Fauci says 3-shot vaccine should be ‘standard,’ warns of winter ‘double whammy’
PinkOmelet/iStock (WASHINGTON) — With winter closing in and coronavirus case rates creeping up once again, White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci is warning that the vaccines’ waning immunity combined with the highly transmissible delta variant
Report: Springfield Hospitals To Require Employees To Be Vaccinated Against COVID
Springfield’s two hospitals say they will require all employees to be vaccinated against COVID by early January unless they have an approved exemption. The State Journal-Register reports both HSHS St. John’s Hospital and Springfield Memorial Hospital say
White House insists Biden, China’s Xi aren’t ‘old friends’ following Monday meeting
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock (WASHINGTON) — White House officials insisted Tuesday that President Joe Biden does not consider China’s President Xi Jinping a “friend” after Xi, speaking through an interpreter in a virtual meeting with Biden Monday night, referred
House votes to censure GOP Rep. Gosar, remove him from committees over violent video
Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House voted for a resolution on Wednesday that both censures Republican Rep. Paul Gosar and removes him from his committee assignments after the Arizona congressman tweeted an edited Japanese anime cartoon
Political organization calls Pritzker’s anti-crime efforts too little, too late
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker addressed violent crime in Illinois on Tuesday, but a political organization called the comments rhetoric. The governor spoke in Rockford regarding his Reimagine Public Safety Act, which establishes the Office
Trump impeachment prosecutor Daniel Goldman announces run for New York attorney general
iStock/CatEyePerspective (NEW YORK) — Daniel Goldman, the former federal prosecutor who served as counsel to House Democrats in the first impeachment investigation of former President Donald Trump, announced Tuesday he will run for New York attorney general.
Amazon to pay $500,000 to California regulators after allegations of failing to properly notify workers of COVID-19 case numbers
iStock (NEW YORK) — Amazon will pay a $500,000 settlement related to California’s “right-to-know” labor law after state regulators alleged the retail giant failed to adequately notify warehouse workers and local health agencies of COVID-19 case numbers.
Pritzker signs tax incentives for electric vehicle manufacturers after calling similar measure ‘loopholes’
(The Center Square) – After earlier in the year pushing to close a variety of business tax incentives he labeled “corporate loopholes,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker has enacted incentives for electric vehicle manufacturers. Pritzker signed House Bill 1796
Fire Damages Classroom At PORTA High School
No injuries are reported in a fire that destroyed a classroom at PORTA High School in Petersburg Tuesday. Multiple agencies responded to the fire, which was contained to an art classroom in the building. Damage to that
Pritzker Signs Law To Boost Electric Vehicles
Governor JB Pritzker has signed legislation that he says will make Illinois a leader in the growing field of electric vehicles. The Reimagining Electric Vehicles… or REV… Act includes tax credits for businesses involved in the production