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Illinois Unemployment Rate Up, Payroll Jobs Down in March at Start of COVID-19 Outbreak
The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that the unemployment rate rose +1.2 percentage points to 4.6 percent, while nonfarm payrolls lost -34,100 jobs in March. This ref...
Apr 16, 2020
IDES Announces Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Data as Department Continues to Process Record-Breaking Number of Claims
More Than 650,000 Claims Filed Since March 1 The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) today released new statewide data showing the department processed over 141,000 new initial unemploym...
Apr 16, 2020
Gov. Pritzker Announces New Efforts to Expand Testing, Procure Personal Protective Equipment
Providing an update on statewide efforts to expand testing and procure critical supplies, Governor JB Pritzker announced new COVID-19 testing sites, expansion of testing guidelines, an elimination of ...
Apr 16, 2020
Over 1,000 COVID-19 Deaths in Illinois
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 1,140 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 125 additional deaths. Bond County: 1 male 70s Champaign County...
Apr 16, 2020
Explosion at Water Reclamation Plant Injures One
One worker is injured after an explosion Thursday in a boiler room at a Bloomington and Normal Water Reclamation District plant. The incident happened around 8 a.m. Thursday in the digester boiler roo...
Apr 16, 2020
REPORT: Illinois Spent $17 Million on Masks from China That Are Now Being Recalled in Other States
Millions of medical masks purchased by the state of Illinois - from China - may not be able to be used in the way they were intended. WGN reports Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has been scouring the world ...
Apr 16, 2020
McLean County Reports Third COVID-19 Death
The McLean County Health Department (MCHD) was notified Thursday morning of a third death related to COVID-19 in McLean County, Illinois. The individual was a female in her 80s with no history of trav...
Apr 16, 2020
Beard Re-elected to Head McLean County Republicans
The McLean County Republicans unanimously reelected Connie Beard as Chairman of their party. The election was part of the 2020 county convention held through a virtual online site Wednesday night. Bea...
Apr 16, 2020 Photo courtesy McLean County Republicans
Better Business Bureau Warns Against Sharing Senior Photos on Social Media
(WJW) - It started as a nice tribute to seniors who are missing traditional send-offs in high school, due to coronavirus. People began sharing their senior pictures with years and schools on social me...
Apr 15, 2020
Search Continues for Missing Downs Man
According to the McLean County Sheriff's Office, sheriff's deputies and about a dozen volunteers continue to look for 31-year-old Tyler Graf of Downs. Graf was last seen in a wooded area near his home...
Apr 15, 2020
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