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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...

States give few details on billions spent on virus supplies

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — States are spending billions of dollars stocking up on medical supplies such as masks...

Memorial Day weekend draws crowds and triggers warnings

By CURT ANDERSON and BRIAN MAHONEY Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Memorial Day weekend marking the unofficial start of summer in the...

2nd Hair Stylist tests positive, at least 140 exposed at Great Clips in Missouri

Two hair stylists at the same Great Clips have tested positive for COVID-19 while “potentially directly exposing” at least 140 people. A hair stylists first...

Illinois announces 2.5k new COVID-19 cases Sunday, 67 dead

Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 2,508 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 67 additional deaths.  There have now...

Youth sports coalition seeks federal aid due to COVID-19

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — It started when a handful of organizations got together to discuss the effect of the COVID-19...

Wisconsin woman taking drug recommended by Trump for nearly two decades contracted COVID-19

A Wisconsin woman who had been taking hydroxychloroquoine for nearly two decades contracted COVID-19. The story was first reported by WISN. The woman, only idenitifed as...
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