Articles filed under Illinois
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Securing $350 million in school funding crucial for Democrats in state budget talksApr 30, 2021 1:00 am - Suburban House Democrats are preparing to make education funding a sticking point as budget negotiations with Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Senate heat up next week in Spri...
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Nearly 1.9 million fully vaccinated in April, 672 more COVID-19 deathsApr 30, 2021 1:00 am - April has been pivotal for Illinois' fight against COVID-19, accounting for almost half of those now considered to be fully vaccinated. Nearly 1.9 million Illinois resi...
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Sheriff: Central Illinois inmate dies after Taser shocksApr 29, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois jail inmate has died after correctional officers shocked him with Tasers when he resisted health checks and attempts to handc...
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Ethics commission finds ex-Exelon lobbyist sexually harassed colleagueApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A state ethics commission has found a former Exelon lobbyist sexually harassed one of his female colleagues on two separate occasions in Springfield, in vi...
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Housing protection legislation sent to governorApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate voted Thursday to pass House Bill 2877, which aims to extend emergency protections to renters and homeowners who financially strapped a...
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Judge finds FOID card law invalid -- as applied to one Illinois womanApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - For the second time, a county judge in southern Illinois has ruled the state's Firearm Owner Identification Card law unconstitutional, as applied to one st...
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Could a vaccination passport program be coming to Illinois?Apr 29, 2021 1:00 am - Officials at the Illinois Department of Public Health said the agency is working on a program that would allow residents who are vaccinated against COVID-19 to show an e...
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Pritzker releases new plan for spending Volkswagen settlementApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration released a revised plan for how to spend the state's share of a multibillion-dollar Volkswagen settlement for violating...
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Average of shots in arms falls below 100,000 as demand tapers offApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois' seven-day average of administered COVID-19 vaccine shots fell below 100,000, the lowest level in a month, state public health officials reported Thursday. On W...
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Pritzker unveils energy plan amid session's final stretchApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office unveiled a 900-page energy overhaul bill Wednesday, accelerating a yearslong negotiating process which advocates hope will end ...