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McLean Co. COVID-19 Update 7-14-20: Twelve New Cases
McLean County Health Department is reporting 12 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 333 cases. At this time 54 individuals are isolating at home and 4 are hospitalized. There are 260 individu...
Jul 14, 2020
YWCA McLean County Receives Grant from GOOGLE.Org
YWCA McLean County has received a grant to implement the YWCA Strive program for the local Bloomington-Normal community as part of Google.org's $5 million-dollar commitment to YWCA USA. YWCA McLean Co...
Jul 14, 2020
Grant benefits tempered by minimum wage increase, business group says
(The Center Square) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently authorized $60 million dollars in emergency grants for 3,500 hard-hit Illinois businesses, but a business group said the state's minimum wage increase...
Jul 14, 2020
Study ranks Illinois as the 21st most prosperous state
(The Center Square) - Illinois ranked in the top half of all states in terms of prosperity, according to a new analysis. The 2020 United States Prosperity Index is an assessment prosperity and ranked ...
Jul 14, 2020
24% of average county population in Illinois has high covid risk
(The Center Square) - On average, the share of residents in Illinois counties deemed most vulnerable to the coronavirus is 24 percent, according to a new study by the U.S. Census Bureau. The analysis ...
Jul 14, 2020
Fed Survey Shows Optimism in Midwest Manufacturers
The Midwest's manufacturers are more optimistic than they've been in some time. Despite an uncertain future under the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's latest survey found forty...
Jul 14, 2020
ISU Joins ICE Fight
Illinois universities are joining in the fight against the federal rule about deporting students if they don't have any in-person classes. The Chicago Tribune reports Illinois State University, DePaul...
Jul 14, 2020
In Phase 4, Illinois no longer an outlier in terms of COVID-19 restrictions
(The Center Square) - Illinois is no longer an outlier in terms of the state's government-mandated COVID-19 restrictions, it's now in the middle of the pack when it comes to measures to reduce the spr...
Jul 13, 2020
COVID-19 cases in Illinois increase amid reopening, 'quarantine fatigue'
(The Center Square) - The number of COVID-19 cases in Illinois is increasing as the state reopens, more people return to work and quarantine fatigue sets in - a confluence of events that has led some ...
Jul 13, 2020
Efforts to ease open government laws in COVID-19 era face pushback
(The Center Square) - The Better Government Association wants to keep Illinois' governments operating transparently at all levels during the COVID-19 pandemic. The nonpartisan watchdog group in Illino...
Jul 13, 2020
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