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Chicago woman has confirmed case of novel coronavirus after trip to China

Friday, January 24, 2020

A Chicago resident is the second person in the United States with a confirmed case of the novel coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, China, and has killed at least 26 people in that country and sickened 900 worldwide. “At this time, the risk to the general public remains low,” Gov. JB Pritzker said at an unrelated news conference Friday.

Elections board corrects non-citizen voting numbers

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Only 15 people who self-identified as not being U.S. citizens cast ballots in the 2018 and 2019 elections, the Illinois State Board of Elections said in a correction Thursday, three of which actually turned out to be citizens.

Illinois Supreme Court hears two lawsuits against school districts

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Two Illinois school districts defended their actions against an elementary school teacher and a restoration company before the Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday. The justices’ eventual...

UPDATED: Pritzker, Harmon join call for hearings into non-citizen voter registration

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker and newly-elected Illinois Senate President Don Harmon added their voices Wednesday to a growing chorus of state officials calling for legislative hearings to determine...

Coalition renews Clean Energy Jobs Act push

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

With federal regulatory changes looming and legislators one week away from a return to the Capitol, some clean energy advocates are looking to jumpstart a stalled proposal to bring major reforms...

House Republicans seek probe of non-citizen voting

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Republican lawmakers in Illinois are demanding answers from Secretary of State Jesse White about how 545 self-identified non-U.S. citizens were mistakenly registered to vote through the...

Don Harmon, Oak Park Democrat, named Illinois Senate president

Sunday, January 19, 2020

Senator Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, was elected as the 39th president of the Illinois Senate on Sunday after hours of behind-the-scenes negotiations.

‘X Caucus’ puts weight behind Harmon’s successful presidential bid

Sunday, January 19, 2020

Sen. Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, is the new Senate president, thanks, in large part, to a group of moderate suburban and downstate Democrats who quietly supported him in his monthslong rise to the...

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Chicago woman has confirmed case of novel coronavirus after trip to China

Elections board corrects non-citizen voting numbers