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Finally, getting vaccine supplies 'not an issue' in some countiesApr 23, 2021 1:00 am - With one in three eligible Illinoisans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and doses flowing in, suburban officials said supply is finally ceasing to be an issue as attent...
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House passes bill reducing barriers to telehealthApr 23, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House passed a bill Friday that would make coronavirus-related expansions to telehealth services permanent through state statute. House Bill 3...
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Declaring racism a public health crisis brings more attention to solving long-ignored racial gaps in healthApr 22, 2021 7:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Paul K. Halverson, IUPUI (THE CONVERSAT...
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Highlights of Indiana's new state budgetApr 22, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana General Assembly gave final approval Thursday to a new two-year $37 billion state budget that is bolstered by $3 billion in federal coron...
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Police chiefs hail Chauvin verdict as a key step to healingApr 22, 2021 7:00 am - Not long after a jury convicted former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin of killing George Floyd, police chiefs across the U.S. started speaking up. And it wasn't...
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Chicago man charged in road-rage shooting that wounded childApr 22, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Attempted murder charges have been filed against a suspect in a road-rage shooting on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive earlier this month that critically wounde...
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Man charged with killing 3 in Wisconsin tavern shootingApr 22, 2021 7:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin man was charged Wednesday with killing three people and wounding three others in a weekend shooting at a crowded bar. Prosecutors charge...
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Suspect in fatal shooting of Chicago girl, 7, shot, capturedApr 22, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police exchanged gunfire with a suspect believed to be connected to the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl as she sat in a car with her father in...
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Indiana bill approved to ban government vaccine passportsApr 22, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - State or local governments in Indiana will be prohibited from issuing or requiring COVID-19 vaccine passports under a bill approved by state lawmaker...
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Chicago seeks developer to open city's first casino by 2025Apr 22, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago is laying its cards on the table and officially seeking bids to build the first casino in the nation's third-largest city. City leaders want a 'œ...