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- May 12, 2024
Filing for unemployment in Illinois? What people should know about the IDES situation Over the past 11 months, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) has seen a deluge of 1.8 million new unemployment claims brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. With all of the new claims and people coming into the unemployment system for
READ MOREIllinois Department of Public Health community and mobile COVID-19 testing sites will be closed Sunday due to weather concerns as temperatures drop throughout the region. Meanwhile, Illinois reported a milestone Saturday as the state’s seven-day positivity rate fell below 3%, according to the latest data. Here are the latest COVID-19 headlines from around the state:
READ MORERepublican senators Blunt and Hawley voted to acquit former President Donald Trump while Democratic senators Duckworth and Durbin voted to convict him Donald Trump was acquitted Saturday of inciting the horrific attack on the U.S. Capitol, concluding a historic impeachment trial that spared him the first-ever conviction of a U.S. president but exposed the fragility
READ MOREBy Ray Hanania Almost everyone wants to get the COVID-19 vaccination, but unfortunately, as we know, there is not enough of the vaccine to go around. We heard complaints during the presidential election between the two candidates, Trump and Biden. But since the election has ended, the vaccination shortage has continued, and many even argue,
READ MOREInitial findings this week by World Health Organization researchers into the origins of the coronavirus are raising concerns in the White House over the independence of their investigation as well as the level of transparency China is providing into the early days of the pandemic. A statement Saturday from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says
READ MOREIt’s time for the Legislature to get charged up about passing a comprehensive energy bill that would help the environment, assist ratepayers, benefit communities that need jobs and help workers displaced by the shift from fossil fuels. For too long, the proposed Illinois Clean Energy Jobs Act has twisted in the wind, going nowhere, like
READ MORECHICAGO (WLS) — The Better Government Association and PolitiFact paired up to fact check a claim from Illinois Republicans regarding the state’s COVID-19 vaccine priorities. BGA reporter Kiannah Sepeda-Miller joined ABC 7 Chicago Saturday morning to discuss the project. A claim from the Illinois GOP’s Facebook and Twitter accounts said “Pritzker’s Hierarchy of Vaccine Priorities”
READ MOREBOURBONNAIS — We all have our own neuroses about appearing on camera for virtual meetings. Thomas Musgrave, a senior at Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School, had one such thought come to mind when he learned he was accepted for the United States Senate Youth program: “I was just thinking, the president of the United States is
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