Articles filed under Political Figures
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Pritzker announces mask mandate for schools, vaccine rules for state workersAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - Go>. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday announced a universal face mask mandate inside public and private schools and day cares to combat the highly infectious COVID-19 delta v...
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Speakers at board meeting urge Dist. 54 to defy mask mandateAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - Despite a mandate from the governor Wednesday for all Illinois students to wear masks in school, all 24 speakers at the Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 meetin...
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CDC issues new eviction ban for most of U.S. through Oct. 3Aug 03, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday issued a new moratorium on evictions that would last until Oct. 3, as the Biden administration sou...
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More than 110M COVID vaccines sent to 60 countries, US saysAug 03, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. has donated and shipped more than 110 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more than 60 countries, ranging from Afghanistan to Zambia, the Wh...
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New COVID-19 cases per capita: Kane County lowest in the region, Will County highestAug 02, 2021 1:00 am - DuPage County leads the six-county region for COVID-19 vaccinations but also owns a less desirable metric - the third-highest number of new infections per capita, U.S. C...
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Pritzker signs immigrant protection billsAug 02, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed four bills into law Monday aimed at protecting the state's immigrant and refugee populations, saying they will help make Illinois...
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Justice says IRS must give Trump tax returns to CongressJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Justice Department, in a reversal, says the Treasury Department must provide the House Ways and Means Committee former President Donald Trump's tax retu...
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New law aims to expand affordable housing through $75 million investment, tax creditsJul 29, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday signed a measure aimed at increasing affordable housing investment in Illinois, as well as a measure expanding the state's l...
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Pritzker orders masks inside all state buildingsJul 29, 2021 1:00 am - People working or visiting inside a state-run building will have to wear masks again, even if they're fully vaccinated, following an order issued Thursday by Gov. J.B. P...
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'We are prepared to move forward': Senators reach deal $1 trillion infrastructure billJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans reached a deal with Democrats on Wednesday over major outstanding issues in a $1 trillion infrastructure package, ready to begin consider...