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COVID-19 cases per county, ZIP code as of Feb. 16Feb 16, 2021 12:00 am - Interactive map There have been 496,064 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's almost 42.6% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Depar...
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Census delay creates redistricting uncertaintyFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers are required to draw new legislative and congressional district maps this year, but that process may be thrown into chaos because of del...
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The superspreaders behind top COVID-19 conspiracy theoriesFeb 15, 2021 6:00 am - As the coronavirus spread across the globe, so too did speculation about its origins. Perhaps the virus escaped from a lab. Maybe it was engineered as a bioweapon. Legit...
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Anatomy of a conspiracy: With COVID, China took leading roleFeb 15, 2021 6:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - The rumors began almost as soon as the disease itself. Claims that a foreign adversary had unleashed a bioweapon emerged at the fringes of Chinese social...
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Indiana lawmakers send COVID-19 lawsuit shield to governorFeb 15, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A bill giving Indiana businesses and others broad protections from lawsuits by people blaming them for contracting COVID-19 was given final approval ...
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Indiana secretary of state resigning nearly 2 years earlyFeb 15, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson announced Monday that she is resigning with nearly two years left in her term. The 71-year-old Republican di...
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Proposed Indiana highway's preferred route expected in fallFeb 15, 2021 6:00 am - JASPER, Ind. (AP) - The preferred route of a proposed highway that would run from the Ohio River to Interstate 69 in southern Indiana is expected to be announced late th...
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Officials warn of heavy snow, lingering cold for regionFeb 15, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Warming centers in Chicago were to remain open as temperatures in the city and across the region linger well below freezing. Some community centers, vario...
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GOP bill would force yearly teacher action on union duesFeb 14, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Republican lawmakers are advancing a bill that would require Indiana teachers to renew requests every year for automatic deduction of union dues from...
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First slave freed by Lincoln buried under Peoria pavementFeb 14, 2021 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - If the world were just, the name of Nance Legins-Costley would resonate amid the likes of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass and other abolitionist r...