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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...

New state models show mid-June peak in Illinois

Illinois released new state models from researchers at some of Illinois’ top educational institutions on Monday, which predict plateauing peak expanding from mid-May into...

Quincy Bar “putting the entire region’s economy at risk” says Governor

Monday afternoon, Governor Pritzker addressed a restaurant and bar reopening in Quincy on Monday, defying the Governor’s stay-at-home order. The Scoreboard in Quincy located...

Illinois Governor’s staff member tests positive for COVID-19, is asymptomatic

Governor J.B. Pritzker reported through his social media on Monday morning a member of his senior staff tested positive for COVID-19.  The staff member...

With 400k tests run in Illinois, 18% test positive to date for COVID-19

Illinois Department of Public Health officials announced Saturday afternoon the state had eclipsed over 75,000 COVID-19 cases to date as 2,325 new cases were...

Simon Malls, Orland Park plan to reopen May 31st

Simon Properties are planning to reopen on May 31st. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKS8c_hEwco&feature=youtu.be Among them, include Orland Square Mall in Orland Park, Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Chicago Premium Outlets...

Illinois runs over 20,000 COVID-19 tests in a day for the first time

Illinois Department of Public Health announced today 2,887 new COVID-19 cases today. That report follows the first 24-hour span where the state has ran...
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