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Aug 21, 2020
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Under the Dome Podcast: Remembering Big Jim
On this week's episode of the Under the Dome Podcast the State Journal-Register's Bernard Schoenburg and Doug Finke work remotely to bring you the latest updates from the Illinois Statehouse and Illinois' response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pritzker energy plan focuses on ethics, renewables

Automatic electric utility rate increases would come to an end under a comprehensive energy policy that Gov.

U of I gets approval for COVID-19 saliva test

The University of Illinois has won federal approval of a saliva test it developed to detect the coronavirus, something Gov.

Stephen Douglas, Pierre Menard statues to be removed from Illinois Capitol grounds

Statues of Stephen Douglas and Pierre Menard will be removed from the Illinois Capitol grounds, the board of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol decided Wednesday.

Illinois extends rental assistance deadline

Illinois renters will have an additional week to apply for assistance in paying past due rents, Gov.

Durbin urges mail-in voters to act early

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Democrats demand, Gray considering, use of ballot drop-boxes

Amid national worries about operations of the U.S. Postal Service, Sangamon County Democrats are calling on County Clerk Don Gray to have three drop-boxes for fall election ballots.

Bernard Schoenburg: Ratings move race toward Davis; fight over corporate PAC money goes on

As we barrel toward the Nov. 3 election, and with Democrat Betsy Dirksen Londrigan starting TV ads, a couple of national ratings have changed the 13th Congressional district race from a tossup to leaning toward incumbent Republican U.S. Rep.

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