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Staff Report SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health, on Saturday, announced the first cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in central and southern Illinois, bring the total number of cases in the state to 64. A…

Staff Report ROCKFORD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) on Friday, announced 14 more people Illinois have tested positive for coronavirus disease, otherwise known as COVID-19. "The State is taking aggressive measures…

By Kevin Bessler CARBONDALE, Ill. - As Illinois colleges and universities extend spring break for students and move to online classrooms amid growing concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus, businesses in college towns are…

By Orner Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois state capitol will be without members of the General Assembly next week after the legislature on Wednesday canceled session amid growing concerns of the spread of coronavirus.…

From WNIJ News DEKALB - Northern Illinois University is extending Spring Break in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. NIU president Lisa Freeman alerted the campus community Wednesday evening that Spring Break will be extended through…

By John O'Connor AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Monday four new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, bringing the total to 11, and he issued a disaster proclamation giving the state access to state…

By Jerry Nowicki Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD - Legal marijuana sales in the state remained strong in February, with nearly $35 million spent on marijuana and infused products in the second month of adult-use legalization.…

By The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The wife of a man who is being treated for COVID-19 at a suburban Chicago hospital has tested positive for the virus, Illinois public health officials said Monday, becoming the fourth person in the…

By Peter Hancock Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD - Criminal justice reform advocates rallied Tuesday at the Statehouse in hopes of making Illinois one of only a handful of states to eliminate cash bail in all or most criminal cases.…

By Peter Hancock Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Revenue reported Monday that the first month of legalized adult-use cannabis sales in the state generated $7.3 million in cannabis tax revenue for the…

By Greg Bishop SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday the secretly-recorded conversations he had with then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich in 2008 have no bearing on his efforts to fight corruption in Illinois. Back in 2008, Pritzker was…

By Greg Bishop SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Republicans said the governor's proposed budget was based on “pixie dust” and was designed to hold state spending “hostage” unless voters approve a $3 billion progressive income tax in November.…

By Jerry Nowicki Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – There was little support Tuesday at the former stomping grounds of ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich for President Donald Trump’s decision to commute the remaining years of the disgraced former…

By Michael Tarm Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday commuted the 14-year prison sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted in a wide-ranging political corruption case just months…

By Cole Lauterbach CHICAGO - To compete with record low unemployment, the U.S. Census is offering higher wages than it has ever offered. With Illinois’ unemployment rate at 3.7 percent in December, Ellisa Johnson deputy regional director…