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State sends confidential information of nearly 9,000 Illinoisans to wrong addresses
(The Center Square) – Personal information of nearly 9,000 Illinois families was sent by the state to the wrong mailing address in November and...
More than $205.4 million in cannabis taxes collected in Illinois as nonprofits receive first round of grants
(The Center Square) — About $31 million from adult-use cannabis taxes is going to nonprofits in Illinois as part of the Restore, Reinvest and...
Bill requiring sex education to begin with kindergarten to be filed in Illinois legislature
(The Center Square) — Students as young as kindergarten in Illinois public schools would get some form of sexual education under a proposal supported...
Illinois youth sports starting back with warning from Pritzker that competition could be paused again if COVID-19 metrics rise
(The Center Square) – After months of Gov. J.B. Pritzker blocking sporting events for students across the state because of COVID-19 concerns, some games...
Biden signs mask mandate as first executive order, says Trump left ‘generous’ note
(The Center Square) – Wearing a mask at a desk in the Oval Office, President Joe Biden signed a federal mask mandate Wednesday as...
Regions, phases and tiers sow confusion, frustration over continued Illinois COVID-19 restrictions
(The Center Square) – Under Gov. J.B. Pritzker's COVID-19 rules, the state's 11 regions were under four different classes of mitigations on Monday, leading...