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23 Jun, 2020
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No more changes to ballot access: Federal court denies ISBE request on third-party candidates
A federal court has denied the Illinois State Board of Elections' request to suspend enforcement of looser ballot access requirements for third-party candidates in the November election.
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State moving to Phase 4 of reopening as virus-related hospitalizations slow

While the novel coronavirus continues to spread through communities, albeit at a slower rate, Illinois is set to move into Phase 4 Friday, or the "revitalization" phase of Gov.

Valparaiso University Provost will head up Blackburn College

The Blackburn College Board of Trustees announced Monday that the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Valparaiso University will become the next president after a national search.

 
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Edwards part of a ‘complicated’ piece of Illinois history

The figure at the center of a statue debate in the Metro East city of Edwardsville has a final resting place at Springfield's Oak Ridge Cemetery.

Park district to annex 1,020 properties

The Springfield Park District is planning to annex 1,020 properties that are surrounded by the district or by district territory as well as a river, lake, railroad or major road, officials said Monday.

 
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Illinois horse racers salvage canceled races at state fairgrounds

Freddie Patton Jr. was prepared for a several months stay in Illinois when he made his annual trip from Clinton, Miss.

Two new COVID-19 cases in Sangamon County

Sangamon County officials Monday reported two new cases of COVID-19, including a woman in her 70s who was at HSHS St.

Zoning meeting set on Christian County wind power rules

The Christian County Zoning Board of Appeals will have a hearing at 6 p.m. Tuesday to discuss issues surrounding potential wind farms being proposed by two companies.

‘Nonsense’: Election experts reject Trump’s claim that foreign countries could counterfeit millions of mail-in ballots

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump delivered a new line of attack Monday in his crusade against expanded mail-in voting during the November election, warning without evidence that it could lead to "foreign countries" printing ballots to undermine results.

In person, online classes or a mix: Colleges’ fall 2020 coronavirus reopening plans, detailed

Michigan State University President Samuel Stanley says he knows coronavirus will spread if students come back to campus in the fall.