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20 counties are at Medium level for COVID.

The law requires semi-automatic weapons be registered with the Illinois State Police.

Bailey, a former GOP nominee for governor, is taking on the long time Republican congressman.

A poll finds a majority of Americans believe artificial intelligence will lead to more false and misleading information in next year's election.

The head of the union at Thomson federal prison critical of NPR article, TSA gives tips for Thanksgiving travel, and the USDA finalizes standards for livestock production.

State regulators approve energy rate hikes, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker offers more funding for Chicago's immigration crisis, and Former Sangamon County State's Attorney John Milhiser is back in that role.

Two men found dead in Southern View identified, a Macoupin county man dead after a hunting accident, a Chicago firefighter dies after falling through a roof during a blaze, and new laws passed in Illinois protect trans rights.

Police investigating the suspicious deaths of two individuals on Southern View, a Pinckneyville Correction Center acting lieutenant appeared in court to admit he failed to intervene in an incident where correctional officers punched and kicked an inmate, and a judicial oversight panel reviewing a judge's decision on a 2022 rape conviction.

Lawmakers lift a moratorium on new nuclear power plants, Invest in Kids program not reauthorized by lawmakers, President Joe Biden stops in Belvidere to meet with workers celebrating the reopening of an idled assembly plant, and the Secretary of State's office asking veterans and heir families to submit mementos for the Illinois Veterans History Project.

A new investigation finds troubling conditions inside Illinois' juvenile justice system, an Illinois State Police trooper injured after a traffic stop near the UIS campus is out of the hospital, and Illinois lawmakers are split over how to elect Chicago's school board.