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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...

62% of COVID-19 deaths in Illinois come outside of Chicago, per Monday

Chicago has topped 1,000 deaths in the City due to COVID-19 on Sunday. Mayor Lori Lightfoot shared the grim report with reporters during a conference...

3,000 deaths, 200,000 cases daily projected by Trump Administration in June

As the Trump Administration continues to downplay the Pandemic, officials inside the Administration now report as many as 3,000 deaths per day are projected...

Star Wars had their own COVID-19, May 4th now brings politicize pandemic to table

The rebels may have been a lot of things, but they weren’t stupid. As they fought to fight patriarchy in the Galaxy, they knew not...

ILLINOIS RECORD: 19k tests in 24 hours, average 2.3k daily cases last 12 days

Illinois has now passed a record for COVID-19 testing efforts, announcing on Sunday 19,417 tests had been ran in the State in the past...

Face mask mandate goes into effect in Illinois today

Bourbonnais -- Whenever you’re out in public starting today, you’re required to wear a face mask when going to work, the grocery store, pharmacy,...

Little League World Series canceled for first time since 1947 due to COVID-19

COVID-19 can chart another victim to its ongoing list of morale killers.  This time, the Little League World Series, which has been canceled for...
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