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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...

2 Wal-Mart employees die from COVID-19

Two Wal-Mart employees have died from COVID-19. Wal-Mart released that in a statement earlier this evening.  The two employees were based at the Evergreen Park Wal-Mart location. “Neither...

Opinion: ‘Numbers have the POWER’

Dupage County isn’t hiding weak-kneed behind HIPAA. Here in Illinois, no other health organization has done quite the job at a local level like the...

COVID 19 Illinois: 7,695 cases, 157 dead

IDPH officials announced this afternoon 715 new coronavirus cases in Illinois, including 16 deaths, bringing the State’s total to 7,695 known cases and 157 deaths. Two of those...

Infant death from COVID-19 in Illinois Investigation update

State of Illinois Health Officials updated the status of the ongoing investigation into the death of an infant in Illinois due to COVID-19 over the weekend. “Health...

Contagion hospital set to reopen due to COVID-19 Pandemic

An Elgin Illinois hospital that served a major role in the 2011 film “Contagion” is set to reopen its doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. https://youtu.be/4sYSyuuLk5g Illinois officials...

United Center, Blackhawks Rink is eerie sight

As the United Center slowly becomes a station stop for a variety of emergency efforts across Chicagoland, we’re now getting our first shots of the inside...
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