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Local COVID roundup 7/31: hospitalizations grow again
PEORIA, Ill. — COVID-19 numbers are not trending the way area leaders would like them to trend, as the Peoria City/County Health Department on Friday reported 90 new tri-county cases. Two metric...
Jeremy Scott Jul 31, 2020

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CJ Jul 31, 2020
Jail reports new COVID cases
PEORIA, Ill. — After a round of COVID-19 retesting of Peoria County Jail inmates who originally tested negative, Sheriff Brian Asbell on Friday reported three new cases. That brought the number ...
Jeremy Scott Jul 31, 2020
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...
Jeremy Scott 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...
Jeremy Scott 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 $...
Jeremy Scott 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...
Jeremy Scott 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...
Jeremy Scott 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 ...
Julia Bradley 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 ...
Julia Bradley Jul 30, 2020

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