State Week: Stay-At-Home Order Extended As COVID-19 Numbers Rise

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford,

Charles N. Wheeler III, Mary Hansen, Sam Dunklau

Published April 3, 2020 at 1:18 PM CDT

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With the number of COVID-19 cases increasing every day, Governor J.B. Pritzker’s statewide “Stay at Home” order has been extended until April 30th. Hospital capacity is being increased, many businesses are struggling, and an unprecedented number of people have filed for unemployment in the past week.

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Charles N. Wheeler III

The former director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.

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Mary Hansen is a former NPR Illinois reporter.

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Sam Dunklau

Sam is a Public Affairs Reporting intern for spring 2018, working out the NPR Illinois Statehouse bureau.

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