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The coronavirus pandemic hit Illinois' economy with a vengeance in April, sending state revenues plummeting by more than $2 billion. According to sj-r.com, the legislature's Commission on Government F...

Two more McLean County residents have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to 104. Of the 104, three are hospitalized, 13 are at home in isolation and 85 have recovered and 3 have died.

Hy-Vee, Inc. on Tuesday announced it is limiting meat purchases at all of its locations effective Wednesday. The company is following the trend to limit meat along with other grocery chains Kroger and...

According to a report from WalletHub, Illinois has some of the most strict restrictions in the country during the coronavirus pandemic. The report says Hawaii, Rhode Island, District of Columbia are t...

(Reuters) - Illinois, the U.S. state in the worst fiscal straits even before the COVID-19 pandemic, faces high borrowing costs when it sells $2.2 billion of debt starting on Wednesday, in part to deal...

The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) today released new instructions for 1099 workers who have lost work due to COVID-19. Workers who believe they may be eligible for new federal bene...

The Normal Town Council got a bit of a surprise last night after staffers told them the COVID-19 pandemic will cause an estimated $10.4 million drop in revenue. It's estimated that about 80 percent of...

The Associated Press reports a small northern Illinois church defied crowd restrictions in the state's latest stay-at-home order, holding a Sunday service with dozens of people. Gov. J.B. Pritzker's e...

The budget was not balanced, and Illinois has not balanced a budget for nearly two decades. Pretending Illinois had no issues before COVID-19 won't help it recover. At his daily press conference last ...