Articles filed under Illinois
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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...
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Pritzker warns of Labor Day COVID-19 infections as regions see spikesSep 02, 2020 1:00 am - As COVID-19 cases rose by 2,128 on Wednesday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker urged residents to be cautious about social gatherings during the coming Labor Day holiday weekend. “You...
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U of I threatens suspensions for not following COVID-19 guidelinesSep 02, 2020 1:00 am - Students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign could be suspended for not following the school's quarantine guidelines, officials said after a spike in COVID...
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American Lung Association announces anti-vaping pushSep 02, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The American Lung Association on Wednesday announced a "comprehensive" plan to tackle electronic tobacco use by the nation's high schoolers. Education, com...
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More COVID-19 mitigation efforts in Metro East as cases riseSep 01, 2020 7:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Additional COVID-19 mitigation efforts will be implemented in the Metro East area of Illinois as the area shows a seven-day positivity rate o...
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New cases down to 1,492, but 6.5% positive-test rate TuesdaySep 01, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois' daily positive-test rate for COVID-19 spiked to 6.5% Tuesday compared to the seven-day average of 4.3%, as Gov. J.B. Pritzker imposed restrictions on the Metro...