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How are vaccine providers ensuring the right people get shots?
Jan 19, 2021 5:47 AM - If you can't prove you're eligible for COVID-19 innoculation, some suburban vaccination sites will send you packing, but others are more lenient. "We are not going to turn people away," a Cook County health official said. -
The bills that failed during the legislature's short session
Jan 18, 2021 3:40 PM - State lawmakers ran out of time last week on several consequential measures -- including bills that would have expanded vote-by-mail, allowed lawmakers to conduct business remotely during the pandemic and eliminated newly expanded income tax deductions for business owners. -
Thousands of Illinois drivers would get their licenses back under a criminal justice reform bill
Jan 18, 2021 9:04 AM - If Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs the measure that lawmakers passed this week, motorists will no longer lose their licenses for unpaid red-light and speed camera tickets.
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Police: St. Louis man found dead in western Illinois
Jan 18, 2021 8:38 AM - The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis is investigating the death of a St. Louis man whose body was found across the Mississippi River in Illinois' rural St. Clair County
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Portion of state cleared for indoor dining, but suburbs must wait
Jan 17, 2021 7:13 PM - State health authorities cleared the way Sunday for limited indoor dining in some portions of Illinois, but restaurant owners and patrons in the suburbs will have to wait a little longer before eating in with official consent. -
Schakowsky will ask House to censure downstate representative over Hitler remarks
Jan 17, 2021 12:03 PM - U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky said she plans to introduce a measure in the U.S. House to censure downstate Rep. Mary Miller for comments she made about Adolf Hitler outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 5. -
East St. Louis cleanup highlights environmental racism issue
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COVID-19 cases per county, ZIP code as of Jan. 15
Jan 16, 2021 6:21 PM - There have been 451,049 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Friday. That's 42.6% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. There have been 7,521 deaths in the suburbs, which is 41.7% of all COVID-19 deaths in Illinois. -
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State reports 130 more deaths, 5,343 virus more cases Saturday
Jan 16, 2021 1:24 PM - The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday reported 5,343 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease and 130 additional deaths.
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