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Mar 27

WATCH: Illinois governor gives coronavirus update

By Justin Stabley

Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker gives an update on the state’s current novel coronavirus situation as the outbreak spreads.

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Mar 26

WATCH: Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker gives coronavirus update

By Justin Stabley

Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker gives an update on the state’s current novel coronavirus situation as the outbreak spreads.

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Mar 18

Progressive candidate Newman ousts Democratic incumbent in Illinois primary

By Sara Burnett, Associated Press

Marie Newman won a rematch Tuesday with Illinois Rep. Dan Lipinski, unseating one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress in a victory for abortion-rights advocates who have targeted the eight-term congressman for years.

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Mar 17

Joe Biden wins Illinois Democratic primary

By Associated Press

Officials declined to postpone the election despite concerns about low turnout because of the coronavirus outbreak.

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Mar 17

WATCH: Primary election coverage for Florida, Illinois and Arizona

The new coronavirus hampered some balloting in Florida, Illinois and Arizona on Tuesday, and has cast a shadow over the Democratic primary race.

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Mar 17

WATCH: Illinois governor gives coronavirus update

By Joshua Barajas

Pritzker is expected to speak at 3:30 p.m. ET today. Watch the governor's remarks here.

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Feb 09

Unique Illinois privacy law leads to $550M Facebook deal

By Kathleen Foody, Associated Press

Facebook has agreed to a $550 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit that accuses it of violating the rights of millions of Illinois users by harvesting their biometric data without permission.

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Dec 31

Illinois governor clears thousands of marijuana convictions

By Kathleen Foody, Associated Press

Illinois' governor granted more than 11,000 pardons for low-level marijuana convictions on Tuesday, describing the step as a first wave of thousands of such expungements anticipated under the state's new marijuana legalization law.

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Dec 30

Newly legal pot sales in some Midwestern states may spark tensions with others

By Kathleen Foody, David Eggert, Associated Press

Retailers legally selling marijuana for the past month in Michigan say they have drawn customers from surrounding Midwestern states where the drug remains illegal and, as Illinois prepares to joins the recreational market on Wednesday, officials are renewing warnings to…

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Nov 30

Watch 6:45
How Illinois schools put thousands of children in seclusion

By PBS NewsHour

Hundreds of Illinois schools in 2017 and 2018 were secluding children in isolation rooms at alarming rates and often for reasons that violated the law, an investigation by the Chicago Tribune and ProPublica found. At least 20,000 children were put…

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