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Bloomington Declares Emergency Over COVID-19

The Bloomington City Council unanimously approved an emergency declaration in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic during a special Thursday session. Eight of the nine council members participated...

IDES Taking Steps to Address Unprecedented Volume of Unemployment Claims

Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced they are taking additional steps to address the unprecedented volume of unemployment benefit claims the department...

Pritzker Partners with United Way of Illinois, Alliance of Illinois Community Foundations to Launch Illinois COVID-19 Response Fund

Governor JB Pritzker joined the United Way of Illinois and the Alliance of Illinois Community Foundations today to announce the launch of the Illinois COVID-19 Response Fund (ICRF), a new statewide fu...

IPHA Donates 30,000 Gloves To Fight COVID-19

As the COVID-19 outbreak intensifies in Illinois, and in an effort to respond to the growing need among frontline healthcare providers for PPE (personal protective equipment), the Illinois Public Heal...

COVID-19 by the Numbers 3/26/20: 673 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 673 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including seven deaths; a man in his 50s, two men and two women in their 60...

Unemployment Rate Dropped to New Historic Low in February, While State Sees Significant Increase in Unemployment Claims in March

While the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that the unemployment rate fell -0.1 percentage point to 3.4 percent, a new record low, the state is responding to a surge o...

State Farm Has Ceased In-office Work in all State Farm Facilities

State Farm announced Wednesday that it has paused in-office work in all State Farm facilities across the country. As a result of shifting employee work from office to home, State Farm continues to ser...

Mar 26, 2020 Photo courtesy to State Farm

Wes Temples Named AD at Normal West High School

Former Normal Community High School football coach Wes Temples becomes the new athletic director at Normal West High School on July 1st when he takes over for the retiring Stan Lewis. As the NCHS head...

Pritzker Extends Tax Deadline to July 15

Building on measures designed to address the unprecedented economic challenges facing Illinois families during the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor JB Pritzker announced a three-month extension of the inco...

COVID-19 by the Numbers 3-25-20: 330 New COVID-19 Cases in Illinois, 3 More Deaths

The number of new cases of coronavirus COVID-19 in Illinois continues to rise. On Wednesday, Illinois saw its largest increase so far. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced 3...

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