By Jim Hagerty Reporter CHICAGO - Illinois would see its COVID-19 death toll skyrocket without its stay-at-home order. That is the message Gov. J.B. Pritzker sent to reporters Thursday at his daily press briefing as he announced he…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter CHICAGO - Gov. J.B. Pritzker onThursday announced that he will extend the statewide stay-at-home order until May 30 with a number of adjustments. Under the new order, nonessential retail businesses may offer…

By John O'Connor AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois House Republicans on are suggesting ways to slowly reopen businesses and relax restrictions on public interaction as the threat from COVID-19 potentially recedes.…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter CHICAGO - Illinois officials announced the state's largest daily count of COVID-19 cases Wednesday. There were 2,049 new infections statewide, a mark Gov. J.B. Pritzker says is largely the result of more…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker continue to address cries to reopen nonessential businesses as the state trudges through the outbreak of COVID-19, the respiratory disease…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Public Health, on Sunday, announced 1,197 new cases of coronavirus disease, including 33 additional deaths. Nineteen of the latest fatalities occurred in Cook County, which…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Public Health, on Saturday, announced that 125 more people have did from complications related to COVID-19, 100 of which were reported in Cook County. Cook County deaths…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday announced 1,842 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) including 62 additional deaths, 37 of which occurred in Cook County. Friday's deaths…

Staff Report SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department on Aging is distributing $7 million across the state to meet the growing demand for meal assistance by older Illinoisans impacted by the coronavirus public health emergency. IDoA…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter CHICAGO - There are 1,672 new cases of COVID-19, and 43 more people have died from complications of the disease, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Sunday, April 12. Illinois has now seen 20,852 people test positive…

Staff Report CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of  Public Health announced 1,293 new positive cases of COVID-19 in Illinois Saturday, including 81 new fatalities. The statewide positive COVID-19 test count now stands at 19,180. The…

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…

Staff Report CHICAGO - Kevin M. Sligh, recently selected as deputy regional administrator of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), began his service on Monday, Feb. Sligh will…

By Jerry Nowicki Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – While the information for approximately 4,700 16-year-olds was forwarded from the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office to the Illinois State Board of Elections as part of an automatic…

By Kathleen Foody and David Eggert Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Retailers legally selling marijuana for the past month in Michigan say they have drawn customers from surrounding Midwestern states where the drug remains illegal and,…