Articles filed under Illinois
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Looking back at 2020 in state politics, and looking ahead to 2021Jan 04, 2021 4:30 am - SPRINGFIELD - For Illinois, 2020 seemed to begin on a hopeful note. The state was running a budget surplus for the first time in many years. By February, unemployment ha...
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Illinois once again averaging 6,000-plus new COVID-19 cases dailyJan 04, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois COVID-19 cases are inching up to average more than 6,000 new cases a day, even as testing for the respiratory disease dropped sharply over the last few weeks. ...
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Manar leaving state Senate to become adviser to PritzkerJan 04, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Democratic state Sen. Andy Manar of downstate Bunker Hill announced Monday he will resign from the General Assembly effective Jan. 17 to join the governor'...
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Is a tax increase on the agenda in Springfield?Jan 04, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers will return to Springfield on Friday for a brief session that Republicans warn will include an attempt to raise the income tax to cover ...
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Victims in northern Illinois bowling alley shooting honoredJan 03, 2021 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Hundreds of people have attended a vigil honoring three people killed in a shooting at a bowling alley in northern Illinois. Three others were als...
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Large plastic flowers livening up yards across IllinoisJan 03, 2021 6:00 am - LOVINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Gary Smith found a hobby he loved about three and a half years ago, but never expected it to take off as quickly as it did. The 65-year-old retire...
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New COVID-19 cases dip, but positivity rates continue to climbJan 03, 2021 12:00 am - State health officials reported a second consecutive daily decline in new confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the likely result of a slowdown in testing and...
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Wisconsin police monitor recreational marijuana in IllinoisJan 02, 2021 6:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Despite dispensaries quickly popping up along Illinois' northern border after that state legalized recreational marijuana almost a year ago, local l...
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Disabled dog missing 10 months is reunited with ownerJan 02, 2021 6:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Illinois (AP) - A dog that disappeared from a yard in rural Missouri 10 months ago has been reunited with her owner on New Year's Day. The St. Louis Post...
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Illinois reports fewer COVID-19 deaths, cases as holiday slows data collectionJan 02, 2021 12:00 am - The number of COVID-19 deaths in Illinois reported Saturday dropped sharply, though the decrease probably related to slow reporting over the New Year's holiday, the stat...