Rep. Andrew Chesney Receives “Friend of Agriculture” Award from Illinois Farm Bureau
To qualify for the award, legislators must have at least a 60% voting record with the Illinois Farm Bureau. Rep. Chesney had a perfect 100% score.
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Illinois, Federal Proposals Would Give Parents Of Virtual Students More Than $20,000
The bill has no Democratic support.
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HCC Lifelong Learning Offers October Schedule To Include In-Person And Online Classes
Highland Community College Lifelong Learning October courses.
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Park Board Candidate Packets Now Available For Two Six-Year Term, Board of Park Commissioner Positions
Prospective candidates must file their completed petitions with the Park District Executive Director between
8 am, Monday, December 14, 2020 and 5 pm, Friday, December 18, 2020.
Illinois’ Black Lawmakers Detail Education Agenda
In Illinois, 22 percent of Black students are ready for kindergarten, 15 percent can read by fourth grade, and Black students have a 75 percent graduation rate.
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FSD 145 Board President Resigns
In light of Crutchfield’s resignation, Vice President George McCarty will now serve as President and board member Jack Sosnowski was elected vice president.
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Pritzker Says In-Person Classes In Illinois Are Still A Ways Off
Hundreds of Illinois school districts are already offering in-person instruction, but many switched to all remote learning after COVID-19 cases increased in August.
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Protesters Gather Outside Michael Madigan’s Home Calling For His Resignation
About a dozen green energy advocates with the Sunrise Movement’s Chicago chapter stood on Madigan’s driveway Tuesday.
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FHN Offering Drive-Through Flu Shot Clinics
Get your immunization without leaving your car.
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Illinois’ Budget Depends On ‘Bailout’ And Progressive Income Tax Amendment
Some say Illinois should not get a bailout for years of policymakers neglecting the state’s finances before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Madigan Could Testify Before House Investigative Committee Republicans Requested
Pritzker said anyone, including Madigan, the committee may call to testify should be transparent and answer questions.
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Driver Ejected From Vehicle During Crash On Dublin Rd
The name of the deceased is being withheld at this time pending family notification.
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COVID-19 Sole Contributing Cause For Fewer Than 400 Deaths In Illinois
“With COVID-19, as IDPH investigates and learns more information about each death, the total number of deaths are adjusted,” an IDPH spokesperson said.
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State officials adjust COVID-19 fatality numbers as they learn more about each death
“Everyone who’s listed as a COVID death doesn’t mean that was the cause of death, but they had COVID at the time of their death.”
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New CDC data: 94 percent of people who with COVID-19 had other health issues
Of the 94 percent who died with COVID-19 and other ailments, there were, on average, “2.6 additional conditions or causes per death.”
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