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18 Aug, 2020
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Republicans complain about Pritzker trying to withdraw from patronage consent decree
Gov. JB Pritzker should not be attempting to remove Illinois from a decades old anti-patronage court decree, some House Republicans said Monday.
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Ball-Chatham school board nixes plan to start all students remote

The Ball-Chatham Board of Education shot down a resolution to start the school year all-remote on a 5-2 vote at a special board meeting Monday.

With COVID-19 protocols, Move-In Day a different experience for UIS students

In the fold-down rear seat of the car, Kayla Krepan's ukulele lay almost forlornly before her father, Michael Krepan, scooped it up and put it in a bin as part of Move-In Day at the University of Illinois Springfield Monday.

 
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Fall registration at LLCC remains open

Registration remains open for fall semester classes at Lincoln Land Community College.

LIVE VIDEO: Democratic National Convention

Ohio's former Gov. John Kasich, a Republican presidential contender four years ago, joined Vermont Sen.

 
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Pritzker warns there could be more restrictions if Metro East doesn’t control virus

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker

Trump rule on transgender health blocked at the 11th hour

WASHINGTON - A federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Monday from enforcing a new regulation that would roll back health care protections for transgender people.

Democratic chair: Primaries should replace caucuses by 2024

Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez said Monday that this year's handful of presidential caucuses should be the last the party ever holds.

2 more deaths at Jacksonville facility brings total to 12

With two deaths reported Monday, a COVID-19 outbreak at the Jacksonville Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has now claimed 12 lives.

Democrats demand, Gray considering, use of ballot drop-boxes

Amid national worries about operations of the U.S. Postal Service, Sangamon County Democrats are calling on County Clerk Don Gray to have three drop-boxes for fall election ballots.