By Michael  Balsamo Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr on Monday ordered federal prosecutors across the U.S. to identify coronavirus-related restrictions from state and local governments "that could be…

Staff Report ROCKFORD -  The daily COVID-19 death toll continued to decline Monday as 50 coronavirus-related fatalities were reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Monday's deaths include 34 fatalities in Cook County,…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter CHICAGO - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Sunday announced that more than 2,000 new cases of COVID-19 and 59 additional deaths have been confirmed in Illinois over the past 24 hours. A total of 2,126 cases of the coronavirus…

By Rebecca Anzel Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ highest court will hear its May session’s oral arguments through videoconference. The decision, made to follow social distancing and stay-at-home orders in response to…

By Michael Tackett and Josh Boak Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The New Deal was really a series of new deals, spread out over more than six years during the Great Depression — a menu of nationally scaled projects that were one part…

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 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…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D), on Thursday, extended the Safer at Home order to May 26. The governor's previous order was set to expire April 24. Evers said the order, which restricted travel and…

By Carla K. Johnson and Mike Stobbe Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Before stay-at-home orders are lifted, the nation's public health agencies want to be ready to douse any new sparks of coronavirus infection — a task they say could…

By Jill Colvin and Zeke Miller Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he's open to some states "reopening" before federal social distancing guidelines expire at the end of month, as he appeared to back…

By Jim Hagerty Reporter ROCKFORD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he will listen to recommendations about what the re-opening of Illinois will look like, even the president's. But the Illinois Democrat says it will still be his decision about…