Articles filed under Illinois
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Peoria Civic Center seeks $4M to keep afloat during pandemicSep 12, 2020 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A civic center in central Illinois is seeking about $4 million to keep afloat during the coronavirus pandemic that's caused the facility to lay off s...
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State clears Tazewell site of 220 tons of used tiresSep 12, 2020 7:00 am - PEKIN, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Environmental Agency has removed more than 220 tons of used tires from an abandoned auto salvage site in Tazewell County. Officials said...
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How Illinois' income tax compares nationwide, and how a graduated tax could change itSep 12, 2020 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story originally ran May 29, 2019. Illinois residents making $1.5 million a year pay less in income taxes than their counterparts in all but eig...
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As of Sept. 11, COVID-19 case counts per county, per ZIP codeSep 12, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion There have been 119,378 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Friday. That's 46.3% of the state's total, according to the Ill...
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2,145 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Illinois, 32 deathsSep 11, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported 2,145 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 32 confirmed fatalities. The new cases c...
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Illinois legislator hit with federal tax charge resignsSep 11, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois state Sen. Terry Link, who was hit last month with federal charge of filing a false income tax return for 2016, announced his resignation Friday ...
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DuPage County trips virus warning as officials probe graduation party, youth sportsSep 11, 2020 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 in Illinois surpassed 2,000 Friday for the first time since Saturday, reaching 2,145, with 32 people dying from the respiratory disease, officials ...
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Toddler apparently drowns in his family's swimming poolSep 10, 2020 7:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois toddler apparently drowned in his family's swimming pool after he awoke while sleeping in a room with his mother, wandered ou...
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GOP leader files charge against longtime Illinois speakerSep 10, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The top Republican in the Illinois House filed a breach of public trust charge Thursday against Democratic Speaker Michael Madigan, the longest-...
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Pritzker: Rising COVID-19 hospitalizations in Illinois are 'problematic'Sep 10, 2020 1:00 am - The number of COVID-19 patients in Illinois hospitals is trending up, and “that's something we're watching closely,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday as officials announ...