Articles filed under Illinois
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After one year, how are the suburbs and Illinois doing in vaccinations?Dec 15, 2021 12:00 am - It's been one full year since the first COVID-19 vaccine inoculation was recorded in Illinois. In that time, 8,025,629 residents have been fully vaccinated, according to...
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Omicron variant confirmed in suburban Cook County residentDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - Cook County Department of Public Health officials announced the omicron variant has been diagnosed in at least one person recently infected with COVID-19, and they are a...
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Lawmakers push for nursing home reforms this springDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Several Illinois lawmakers said this week they are determined to pass a bill in the spring that would overhaul the way nursing homes are paid through the s...
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Buyer lined up for James R. Thompson CenterDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Plans are moving ahead for the sale of the James R. Thompson Center at 100 W. Randolph St. in Chicago. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced on Wednesday plans to e...
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AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. ESTDec 14, 2021 6:00 am - One year of vaccines: Many lives saved, many needlessly lost One year ago, the biggest vaccination drive in American history began with a flush of excitement in an other...
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Former state legislator admits to tax evasionDec 14, 2021 12:00 am - Former state Rep. Edward "Eddie" Acevedo pleaded guilty to tax evasion Tuesday, having been caught up in the yearslong federal investigation revolving around former Hous...
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New law provides midwives with a path to state licenseDec 14, 2021 12:00 am - Colleen Marotta has delivered hundreds of babies. Marotta, 43, of Arlington Heights, became a nurse in 2001. Ten years later, she became a certified professional midwife...
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Lawmakers concerned about plan to increase frequency of standardized testsDec 14, 2021 12:00 am - Thirty-seven Illinois state lawmakers are asking the state education board to apply due diligence before voting on a new, multimillion-dollar standardized testing system...
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Illinois COVID hospitalizations up 20% from week agoDec 14, 2021 12:00 am - State health officials Tuesday reported 3,628 COVID-19 patients were being treated at hospitals throughout Illinois. That's up 20% from a week ago and is 115 more patien...
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FBI offers $10K for information in ISU grad student's deathDec 13, 2021 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - The FBI is offering up to a $10,000 reward for information on the final hours of an Illinois State University graduate student who disappeared i...