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State announces $250 million 'Back to Business' grant programAug 11, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The state announced a $250 million "Back to Business" grant program aimed at assisting small businesses in the recovery from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic ...
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Illinois offers way to access vaccination status onlineAug 11, 2021 1:00 am - Vaccinated Illinoisans who don't want to rely on those paper COVID-19 vaccination cards will now have a new way of showing proof they've got their shot. The Illinois Dep...
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Butter cow at state fair highlights dairy nutritionAug 11, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The final preparation for the opening of the 2021 Illinois State Fair took place Wednesday with the traditional unveiling of the butter cow. This year's sc...
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Rookie Ober, Twins blank White Sox 1-0; Polanco homersAug 11, 2021 1:00 am - Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS - Rookie Bailey Ober shut out the White Sox into the sixth inning, Jorge Polanco homered and the last-place Minnesota Twins took another ser...
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COVID-19 hospitalization average goes up for 28th straight day in IllinoisAug 11, 2021 1:00 am - The average number of Illinois COVID-19 hospitalizations spiked for the 28th day in a row, state data showed Wednesday, and the majority of those patients are unvaccinat...
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Woman finds infant inside furniture dumped in Chicago alleyAug 10, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A newborn boy found Wednesday morning inside a drawer of an apparently discarded dresser in a Chicago alley is in good condition, authorities said. Param...
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AP: Republicans reaped biggest redistricting edge in decadesAug 10, 2021 7:00 am - Fresh off sweeping electoral victories a decade ago, Republican politicians used census data to draw voting districts that gave them a greater political advantage in mor...
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'I had very mild side effects': Doctor joins group in urging pregnant women to get the COVID-19 vaccineAug 10, 2021 5:30 am - Although research shows contracting COVID-19 puts pregnant women at higher risk of severe complications from the virus, only 22% of expecting moms have received one or m...
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Baby found in dresser dumped in alleyAug 10, 2021 1:00 am - A newborn boy found Wednesday morning inside a drawer of an apparently discarded dresser in a Chicago alley is in good condition, authorities said. Paramedics were calle...
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State says camps, community events and factories the culprits in recent COVID-19 outbreakAug 10, 2021 1:00 am - Summer camps are behind the majority of recent COVID-19 outbreaks, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Tuesday. Nine of 33 outbreaks reported statewide, or ...