Illinois will send vote by mail applications to millions of voters this fall under a bill approved by the House Executive Committee Thursday.

Gov. JB Pritzker has withdrawn a controversial emergency rule that would have allowed businesses to be charged with a misdemeanor if they reopened prematurely.

In anticipation of today's Illinois House session at the Bank of Springfield Center, about 100 protesters objecting to continued state restrictions due to COVID-19 were gathered outside the southwest entrance of the building by shortly after 11 a.m..A Facebook notice on the Re-Open Illinois page had asked that people participating in a "march for freedom" s gather at 11.

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Illinois Republicans on Monday demanded a vote in the General Assembly on removing from the fall ballot Gov.

Sangamon County public health officials say that they still support Gov. JB Pritzker's phased, regional plan to reopen the state.