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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...

What 9/11? Almost 10x deaths have now occurred from COVID-19

We stand on an unbalanced scale this day in history, yet we have the nerve to say #CoronaWillEndSoon?  That’s what’s trending today on Twitter. Trending,...

COVID-19: 10x more deadly than H1N1, says WHO

WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced during a virtual briefing today in Geneva WHO is constantly learning new things about COVID-19, including the fact...

COVID-19: Death toll lowest in last six days in Illinois

The State of Illinois announced 1,672 new cases of COVID-19 today for a total of 20,852 new cases today, with 43 deaths for a...

COVID-19: Nearly 20,000 now infected in Illinois

Illinois officials announced this afternoon 81 new deaths since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, bringing totals to 677 deaths Statewide.  1,293 new cases...

COVID-19 leading Killer of Americans, beats Heart Disease, Cancer

COVID-19 is now the number one cause of death in the U.S. according to Dr. Maria Danilychev who first published the eye-popping chart in...

500+ dead from COVID-19 one month after State of Emergency declared in Illinois

One month after a State-of-Emergency was declared for Illinois, officials reported Thursday 1,344 COVID-19 cases and 66 deaths, bringing totals for the State to...
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