House Democrats voted to condemn a conservative Republican State Representative for comments made in a video before the insurrection attempt at the U.S. Capitol in January.
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Governor JB Pritzker Thursday outlined the route to the COVID-19 finish line that will, hopefully, get us all back to pre-pandemic life.
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You have an extra month to file your taxes. The state joined the federal government Thursday pushing back the traditional April 15 deadline to May 17.
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Governor JB Pritzker will announce an expanded re-opening phase in between the current “Phase 4” restrictions and “Phase 5,” which essentially re-opens the state completely.
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I tend to remember campaigns I lose more than campaigns I win anyway, but this is one I’ll never forget.
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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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