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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...

COVID-19 cases up in Illinois, averaging 850 cases per day in July, 862 added Saturday

Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced 862 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday afternoon, including 10 deaths. Among new deaths announced today...

Florida sets new record single day record with 11,458 COVID-19 cases

The State of Florida announced a new record shattering number of single day COVID-19 cases, announcing 11,458 new cases in the past 24 hours....

Now 7,000+ deaths, all 102 Counties now reported cases of COVID-19 in Illinois

Scott County was the remaining holdout of counties not reporting any cases of novel coronavirus in the state to date. That was until today,...

McDonald’s will pause reopening restaurants with COVID-19 spikes across US

McDonald’s will pause dine-in reopening across the U.S. as cases rise in the pandemic. First reported by the Wall Street Journal, the announcement made in...

As hospitalizations increase, Indiana will pause at ‘4.5’ on reopening

Indiana was set to enter Stage 5 of their reopening plan on Friday.  That was until the state saw an increase in cases and...

Dr. Fauci: US could reach 100,000 new coronavirus cases a day

Dr. Anthony Fauci announced this afternoon  coronavirus cases could grow to 100,000 a day if citizens don’t start following public health recommendations. The remarks...
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