Articles filed under Illinois
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Pritzker may consider more restrictions; state announces 31 more deathsApr 05, 2020 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he might consider stronger measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Illinois beyond his current stay-at-home order, but for now most peo...
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Positive COVID-19 cases up by about 1,400 in IllinoisApr 04, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The number of confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus have increased by about 1,400 in Illinois, according to state health officials. Illinois has...
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Hidden suffering of coronavirus: Stigma, blaming, shamingApr 04, 2020 7:00 am - BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - No one should have known Bella Lamilla's name. But within hours of her diagnosis as Ecuador's first coronavirus case, it was circulating on soci...
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Will a graduated income tax help ensure fiscal order in Illinois?Apr 04, 2020 6:05 am - Not everyone agrees what constitutes sound fiscal policy for Illinois, particularly when it comes to the proposed graduated income tax amendment to Illinois' Constitutio...
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33 new Illinois COVID-19 deaths, 1,453 new cases - bringing total cases above 10,000Apr 04, 2020 1:00 am - State health officials on Saturday announced 33 new coronavirus deaths and 1,453 more cases, bringing the total of confirmed cases in Illinois above 10,000 for the first...
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Battery distribution site to close in Dixon; 125 jobs lostApr 03, 2020 7:00 am - DIXON, Ill. (AP) - Energizer Holdings is closing a battery distribution site in northwestern Illinois, laying off 125 employees, SaukValley.com reported. Layoffs will be...
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Urbana teacher and coach charged with child pornographyApr 03, 2020 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A teacher who also coaches cross country at an Urbana high school was arrested Friday on child pornography charges. Doug Mynatt appeared in federal c...
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Illinois bans activities at state parks amid virus outbreakApr 03, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois has barred all activities at state parks, fish and wildlife areas, recreational areas and historic sites in another move to stem the sp...
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Democrats elevate health care as virus-era campaign argumentApr 03, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats are zeroing in on health care as one of the few issues that might resonate among Americans who have largely shelved election-year politics as...
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53 additional deaths, 1,209 more Illinois COVID-19 cases; 500 beds ready to go at McCormick PlaceApr 03, 2020 1:00 am - As the first 500 beds of a makeshift alternate care facility for COVID-19 patients came online Friday at McCormick Place in Chicago, state health officials announced one...