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CHICAGO (Chicago Tribune) — A think tank is warning that some major road and rail projects in Illinois could get postponed because of an expected shortfall in gas tax revenue of up to $559 million due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chicago Tribune reports that the Illinois Economic Policy

OTTAWA – Nine new coronavirus cases and one more death were confirmed Saturday by the LaSalle County Health Department.  According to the health department, the 9 cases range from a woman in her 30’s to a man in his 90’s.  All nine are in isolation, and that makes 102 total

CHICAGO –  This is the first weekend since March that Governor J.B. Pritzker will not give his daily briefing on Illinois’s response to  Covid-19.  Pritzker said on Thursday that the streak of  daily briefings will end on Friday, May 8th.  Friday was Pritzker’s 61st

FOX RIVER GROVE, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois-based model kit-maker that emerged from bankruptcy two years ago when purchased by a German investment firm is seeing a resurgence as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Executives of Revell USA say a growing number of people stuck at home are putting

SPRINGFIELD – Two prominent universities have different scenarios for the Covid-19 pandemic in Illinois.  The University of Washington Institute for Health Metrics, which was speculated to have been used by the White House in March to justify lockdowns, predicts that Illinois has passed

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has released the city’s five-step path toward re-opening, which has some stricter standards than the state plan released earlier this week. Lightfoot warned Friday that progress is dependent on residents continuing to stay home through the month of

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Federal agriculture officials have awarded Illinois $8 million to protect working farmland, improve water quality and enhance wildlife habitat through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has joined other groups