“I want to say this, specifically to young adults: Please do not think that the worst-case scenario cannot happen. It can. Get vaccinated," th…
"I want to say this, specifically to young adults: Please do not think that the worst-case scenario cannot happen," Gov. J.B. Pritzker said We…
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a mask mandate for preschool through high school students and staff statewide and a vaccine mandate for sta…
Retailers scrambled to get face masks on shelves during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, then saw sales slump dramatically. Now some a…
Illinois recreational weed sales hit a record $128 million in July, helped by a late-month boost from the Lollapalooza festival.
Prominent labor leaders, part of a coalition named Climate Jobs Illinois, said they reached this point “due to seemingly intractable differenc…
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The state reported 2,682 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, a high since May 7.
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CHICAGO — Ex-con and former Gov. Rod Blagojevich sued his home state Monday for booting him from the governor’s seat after his 2008 arrest for…
The Sangamon County Department of Public Health strongly encourages vaccinated and unvaccinated county residents to follow state and federal r…
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Advocates for the new law said it provided support needed to retrieve guns from those with revoked FOID cards, while also streamlining the app…
A roundup of legislative and Capitol news items of interest from Monday:
DES MOINES — A state panel on Monday approved a $70,000 settlement with five protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter movement who were ar…
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said "there’s no mixed message" in his last-minute decision to skip Lollapalooza this weekend over concerns about the delta…
"They think that we're just like these dirty people. ... We have families. If we closed, there are a lot of people who would be affected here,…
Area health officials in Iowa are encouraging residents to follow new federal health guidelines that advise Americans — even those who are ful…
An Illinois tax agency has ruled that former President Donald Trump is due a $1 million refund on the 2011 tax bill for his downtown Chicago s…
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