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Bipartisan calls for Illinois legislators to distance from Madigan’s political money amid patronage scandal

IGPA.UIllinois.edu, BlueRoomStream, Greg Bishop / The Center Square University of Illinois Springfield professor Kent Redfield, state Rep. Grant Wehrli, R-Naperville, state Rep. Anne Stava-Murray, D-Naperville, and state Rep. Bob Rita, D-Blue Island, talk about campaign…

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Quick hits: Illinois news in brief for Friday, July 24, 2020

State: Four counties reach ‘warning level’ as COVID-19 spreads

Louisiana hospitals report staffing shortages as COVID-19 cases rise

Louisiana utility regulators will face election challengers; election qualifying ends Friday

Quick hits: Louisiana news briefs for Friday, July 24

Additional $118 million in federal funding allocated to Texas higher education institutions

Republican senators sponsor bill to pay Lebanon County

DeWine, lawmakers call for repeal of nuclear bailout bill at center of corruption charges

Virginia’s new COVID-19 workplace standards amount to unfunded mandates on businesses

Cuomo pushes de Blasio to work on cleaning up New York City

Displaced Toronto baseball team reaches agreement to play 2020 season in Buffalo, New York

Maine Speaker Gideon accused of violating election law in appearance at polling location

Maine’s transit systems slowly moving toward normalcy

New framework, funding expected to help Maine schools with reopening plans

Study: Floridians returned to ‘near-normal’ social interactions in June

Florida’s GOP leaders, Jacksonville planners praise Trump’s convention cancellation

Attorneys, sheriffs’ associations debate Georgia’s citizen’s arrest law

Trump says Jacksonville portion of GOP convention canceled due to COVID-19 concerns

North Carolina’s unemployment trust fund remains healthy amid COVID-19 outbreak