Articles filed under Illinois
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State unveils six-year road, bridge improvement planJul 20, 2020 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker joined Illinois Department of Transportation officials Tuesday to unveil a six-year, $21.3 billion statewide road and bridge improvement...
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'Call a special session': Republicans want Pritkzer to act on corruption probeJul 20, 2020 11:00 pm - Republican lawmakers pressured Democrats and Gov. J.B. Pritzker Tuesday to reconvene the General Assembly to address the corruption scandal engulfing ComEd and implicati...
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Illinois reports 23 more deaths, 955 new COVID-19 casesJul 20, 2020 11:00 pm - Cases of COVID-19 rose by 955 and deaths from the respiratory disease increased by 23, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Tuesday. That brings the statewi...
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Pandemic throws lives - and waistlines - into fluxJul 20, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - When Allison Weiss Brady and Michael Ladin emerged from weeks of locking down during the pandemic, they needed new clothes in new sizes - for different r...
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Man sentenced for his part in 2017 murder, dismembermentJul 20, 2020 7:00 am - MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois man who admitted his role in the 2017 murder and dismemberment of a DeSoto man was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison. J...
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July 20 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeJul 20, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 81,688 cases in the suburbs as of Monday, 50.2% of the state's total, accord...
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Rule change streamlines eviction processJul 20, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court announced last week that it approved a change to rules governing eviction proceedings that will simplify the process for both la...
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Eclectic slate of third-party candidates for president file in IllinoisJul 20, 2020 1:00 am - Third-party candidates filing for president Monday with the Illinois State Board of Elections included a Lake County native and a rap star. Libertarian Jo Jorgensen, who...
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Workers protest racial inequality on day of national strikeJul 20, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Hundreds of workers rallied Monday outside the Trump International Hotel in Manhattan and the Massachusetts Statehouse to protest systemic racism and economic...
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Madigan's still in, leaving Democrats sending mixed messages about corruption probeJul 20, 2020 1:00 am - Despite bombshell allegations of political graft by federal agents, Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan is still standing but many Democratic lawmakers he led with an iron ...