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Cannabis sales top $44 million in May Illinois' pot shops have been open the entire time other businesses have either been shuttered or severely limited because of COVID-19 concerns, and they've been ...

(The Center Square) - As protests continue around the country following the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minnesota, comparisons are being made with civil rights protests in the 196...

(The Center Square) - Now that he's no longer holding daily news briefings on the status of COVID-19, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been traveling the state. But he hasn't invited Republican state lawmakers ...

Under Gov. J.B. Pritzker's reopening plan, restaurant dining rooms in Illinois are required to stay closed until June 26 at the earliest, but some restaurant owners have decided to open up anyway. All...

The McLean County Sheriff's Office and Coroner are still investigating that deadly crash that killed John J. Charsha, 27, of Downs. The crash happened in the 19-thousand-900 block of East 16-hundred N...

(The Center Square) - Depending on who you ask, the pandemic-era budget Gov. J.B. Pritzker enacted to begin July 1 is either the best it can be given the state of affairs, a placeholder, or the worst ...

(The Center Square) - As Illinois lawmakers worked on a budget in May for the fiscal year that begins July 1, the state was already facing an estimated $7 billion revenue shortfall largely due to the ...

(The Center Square) - The mayor of a suburban Chicago city is facing calls to resign after he was seen on video in a confrontation with two men while police were working to clear the streets after pro...

Another 44,800 people in Illinois seek unemployment benefits Another 44,800 Illinoisans filed for unemployment last week. That's about 2,000 fewer than the week before but adds to the more than 1.3 mi...

Businesses are inundated with the long-lasting hardships and challenges brought forth by COVID-19. You are invited to join The MeClean County Chamber of Commerce for the State of the State to learn th...