Mich. (AP) - The body of a hunter missing since November has been found in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Water rescue personnel pulled the body of 58-year-old ...
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Legislation would end gas surcharge program 2 years earlyMar 15, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would end a special gas utility surcharge that allows companies to raise customer bills with limited regulator...
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Comptroller's office won't garnish tax refunds of low-income families this yearMar 15, 2021 1:00 am - Roughly 41,000 Illinois households with family incomes low enough to qualify for the federal Earned Income Tax Credit will not have their unpaid traffic fines and parkin...
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Vaccinations averaging 100,000-plus per day; 12 more die of COVID-19Mar 15, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois COVID-19 vaccine providers are averaging more than 102,147 shots a day over the past week, compared to less than 53,000 shots per day less than a month ago. Ill...
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State surpasses 4-million mark for vaccine doses givenMar 14, 2021 1:00 am - The number of COVID-19 vaccines administered in Illinois has surpassed the 4 million mark and nearly 1.5 million state residents are now fully inoculated, health authori...
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Dog is finally adopted after 2 years in Illinois shelterMar 13, 2021 6:00 am - COLUMBIA, Ill. (AP) - A dog that spent more than two years at a southern Illinois animal shelter waiting to be adopted has finally found a new family. Demi spent 809 day...
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Old State Capitol closed through April for $1.5M renovationMar 13, 2021 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Old State Capitol in downtown Springfield is closed to visitors through April while it undergoes repairs and renovation work. The Illinois D...
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COVID-19 cases per county as of March 12Mar 13, 2021 12:00 am - There have been 515,088 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Friday. That's 42.5% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. There have ...
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Record of over 150,000 vaccinations in a day: Now when can people return to Loop offices?Mar 13, 2021 12:00 am - COVID-19 vaccinations hit a new daily record with 152,697 shots in arms Friday as vaccine doses shipped to Illinois surpassed 5 million, the Illinois Department of Publi...
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The 9 'corporate tax loopholes' Pritzker wants to end that businesses call 'incentives'Mar 13, 2021 12:00 am - In order to balance next year's state budget, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is asking legislators to eliminate what his administration calls nine "corporate tax loopholes" to gener...