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A handful of downstate lawmakers voted to toss votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania after a tumultuous day at the Capitol. The effort failed.
Promoted by the Chicago GOP, organizers say they want restaurants open and Donald Trump in the White House.
The store will hold a going-out-of-business sale for the next 8 to 12 weeks before closing its doors for good, the Chicago Tribune reports.
The new B.1.1.7 coronavirus mutation, first identified in the United Kingdom, may be 70 percent more contagious, health officials say.
Carol Bruno was admitted to the hospital on Thanksgiving Day and died two weeks later. Her husband Mike died just days before Christmas.
"The Webb family is grieving for all those involved," according to a statement released Wednesday.
According to the governor's office, less than 1 percent of the state's total population has received the first of two vaccine shots.
After the pandemic struck, "Trevor was never the same," his mother said.
As of Dec. 24, 327,065 Americans and 15,643 Illinoisans have died from the virus.
Much needed help is headed to Illinois residents after months of inaction by Congress. Here’s what you need to know.
Nearly half of all COVID-19 deaths statewide have been in nursing homes or other long-term care facilities.
The separate incidents, both stemming from a "face-covering dispute," took place on two flights headed to Illinois in August, the FAA said.
"Google’s actions have not only negatively affected competition ... but have also risked the privacy of consumers," IL AG Kwame Raoul said.
The governor said he has no idea why the Trump administration would leave millions of vaccine doses sitting in warehouses undistributed.
"The North Pole doesn't need any commies," a pro-gun Santa says in a new ad from the National Rifle Association featuring the 4-year-old.
"Herd immunity requires maybe 80 percent. We're talking about 10 million people. Five have done it now," Dr. Ngozi Ezike said Tuesday.
"The election is affirmed and it is now time for us as a country to move forward," said Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, one of the electors.
IL will receive only half the vaccine doses it was expecting, and hospitals and health departments are still waiting for their shipments.
Police said the man also threatened the White House, but after an anonymous tip, a SWAT unit showed up at his hotel room door.
"You deserve for you and your family and your friends to make it all the way to the other side [of the pandemic]," Dr. Ngozi Ezike said.
