Articles filed under Illinois
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U of Illinois to develop new relationships to tribesDec 12, 2020 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois says it will establish new traditions related to Native Americans some 13 years after it retired its divisive Chief Illini...
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COVID-19 cases, deaths continue to decline slightly in IllinoisDec 12, 2020 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday reported 8,737 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease, including 127 additional deaths, numbers that w...
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COVID-19 case counts per county, ZIP code as of Dec. 11Dec 12, 2020 12:00 am - Interactive mapSuburbs' portion There have been 358,658 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Friday. That's 43% of the state's total, according to the Illinoi...
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COVID-19 concerns prompt cancelation of ISU spring breakDec 11, 2020 6:00 am - NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State University students won't be getting a spring break next year after all because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A couple of months a...
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Intriguing letter apparently part of probe in 1987 homicideDec 11, 2020 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A letter kept in a safe deposit box apparently is part of the evidence against an Alabama man who is charged with killing a 19-year-old woman in Il...
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Raoul opposes Texas lawsuit to overturn election resultsDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined onto a legal brief, along with a coalition of 22 other Democratic attorneys general, that is asking the U.S. S...
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State lawmakers say insurers are making excess profits during pandemicDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Two Democratic lawmakers this week introduced legislation to reduce state payments to the insurance companies that manage Illinois' Medicaid program, argui...
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Illinois reports 190 more deaths, pushing death toll over 14,000Dec 11, 2020 12:00 am - The number of Illinoisans who have died from COVID-19 surpassed 14,000 Friday, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced. The state reported 190 more deaths Fr...
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Gun purchases spike in Illinois amid pandemic, civil unrestDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois residents shopped for more guns and applied for firearm permits more than any other time in the state's history as the COVID-19 pandemic raged and...
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Another near-record day for Illinois deaths from COVID-19Dec 09, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois public health officials on Wednesday reported 179 deaths related to COVID-19. That's the fourth-highest single-day fatality total sinc...