Articles filed under Illinois
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As crashes, injuries mount, task force takes aim at Move Over violatorsFeb 19, 2021 4:30 am - You couldn't blame Illinois State Police for feeling like it's déjà vu all over again, in the worst possible way. Two years after a rash of roadside crashes left two sta...
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State tops 2 million vaccine doses givenFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - More than 2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Illinois, state health officials reported Friday. Of the 2,060,706 doses that have now gone i...
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Ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to resign seatFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois state Rep. Michael Madigan, a Chicago Democrat who virtually set Illinois' political agenda as House speaker before he was ousted last ...
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2 more mass vaccination sites to open in southern IllinoisFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - More mass COVID-19 vaccination sites are slated to open this week in southern Illinois, news that comes as nearly 2 millions doses have been admi...
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Correction: Illinois-State Budget storyFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - In a Feb. 17 story about Gov. J.B. Pritzker's budget proposal, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the proposal relied for revenue on...
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Bankers say economy is improving in rural parts of 10 statesFeb 18, 2021 6:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The economy is slowly improving in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states, but employment remains below the level it was at before the coronaviru...
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COVID-19 inoculations rise, but so do tensions over dose distributionFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - As Illinois nears 2 million COVID-19 vaccines administered despite weather-related delays, tensions rose among some suburban leaders over the scant supply of doses. A to...
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Ex-Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan now says he's leaving House seat immediatelyFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Michael Madigan, the Chicago Democrat who set much of Illinois' political agenda as House speaker for four decades before his ouster last month, announced ...
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Restaurant, hotel industry officials say they can't last another year under COVID-19 rulesFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Officials from the hotel, restaurant and convention industries told a state Senate panel Thursday that they need a clear plan for how they will be allowed ...
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Panel approves 'culturally responsive' teaching standardsFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A legislative panel on Wednesday allowed the Illinois State Board of Education to move forward with new rules that call on colleges and universities in the...