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A study by the Poynter Institute found that 25 percent of all U.S. newspapers have disappeared over the past 16 years.

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A study by the Poynter Institute found that 25 percent of all U.S. newspapers have disappeared over the past 16 years.

July sales exceeded previous months by as much as $20 million.
Illinois residents are receiving unsolicited packages containing seeds that appear to have been sent from China.
Illinois Municipal League Executive Director Brad Cole criticized the governor’s plan to divvy out the remaining $800 million in aid money.
In the former governor's podcast released this week, Blagojevich spent much of an hour criticizing Madigan for his decades in Springfield.
Illinois county sheriffs are sounding off on an executive order from Gov. J.B. Pritzker regarding the transfer of prisoners.
Several lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle have said it's time for the longtime Democratic speaker to step down.
United Airlines CEO expects the recovery in air travel to plateau at around half of 2019 levels until there is a vaccine.
More than half the deaths public officials attribute to COVID-19 in Illinois have occurred in nursing homes.
Madigan hasn’t been charged with a crime but has been embroiled in charging documents the U.S. Department of Justice secured against ComEd.
Pritzker says mask requirement could stretch into next year, and more from today's state news briefs.
Liability protection from virus-related lawsuits is an issue for businesses and schools amid the pandemic.
Faculty and employees represented by 40 unions around the state have voiced concerns about returning to campus.
The large-scale testing effort will put Illinois’ public universities in the vanguard of schools working proactively to stop the spread.
The charges are the first federal prosecutions in Chicago under the Department of Justice’s Operation Legend.
Enhanced mail-in voting was approved by state lawmakers as a way to increase options for people to vote without being exposed to COVID-19.
State and local governments could be allowed to use already-released federal funds for tax revenue shortfalls from government shutdowns.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, swimming at Illinois pools this summer is reservation-only and strictly limited.
The moratorium on utility shut-offs ends July 25, but hundreds of thousands of unemployed Illinoisans are still unable to pay their bills.
A quarterly report from Yelp said many businesses who first shut down in March will remain closed rather than reopen.