WATCH: Coronavirus Task Force Holds Briefing Amid Record Unemployment Numbers
Roughly 10 million people have filed for unemployment in the last two weeks, the Labor Department reported on Thursday. Watch the briefing live.
Watch: Coronavirus Task Force Holds Briefing After Extending Distancing Guidelines
The White House coronavirus task force convened a news conference following a concession by the Trump administration that normalcy won’t be restored by Easter or maybe even this spring.
WATCH: Coronavirus Task Force To Hold Briefing After Trump Signs Aid Package
President Trump indicated there would be an announcement about deals to make more ventilators, masks and other equipment. The news conference is scheduled to begin shortly. Watch it live.
Missouri Governor Resists Calls For Stay-At-Home Order
The Broadway Diner is empty. The ‘50s style restaurant has been a fixture of downtown Columbia, for decades and gets a lot of customers from the…
WATCH: White House To Hold Coronavirus Briefing Amid Rescue Bill Uncertainty
Last-minute objections are holding up a massive aid package that President Trump was expected to sign. The White House has scheduled its now-regular news conference for 5:30 p.m. ET. Watch it live.
Trump Sets Easter Goal For Reopening American Economy
The president’s informal target to curtail mitigation measures like social distancing comes as the total number of confirmed cases nationwide tops 50,000.
WATCH: White House To Give Its Daily Update On Coronavirus Efforts
The administration’s crisis response team has another press conference on Monday; watch it live at 5:30 p.m. ET. Meanwhile, the White House plans to assess whether to extend its 15-day guidelines.
Illinois, Ohio Give Stay-Home Orders. Coronavirus News Monday, March 23
The governors of llinois and Ohio ordered residents to stay home to halt the spread of coronavirus. It remains to be seen if other Midwest states will…
White House Coronavirus Team To Hold Briefing, As Death Toll Continues Rising
The global death toll from the virus has now surpassed 14,000 people, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Saturday March 21: Coronavirus Briefings At The White House
Watch the latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic, including regular White House briefings below.
White House To Hold Coronavirus Briefing As Supply Struggles Intensify
The White House is trying to show it has things under control as concerns over shortages mount. A briefing with the coronavirus task force is expected at 11:45 a.m. ET. Watch it live.
Champaign County Board To Offer Remote Meeting Option
UPDATE: Champaign County Executive Darlene Kloeppel said on Thursday that in-person public attendance at Thursday evening’s county board meeting will not be allowed, and all public comment would occur via online video conferencing, due to new government guidelines discouraging meetings of more than ten people. She added that if in-person attendance by county board members…
WATCH: White House Holds Briefing As Trump Shuts Border With Canada
The president said the border would close by “mutual consent,” the latest development in the coronavirus pandemic. The White House is planning a briefing at 11:30 a.m. ET. Watch it live.
Turnout Down As Coronavirus Stalks Illinois Primary
SPRINGFIELD – Despite fear and uncertainty amid a global pandemic, hundreds of thousands of Illinois voters turned out for Tuesday’s primary election. Overall, however, turnout was down significantly compared to the last presidential primary in 2016. At the top of the ticket, Joe Biden left Bernie Sanders in his dust — winning Illinois by 23…
Congressional Races Set: Miller & Weaver in 15th, Londrigan & Davis In 13th
The next person to represent Illinois’ 15th Congressional District will be a woman from Coles County. Voters in Tuesday primary election selected Republican Mary Miller and Democrat Erika Weaver to run in November. With 95% of precincts reporting, Weaver received 16,777 votes, or 51.9% of the total. She received more than twice the votes of…