Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike says Governor JB Pritzker will introduce a new “phase” of the state’s re-opening this week.
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Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike says vaccinated family members should be allowed to see loved ones in nursing homes, but administrators may be hesitant to re-open facilities to visitors.
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11 of 13 Democratic members of Illinois’ congressional delegation want more people to have access to the United Center vaccine site or more sites set up in the suburbs.
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Some House Republicans say they want the legislature to have more say over how the state spends an expected $7.5 billion in federal relief dollars signed into law this week, but a top Democrat says that’s already the plan.
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At least a handful of county Republican party organizations are moving forward with their annual “Lincoln Day” dinners, a traditional fundraising and party building event, often held in the spring in each county.
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Governor JB Pritzker says he’s allocating additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to nine mostly rural hospitals around the state to help cut down on wait times and improve access for those outside of major metropolitan areas in the state.
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The state has provided new guidance for school re-opening, but it doesn’t yet provide a timeline for when students should be learning in the classroom full time.
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A suburban Mayor has spent almost $100,000 of his campaign fund, not for re-election, but on legal fees.
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Why the federal COVID-19 vaccination site at the United Center excludes eligibility from the suburbs and the rest of the state remains a mystery that Pritzker didn’t clear up Monday.
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Before Illinois Republicans who want to be governor take on incumbent JB Pritzker, they may have to deal with another high profile problem first: former President Donald Trump.
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The state Superintendent of Schools says kids should be back in the classroom for in-person learning, but only when it is “absolutely safe to do so.”
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Governor JB Pritzker and state officials announced Sunday they were limiting who could get vaccinated at the United Center, including preventing anyone who lives outside of Cook County from using the site.
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Former State Representative Eddie Acevedo has pleaded “not guilty” to federal tax charges in connection to his alleged role in the Commonwealth Edison bribery scandal.
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Illinois Department of Employment Security Director Kristin Richards says the agency continues to receive 12,000-13,000 calls per day, and some still take four weeks to get a call back.
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A year into the coronavirus pandemic, labor leaders, tourism executives, and some Democrats are calling on Governor JB Pritzker to begin relaxing restrictions to allow more conventions and tourism in the state.
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Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-Matteson) secured a narrow victory Wednesday night in a heated and vicious battle to become new state Democratic Party chair.
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Whether students are going back to school in-person or still staring at a computer screen for hours on end depends on where they live.
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The competition for the new chair of the state’s Democratic Party of Illinois was already complicated. Now, competition has turned ugly.
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State Representative Chris Miller (R-Oakland) found himself in hot water in the media last week, now he may be in hot water with his Democrat colleagues.
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