Articles filed under Illinois
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GOP senators call for standardized election procedures across all countiesMay 06, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Two Republican senators have introduced legislation to standardize the way local authorities across Illinois handle elections, from the training of electio...
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Illinois House votes to endorse 'abolition amendment,' D.C. statehoodMay 05, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House voted Wednesday to endorse a proposed U.S. constitutional amendment that would finally eliminate what some see as the last vestige of sl...
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Average of COVID-19 infections drops by 6% in a weekMay 05, 2021 1:00 am - Average new cases of COVID-19 declined for the sixth day in a row, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Wednesday. The seven-day average for new infections w...
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House speaker says minority representation key to remap effortMay 05, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, a Democrat from Hillside, stepped back from supporting an independent commission on legislative redistricting in comments W...
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Senate committee advances bills on sex ed, decriminalizing HIV transmissionMay 05, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Legislation that would overhaul sex education in Illinois and a measure to decriminalize the transmission of HIV were among several bills that passed the S...
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AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDTMay 04, 2021 7:00 am - 'Horrible' weeks ahead as India's virus catastrophe worsens NEW DELHI (AP) - COVID-19 infections and deaths are mounting with alarming speed in India with no end in sigh...
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Central Illinois woman charged in deaths of boyfriend, babyMay 04, 2021 7:00 am - TUSCOLA, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois woman has been charged with murder and other counts in connection with the March deaths of her infant daughter and her boyfriend ...
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Pleasant Valley man charged in fatal Iowa boat crashMay 04, 2021 7:00 am - LeCLAIRE, Iowa (AP) - Iowa officials have charged a Pleasant Valley man with manslaughter after a boating crash last summer on the Mississippi River that killed two peop...
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Study shows working mothers hit hard by pandemic-related child care burdensMay 04, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - New research shows pandemic-related child care burdens have magnified economic inequalities for women in the workforce in Illinois. That research was inclu...
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From target shooting to museum passes: State plans to offer 'free stuff' for vaccinationsMay 04, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois officials are offering “incentives” to residents to get immunized against the coronavirus — starting at a downstate shooting facility where those who get COVID-...