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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...

Rolling Seven-Day coronavirus positivity rate falls to 2% in Illinois

Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced Sunday the rolling seven day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from June...

Indoor Dining Set To Return to Illinois this Friday

Indoor dining and drinking is expected to make a return to Chicago on June 26th when Illinois is expected to enter Phase 4 of...

How did a sleep monitoring ring become a coronavirus detector?

So there’s a coronavirus detector, and it’s a ring? It's the Oura Smart Ring, originally marketed as a health and sleep monitoring device, says it...

With 1.3 million tests taken to date, 634 COVID-19 cases announced Saturday

Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 634 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 45 additional confirmed deaths. One of...

Six staffers organizing Tulsa Trump rally tests positive for COVID-19

Six staffers who organized this weekend's Trump rally in Tulsa have tested positive for COVID-19. The staff members had been in Tulsa ahead of today's...

3,599 new COVID-19 cases, 296 deaths in Illinois this week

On Friday, Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced 692 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 44 additional confirmed deaths....
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