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Governor’s Office Staff To Work From Home For Isolation Period After Staffer Tests Positive
Governor's Office Staff To Work From Home For Isolation Period After Staffer Tests Positive Chicago - After a member of Governor JB Pritzker's senior staff tested positive for COVID-19, the Governor's...
May 11, 2020
Illinois Coronavirus Count Dips
Illinois Coronavirus Count Dips (Chicago, IL) -- The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting the smallest number of new coronavirus cases in nearly three weeks. The state reported one-thousa...
May 11, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Durbin Calls Harmon's Pension Proposal Unrealistic
Durbin Calls Harmon's Pension Proposal Unrealistic (Springfield, IL) -- U.S Senator Dick Durbin is calling Illinois Senate President Don Harmon's pension proposal "unrealistic." Harmon sent a letter t...
May 11, 2020 AMSF2011 / CC
Rantoul Foods Confirms More COVID-19 Cases
Rantoul Foods Confirms More COVID-19 Cases (Rantoul, IL) -- Rantoul Foods is confirming more COVID-19 cases among its employees. The number of positive cases increased by 55 over the weekend, bringing...
May 11, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Broadway And TV Star Jerry Stiller Dies At 92
Broadway And TV Star Jerry Stiller Dies At 92 (New York, NY) -- Jerry Stiller, who had a long successful career as TV actor, Broadway star and in the movies has passed away at age 92. His son, actor B...
May 11, 2020 Trending Topics 2019 / CC
Illinois Department of Public Health Update (5/10)
SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 1,656 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 57 additional deaths. Cook County: 2 males 20s, 2...
May 10, 2020
HHS Distributes $694,340,792 to Illinois Hospitals Heavily Impacted by COVID-19 Pandemic
The Department of Health and Human Services is distributing $12 billion allocated for a targeted distribution to hospitals in areas that have been particularly impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak, inclu...
May 08, 2020
May 8th Update--Illinois Department of Public Health
Public Health Officials Announce 2,887 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease 8th May, 2020 The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 2,887 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ...
May 08, 2020
NASCAR Realigns Races
NASCAR announced this morning that events at Chicagoland Speedway, Sonoma Raceway and the April Cup race at Richmond Raceway have been realigned. The Chicagoland Speedway Cup and Xfinity races have be...
May 08, 2020 Josef Rinderer / CC
Governor's Executive Order will help Educator Candidates and Schools
For Immediate Release Governor's Executive Order will help Educator Candidates and Schools SPRINGFIELD - To address the educator shortage that Illinois faces, and a pandemic that has changed the educa...
May 08, 2020
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