Articles filed under J.B. Pritzker
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Highest one-day infection count in Illinois since early JuneJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - State health officials announced Wednesday that 23 more Illinois residents have died from COVID-19, while an additional 1,598 people have been infected. That's the large...
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Trump to send federal agents to Chicago, maybe other citiesJul 20, 2020 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is planning to deploy federal agents to Chicago and possibly other Democrat-run cities as he continues to assert federal power and us...
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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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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 ...
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Pandemic trip slowed by detours, dead ends, no rest stopsJul 16, 2020 5:40 am - "Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" We've been stuck in the back seat of this 2020 Pandemic for soooo loooong. We started our journey Jan. 24, when the Illinois Depart...
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Hearing in suit against stay-at-home order delayedJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A hearing in downstate Rep. Darren Bailey's lawsuit challenging the governor's authority to issue consecutive executive orders will not be held Friday as s...
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1,257 new COVID-19 cases in Illinois, but with record test count, positivity rate dipsJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - Cases of COVID-19 climbed by 1,257 Thursday in Illinois, and 25 more people died from the respiratory disease, but the latest daily case count above 1,000 comes as the s...
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Governor hits road to push censusJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker encouraged Illinoisans to complete the 2020 census and touted a state investment in youth employment programs Thursday during two public...
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Suburbs, Chicago now in separate COVID-19 regions as state aims to target hot spotsJul 15, 2020 1:00 am - New Illinois COVID-19 prevention strategies include splitting the suburbs into separate regions to target outbreaks and shutting down specific activities if public healt...