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Pritzker signs bills on mental health response, insurance coverageAug 25, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been steadily acting on more than 660 bills sent to him by the General Assembly this year ahead of a weekend deadline for bill actio...
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Boosters could come to nursing home residents and health care workers by late SeptemberAug 25, 2021 1:00 am - As COVID-19 infections inch up at long-term care facilities, plans are ramping up to deliver booster shots to seniors living there, likely by late September, officials s...
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Images: Through the Film Magnifier: Stan Mikita, Gerald Ford, Bob Keeshan, Chuckwagon Days and moreAug 24, 2021 12:00 pm - See vintage Daily Herald photos of Stan Mikita, Gerald Ford, Chuckwagon Days, Bob Keeshan and more in our latest "Through the Film Magnifier" gallery. ...
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Chicago watchdog harshly criticizes ShotSpotter systemAug 24, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A gunshot detection system that has cost Chicago tens of millions of dollars and is touted as a critical component of the police department's effort to co...
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Multiple people fired shots at party where SIU student diedAug 24, 2021 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Police investigating a weekend shooting that killed a Southern Illinois University freshman as she was attending a house party have determined th...
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NTSB blames 2019 plane crash near Kokomo on wrong fuelAug 24, 2021 7:00 am - KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) - The National Transportation Safety Board released a report Tuesday saying a 2019 plane crash was caused by a dual engine failure after the aircraft r...
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Indiana COVID-19 hospitalizations highest since JanuaryAug 24, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's latest surge in COVID-19 infections has pushed hospitalizations and intensive care unit treatments for the illness to levels last seen in J...
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Kanye West re-creating his childhood Chicago home inside Soldier Field for Thursday showAug 24, 2021 1:00 am - Kanye West isn't bringing just his "Donda" listening event to Soldier Field in Chicago this Thursday. Photographs inside the stadium reveal the hip-hop star is also re-c...
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Pritzker warns of 'significantly greater mitigations' as COVID-19 patients increaseAug 24, 2021 1:00 am - With more than 500 COVID-19 patients in intensive care throughout Illinois for the first time since April, Gov. J.B. Pritzker warned of imposing "significantly greater m...
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Ambulance carveout is latest Medicaid managed care battlegroundAug 24, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Stakeholders are calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to sign a bill that passed the General Assembly unanimously and would remove non-emergency ambulance service...