Articles filed under Illinois
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70% of Illinois adults have received one vaccine dose, CDC saysJun 17, 2021 1:00 am - Seventy percent of Illinois adults have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. Illinois is the ...
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Two-day session in Springfield ends with no energy billJun 17, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers finished a two-day special session Thursday by passing some important legislation but without reaching agreement on the one issue they h...
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Illinois mental health experts see varied impacts of sports gambling a year into state's legalizationJun 16, 2021 1:00 am - Woodstock resident Jose Tapia had a feeling Tom Brady was going to look for a familiar receiver as the quarterback led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers into the Super Bowl this ...
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House passes legislation to give police more power to take weaponsJun 16, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House on Wednesday passed a Firearm Owner Identification card law change that would strengthen law enforcement's ability to retrieve guns from...
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House OKs remote voting on bills to pass budget amendmentJun 16, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House changed its rules Wednesday to allow lawmakers to cast votes on legislation remotely, giving them enough votes to pass a change to the b...
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Illinois ranks second for fewest new COVID-19 cases among nine Midwest statesJun 16, 2021 1:00 am - COVID-19 infections are simmering down across the U.S., but there are still large disparities among states in how many people are falling sick, including in the Midwest....
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Juneteenth becomes official state holidayJun 16, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The day that marks the anniversary of the day in 1865 when some of the last enslaved Americans learned that they had been freed is now an official state ho...
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Scam alert: Beware of texts claiming to be from secretary of state's officeJun 15, 2021 5:30 am - If you've received a suspicious text message or email recently purporting to be from the Illinois secretary of state and asking you to update your contact information or...
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Foam set to be sprayed onto burning Illinois chemical plantJun 15, 2021 1:00 am - ROCKTON - A private firefighting company from Louisiana was expected to begin pumping fire-suppressing foam Tuesday onto the still-burning ruins of a northern Illinois c...
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Illinois records fewest new COVID-19 cases since March 2020Jun 14, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois public health officials on Monday reported the lowest daily cases of coronavirus since March 2020. The Illinois Department of Public H...