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Biden signs $1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law

By Derek Draplin | The Center Square (The Center Square) – President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that includes extended unemployment benefits, direct funding...

One year into pandemic, Pritzker ‘cautiously optimistic’ about large-scale events

SPRINGFIELD – One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday announced a new initiative focusing...

Illinois’ U.S. senators praise passage of $1.9 trillion relief package

By Dan McCaleb | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Illinois' two U.S. senators, Majority Whip Dick Durbin and...

State tops 3 million vaccines administered; Pritzker announces awareness campaign

SPRINGFIELD – More than 3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered statewide as of Friday, and Gov....

U of I SHIELD test available statewide after FDA approval

(The Center Square) – The SHIELD COVID-19 test, which has been used on University of Illinois campuses since last...

Illinois State Police didn’t issue any citations over the weekend for COVID-19 violations

By Greg Bishop | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Despite threats from Gov. J.B. Pritzker that Illinois State Police would be deployed to enforce...

Politics, competition with religious schools, far outweighed science in school shutdown decisions, analysis found

By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square (The Center Square) – In response to state and local government shutdowns reportedly designed to prevent the spread of...

College student dies of COVID-19 a month after returning to home to study remotely

LA GRANGE – An 18-year-old student at the University of Dayton has died of COVID-19 a month after returning home to study remotely. Michael Lang,...

U.S. hits single-day record high in cases since COVID-19 pandemic began

CHICAGO – The U.S. recorded more than 83,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, becoming the largest single day for new cases since the...

Pritzker: State headed into COVID-19 peak ‘potentially beyond’ April highs

By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Region 1 of the state’s COVID-19 mitigation plan will see a new tier of virus mitigations as Gov....

CDC warns COVID cases up “in nearly 75 percent of country”

WASHINGTON – The CDC is warning America to a rising case numbers of COVID-19. The agency’s deputy director, Dr. Jay Butler, said the agency has...
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