Articles filed under Illinois
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State eviction moratorium stands despite U.S. Supreme Court decisionAug 27, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - While the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a federal eviction moratorium Thursday, a recently extended state stay on residential eviction enforcement remains in ...
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Lake, DuPage lead state in COVID-19 vaccination rates for kids 12-17Aug 27, 2021 1:00 am - With most suburban schools in full swing amid a spike in COVID-19 infections, state data Friday showed that less than half of young Illinoisans ages 12 to 17 are fully v...
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Voting rights advocates ask lawmakers to slow down remap processAug 26, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Voting rights advocates and minority community members urged Illinois lawmakers on Thursday to take more time in redrawing legislative district maps so the...
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59 more COVID-19 deaths as Illinois surpasses 1.5 million infectionsAug 26, 2021 1:00 am - Deaths in Illinois from COVID-19 reached 59 Thursday, the highest in a single day since February, as rising case counts and hospitalizations led Gov. J.B. Pritzker to or...
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Ebertfest film festival postponed to April 2022Aug 26, 2021 1:00 am - The annual Ebertfest film festival slated for next month in downstate Champaign has been postponed to 2022 due to the surge in COVID-19 across the state. The announcemen...
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Select Illinois employment offices taking appointments for in-person servicesAug 26, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - As federal unemployment benefits created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are set to expire next week, Illinois continues to see high unemployment rate...
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Pritzker reimposes statewide indoor mask mandate and vaccinations for several groupsAug 26, 2021 1:00 am - Less than three months after declaring the state fully reopened, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker ordered a return to mask wearing indoors to counter two months of surging CO...
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Woman charged in DUI crash that killed U of Illinois officerAug 25, 2021 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A Champaign woman faces an aggravated drunken driving charge following a weekend chain-reaction crash that killed an off-duty University of Illinois ...
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Sources: Pritzker to order indoor masks statewide, require vaccines for school employeesAug 25, 2021 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday morning is expected to announce a statewide indoor mask mandate for everyone 2 and older as well as a vaccine mandate for all kindergarten...
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Pritzker signs bills on mental health response, insurance coverageAug 25, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been steadily acting on more than 660 bills sent to him by the General Assembly this year ahead of a weekend deadline for bill actio...