Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois reports 156 more COVID-19 deaths, 5,742 new casesDec 25, 2020 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health reported Friday there were 5,742 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 156 additional d...
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Illinois reports 7,037 more COVID-19 cases, 96 new deathsDec 24, 2020 12:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 totaled 7,037 with 96 additional deaths from the respiratory disease, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Thursday. The state's total...
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How COVID-19 affected suburbs' minority communitiesDec 23, 2020 4:00 am - From the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, health officials warned that every American was vulnerable to infection and the virus would not discriminate. But that's exactl...
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Pritzker: More than 100,000 health care workers have gotten vaccine so farDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - Illinois has given a COVID-19 vaccine to 100,991 health care workers so far, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday, as the state prepares for a second inoculation rollout in...
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Sangamon County judge tosses decision voiding Pritzker's executive ordersDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - In early July, a judge in downstate Clay County voided Gov. J.B. Pritzker's coronavirus restrictions in a sweeping order that he applied to the entire stat...
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2 face fraud charges involving Illinois boat dealershipDec 22, 2020 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Two central Illinois residents have been indicted on a federal charges alleging that they defrauded a boat dealership and others out of more than $2 ...
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Illinois' COVID-19 metrics 'moving in the right direction,' surgeon general saysDec 22, 2020 12:00 am - The U.S. Surgeon General said Illinois' COVID-19 metrics are “moving in the right direction” as new COVID-19 infections numbered 6,239 Tuesday and case averages dropped ...
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COVID-19 cases per county, ZIP code as of Dec. 22Dec 22, 2020 12:00 am - Interactive mapSuburbs' portion There have been 390,606 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's 43% of the state's total, according to the Illino...
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Teachers win dispute over layoffs at Illinois collegeDec 21, 2020 6:00 am - CARTERVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Teachers who sued after part-time instructors were hired to lead their classes at a southern Illinois community college have won an appeal at th...
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Bills would allow state lawmakers to meet, vote remotelyDec 21, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Two lawmakers have introduced legislation that would allow the General Assembly to meet and vote remotely during a pandemic or other emergency that makes i...