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'Guarded optimism': Seniors cautiously plan for life after vaccineFeb 09, 2021 4:30 am - Juanita Thomas is a lesson in patience and resilience. She survived a frightening case of COVID-19 last March. Only now she has another reason to hope. On Monday, the 93...
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GOP lawmakers: Culturally responsive standards for teachers would put politics in classroomsFeb 09, 2021 12:00 am - Suburban lawmakers are split in opinion over a rule change proposed by the Illinois State Board of Education called "culturally responsive teaching and leading standards...
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Pritzker's office says no tax hikes, flat spending in upcoming budgetFeb 09, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office says he will propose a budget with no tax increases for the upcoming fiscal year, and the deficit is now projected at about $2....
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Proposed House rules include speaker term limits, remote committee meetingsFeb 09, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - When Emanuel "Chris" Welch was elected House Speaker last month, he stated his intention to revise the rules that govern committees and the procedures for ...
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COVID-19 vaccines given nearly double in two weeks, but supplies lagFeb 09, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois is improving how quickly it gets lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine shots into arms, but the supply still lags, state data indicated Tuesday. Out of 2,134,225 doses se...
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COVID-19 cases per county, ZIP code as of Feb. 9Feb 09, 2021 12:00 am - Interactive map There have been 489,763 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's almost 42.6% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Depa...
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Clean Energy Jobs Act reintroduced with stricter utility accountabilityFeb 09, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Following the admission in court by utility giant ComEd to a yearslong bribery scheme, lawmakers are reintroducing the Clean Energy Jobs Act in the General...
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Chicago teachers expected to vote by midnightFeb 09, 2021 12:00 am - As the Chicago Teachers Union prepared to announce the results of a vote by its 25,000 members on whether to approve Chicago Public Schools' latest reopening terms, the ...
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Indiana Senate votes to override local rental rules ban vetoFeb 08, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Republican lawmakers took the first step Monday toward overriding the Indiana governor's veto of a bill blocking cities from regulating rental proper...
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Off-duty Indiana officer critically wounded in shootingFeb 08, 2021 6:00 am - EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) - An off-duty northwest Indiana police officer was shot and critically wounded during an altercation where he and two other people were shot, pol...