Articles filed under Illinois
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State's wealthiest person gives $20 million to fight graduated taxSep 04, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois' wealthiest man and frequent Republican political donor Ken Griffin has pledged $20 million to a group dedicated to defeating a graduated tax cons...
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5,368 new COVID-19 cases but 4.1% positivity rate as state blames computers, saliva test influxSep 04, 2020 1:00 am - The state's COVID-19 case count surged by 5,368 Friday, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported, but it qualified that the unprecedented spike occurred because...
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Legislators to begin Madigan hearings next weekSep 04, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A special investigative committee of the General Assembly will begin meeting at the Capitol next week to decide the fate of Illinois House Speaker Michael ...
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Illinois reports 1,360 new COVID-19 cases and 25 new deathsSep 03, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday reported 1,360 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 25 confirmed deaths due to the coronavir...
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The Latest: Hong Kong's mass testing finds only few casesSep 03, 2020 7:00 am - HONG KONG - Only six people in Hong Kong have tested positive for the coronavirus out of a batch of 128,000 residents who had undergone the mass-testing program that beg...
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Illinois among last states to apply, be approved for added $300 unemployment benefitSep 03, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois is one of the last states to apply and be approved for a federal program providing an additional $300 in unemployment assistance per week to quali...
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Illinois' COVID-19 cases surpass 240,000 as counties ramp up contact tracing hiresSep 03, 2020 1:00 am - Cases of COVID-19 increased by 1,360 Thursday - the lowest count since Aug. 10, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced. Twenty-five additional people died f...
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Illinois universities blaming students for COVID-19 spikesSep 02, 2020 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois is ramping up enforcement of restrictions on student activity after more than 330 COVID-19 cases in two days on the school...
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Democrats seek to flip suburban St. Louis seat in CongressSep 02, 2020 7:00 am - O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) - Democratic groups are hoping to flip a Republican-held suburban St. Louis congressional district, with two of them spending hundreds of thousands of...
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The Latest: Beijing airport receives international flightsSep 02, 2020 7:00 am - BEIJING - Beijing's main international airport on Thursday began again receiving international flights from a limited number of countries considered at low risk of coron...