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White House signals support temporarily extending $600 jobless benefit
The White House appears keen to endorse a temporary extension of a $600 per week supplemental unemployment benefit as the popular boost to both the economy and family budgets is about to expire. The i...
Jul 31, 2020
Fauci to tell House panel ‘unclear’ how long pandemic lasts
WASHINGTON (AP) - There's no end in sight to the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top government health experts will tell Congress on Friday. "While it remains unclear how long the pa...
Jul 31, 2020
Financial report: CAT profit-per-share below $1
DEERFIELD, Ill. - Caterpillar, Inc. saw a 31% decline in sales and revenue from the second quarter of 2020 compared to the same time period of 2019, numbers released Friday show. The company took in $...
Jul 31, 2020
Local COVID roundup 7/30: over 100 new cases
PEORIA, Ill. — The tri-county saw a resounding 102 new positive tests between Wednesday and Thursday for COVID-19. The biggest chunk of that number came from Peoria County, where 75 new cases ar...
Jul 30, 2020
COVID hospitalizations make rollback to phase three a distinct possibility
PEORIA, Ill. — Gov. J.B. Pritzker spoke Thursday at the Peoria City/County Health Department to address a local COVID-19 situation that has become more dire. The region has seen seven consecutiv...
Jul 30, 2020
Trump floats November election delay, but it won’t happen
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is suggesting delaying the Nov. 3 presidential election as he pushes unsubstantiated allegations that increased mail-in voting due to the coronavirus pandemic ...
Jul 30, 2020
LaHood discusses challenges of the next stimulus package
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress is at odds over the next stimulus package aimed at helping the nation recover from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Republican Congressman Darin LaHood, who represents ...
Jul 30, 2020
Republican Herman Cain dies from COVID-19
ATLANTA (AP) – Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain has died after battling the coronavirus. He was 74. A post on Cain’s Twitter account on Thursday announced the death. Cain had ...
Jul 30, 2020
1.4 million workers file for unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) – More than 1.4 million laid-off Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, further evidence of the devastation the coronavirus outbreak has unleashed on the U.S. eco...
Jul 30, 2020
Dunlap schools plan for full-time in-person instruction
DUNLAP, Ill. — Dunlap students will be in the classroom five days a week this fall. The Dunlap School Board Wednesday night voted 6-1 to approve full-time in-person instruction for the 2020-21 s...
Jul 30, 2020
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