Articles filed under Illinois
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Questions arise amid power redistribution at tollway authorityNov 01, 2021 1:00 am - Power shifts at the Illinois tollway are raising "who's on first" questions from at least one state lawmaker after the board recently voted to delegate authority to Chai...
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Pritzker calls gun violence a public health crisis, lays out prevention approachNov 01, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order Monday classifying ongoing gun violence in Illinois as a public health crisis and announced his intent to incl...
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Of the 843 COVID-19 deaths Illinois recorded in October, nearly 55% were downstateNov 01, 2021 1:00 am - In October, state health officials reported 843 COVID-19 deaths in Illinois, an average of 27 per day. That represents a 17.6% drop from September's 1,023 deaths from CO...
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AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDTOct 31, 2021 7:00 am - A post-Trump test for Democrats looms in Virginia election RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - For four years, nothing rallied Democrats like the push to get Donald Trump out of office...
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Rainfall delays crops, but some Illinois farmers on scheduleOct 31, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - October has had weather comparable to what is seen in all four seasons. Through it all, area farmers were working through the conditions to coll...
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2 more charged in crash that killed Illinois family of 3Oct 31, 2021 7:00 am - BEHALTO, Ill. (AP) - Two more people have been charged in connection with an August crash that killed three members of a southwestern Illinois family. Prosecutors alleg...
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National reports of pumpkin shortage not true in Peoria areaOct 30, 2021 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - National reports of fungus and wet weather threatening U.S. pumpkin crops may have pumpkin lovers spooked ahead of Halloween and Thanksgiving. But pu...
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AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDTOct 30, 2021 7:00 am - A post-Trump test for Democrats looms in Virginia election RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - For four years, nothing rallied Democrats like the push to get Donald Trump out of office...
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Lower scores, high absenteeism, more teachers: A first look at how pandemic affected state's studentsOct 29, 2021 9:30 am - Preliminary state data released today confirms what many educators and parents predicted about the pandemic-impacted 2020-21 school year, but it's not without hopeful si...
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Illinois man arrested in killing outside Davenport clubOct 29, 2021 7:00 am - DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - An Illinois man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting a man outside a Davenport strip club earlier this month. Lance Johnson, 28, of...