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"Someday — not too far from now — we will be at the United Center not for a lifesaving shot but for a game-winning shot," Pritzker said.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker predicts vaccine supply will surge by 67 percent in the coming weeks. But where can you actually get the shot?
There is no evidence linking violent video games to crime, and such a ban would almost certainly violate the First Amendment.
Metra's board of directors announced plans Thursday to issue a request for proposals for engines that meet the EPA's highest standards.
A winter storm is delaying vaccine shipments, and new variants of the virus are starting to spread across the state, health officials say.
A new ranking by Healthgrades evaluates the top 50, 100 and 250 hospitals in America.
"I'm not going to stand idly by while our state government squanders its opportunities," Schimpf said in a campaign announcement Monday.
Officials say less crowded roadways may have encouraged speeding and reckless driving, leading to more crashes.
A "warrior" who "bowed to no one," Karen Lewis didn't just lead the movement, she "was the movement," those who knew her said. She was 67.
Kwame Raoul accused McKinsey & Company of helping opioid manufacturers push the dangerous drugs and profiting from the abuse epidemic.
While most government workers will have to wait until Phase 1c or Phase 2 for their shots, the governor bumped state lawmakers to Phase 1b.
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s new “hate map” shows where hate and extremist groups, including Patriot Front, are active in Illinois.
The state has also launched dozens of new vaccination sites. Find out where they are and how to sign up.
The state reports, which include key county-level data and federal recommendations, were kept hidden under the Trump administration.
"True patriots right here. True patriots taking over the Capitol Building," Mathew Capsel screams in a video posted to TikTok and Facebook.
As the state loosens restrictions, officials say 8 new cases of the more contagious B.1.1.7 coronavirus strain have been detected in IL.
U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday released its annual rankings of the best online college degrees. See which IL colleges made the grade.
If you’d rather chew glass than hear the mating call of billions of 17-year cicadas, May could be a good time to get out of these counties.
“At this time there’s no evidence to indicate it’s nothing other than a terrible, horrific tragedy,” the coroner told a local TV station.
Most Illinois regions have seen the strictest tier of coronavirus mitigations lifted as the state adopts new hospital capacity metrics.
