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As vaccine counts tick back up, Illinois is on track for looser COVID-19 restrictions this weekMay 10, 2021 1:00 am - COVID-19 vaccine providers throughout Illinois are again averaging more than 80,000 shots a day after spending all of last week below that threshold. Illinois Department...
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Union leaders decry Indiana's high rate of worker deathsMay 09, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana labor union leaders are calling for improved workplace safety enforcement with the state's rate of deaths while working about one-third highe...
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New jet-fueling system completed at Grissom Air Reserve BaseMay 09, 2021 7:00 am - BUNKER HILL, Ind. (AP) - An overhaul on a new jet fueling system has been completed at northern Indiana's Grissom Air Reserve Base following several years of work to rep...
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As more Illinoisans are vaccinated, more deaths are reportedMay 09, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois public health officials on Sunday reported 1,741 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 30 additional deaths. The Ill...
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Indiana man generated virtually no trash over past 5 yearsMay 09, 2021 7:00 am - ELWOOD, Ind. (AP) - Dressed in one of his usual tie-dye T-shirts, Tom Barmes stands on his porch and waves as a sanitation crew picks up trash from his neighbors. Much l...
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Some states plan big spending with Biden's aid, others waitMay 09, 2021 7:00 am - Though still awaiting money from the latest federal coronavirus relief act, some governors and state lawmakers already are making plans to add the multibillion-dollar bo...
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Wrongfully convicted man's barber college reopens in ChicagoMay 09, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A man awarded $20 million after being wrongfully convicted of murdering an 11-year-old girl has reopened his Chicago barber college, a year after it was s...
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U of I offers new camp for high school students with autismMay 09, 2021 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois is offering a new, virtual summer camp for high school students with autism who want to learn more about college life. ...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations fall as state nears 10 million shots givenMay 09, 2021 1:00 am - The number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Illinois fell to its lowest level in nearly a month, state health authorities reported Sunday. According to the Illinois ...
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Critics say Indiana COVID-19 law allows nursing home neglectMay 08, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Advocates for nursing home residents say they worry a new Indiana law expanding COVID-19 liability protections for health care providers will effecti...