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Associated Press: Illinois records fewest new COVID-19 cases since March 2020
Illinois public health officials on Monday reported the lowest daily cases of coronavirus since March 2020.
The Illinois Department of Public Health reports 165 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, including 9 additional deaths. The preliminary test positivity rate from June 7-13 is 1.1%. The state has seen nearly 1.39 million COVID-19 cases, including 23,070 deaths.
KHQA: Illinois Capitol to reopen to public next week
The Illinois State Capitol is preparing to reopen to the public.
Both the Statehouse and Stratton Office Building will open on Monday, June 21.
The Center Square: Illinois rideshare expansion aims to pick up where it left off
Like many other service-sector industries, rideshare companies such as Lyft and Uber are looking to pick up where pre-pandemic business left off, and part of that means continued expansion into downstate Illinois communities.
“Like every other business in the country, we’re working very hard to bring in employees,” said Robert Kellman, Uber’s manager of midwestern policy. “Demand for rides is actually outpacing the number of drivers who work on our platform.”
FOX 32 Chicago: Lawmakers to vote on rate increase for Illinois electricity consumers
When Illinois lawmakers reconvene in the state capitol on Tuesday, at the top of their agenda will be an energy bill that includes utility reform.
Chicago Tribune: As legislature reconvenes, Illinois is poised to become the first state in the Midwest to ban coal-burning power plants
Illinois, one of the nation’s largest producers of coal, is on the verge of becoming the first Midwest state to ban energy companies from burning the lung-damaging, climate-changing fossil fuel to generate electricity.
The end of gas-fired power might not be far behind.