Pritzker touts promising vaccine data
December 8, 2020SPRINGFIELD – As COVID-19 infection rates continued to fall Tuesday, Dec. 8 Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the first delivery of a vaccine could arrive in Illinois as early as next week,…
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Pritzker says state ‘long way’ from exiting COVID-19 ‘danger zone’
December 7, 2020SPRINGFIELD – As infection rates and hospitalizations from COVID-19 continued to level off during the first week of December, death tolls continued to rise, prompting Gov. J.B. Pritzker…
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LaSalle veterans’ home administrator fired as House committee opens inquiry
December 7, 2020SPRINGFIELD — A coronavirus outbreak at the veterans home in LaSalle that has killed a quarter of the residents over the span of a few weeks has prompted the chairman of a state House…
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Pritzker warns of long distribution process on vaccines
December 4, 2020SPRINGFIELD – Health officials gave an update on the state’s COVID-19 vaccine plan Friday, Dec 4 with potential federal approval anticipated as early as next week. Gov. J.B….
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GOP House members urge special session for jobless claim delays, fraud
December 4, 2020SPRINGFIELD — Three Republican lawmakers on Friday, Dec. 4, put pressure on Illinois Department of Employment Security officials to answer for the backlog in unemployment claims and…
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Another 192 lives lost to COVID-19, officials call for blood donations
December 3, 2020SPRINGFIELD – As the COVID-19 death toll continues to mount, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and an official from the American Red Cross urged Illinoisans to donate blood to support the state’s…
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Illinois sees highest single-day COVID-19 death toll
December 2, 2020SPRINGFIELD – Illinois marked what Gov. J.B. Pritzker called “a solemn milestone” Wednesday, Dec. 2 when public health officials announced 238 deaths from COVID-19 over the…
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Governor: Thanksgiving travelers should quarantine, get tested
December 1, 2020SPRINGFIELD – Another 125 people who tested positive for COVID-19 were reported to have died in the previous 24 hours Tuesday, Dec. 1, according to the Illinois Department…
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Pritzker supports hearings into veterans home outbreak
November 30, 2020SPRINGFIELD — Republican lawmakers on Monday, Nov. 30 renewed calls for a House Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing into the cause of a coronavirus outbreak at the state-run veterans…
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More than 440 deaths over long weekend, state warns of another COVID-19 surge
November 30, 2020SPRINGFIELD – Despite some slight improvement in key public health metrics over the past week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he has no immediate plans to roll back COVID-19 mitigation efforts…
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