Articles filed under Illinois
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COVID-19 cases near 18,000 in Illinois; more testing for minority communitiesApr 10, 2020 1:00 am - The state will ramp up testing for minorities hit hard by COVID-19, officials said Friday, while announcing the number of Illinoisans testing positive for the respirator...
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Jobless claims up again in Illinois, 200K another new recordApr 09, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Unemployment claims in Illinois jumped nearly 13% last week, with 201,041 new claims largely attributable to the spread of the coronavirus. The...
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Pritzker: Start thinking about a summer with no festivalsApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - It's time to start thinking about a summer without any festivals, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday during his daily coronavirus briefing. "I think everyone needs to thin...
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Rural hospitals brace for downstate surge of COVID-19Apr 08, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Although the COVID-19 outbreak in Illinois so far has been mainly concentrated around the Chicago area, public health officials are bracing for a surge of ...
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2 found fatally shot in car along Metro-East Interstate 64Apr 07, 2020 7:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Two men found shot to death inside a car along Interstate 64 in Illinois' Metro-East area, were identified Tuesday by the St. Clair County co...
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Millennial Money: 8 ways to switch up the new at-home normalApr 07, 2020 7:00 am - As COVID-19 sparks closures, cancellations and stay-at-home orders, household stressors are piling up. On top of health concerns, lost incomes and lack of child care ami...
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Libertarian, Green parties sue over Illinois election rulesApr 06, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Social distancing and stay-at-home orders, instituted to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic, are in direct conflict with Illinois' ballot eligibility re...
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Pritzker may consider more restrictions; state announces 31 more deathsApr 05, 2020 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he might consider stronger measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Illinois beyond his current stay-at-home order, but for now most peo...
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Positive COVID-19 cases up by about 1,400 in IllinoisApr 04, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The number of confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus have increased by about 1,400 in Illinois, according to state health officials. Illinois has...
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Hidden suffering of coronavirus: Stigma, blaming, shamingApr 04, 2020 7:00 am - BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - No one should have known Bella Lamilla's name. But within hours of her diagnosis as Ecuador's first coronavirus case, it was circulating on soci...