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Eighty-five percent COVID-19 “long haulers” reported four or
more neurological symptoms such as attention and memory
problems, loss of taste and smell, headaches and blurred vision.
The average age of people in the study was 43.
Bensonville has highest average mortgage debt in Illinois
WalletHub is out with its 2021 Home Overleverage report with
numerous Illinois cities making the list.
According to the study, Bensonville had the highest average
mortgage debt in the state, followed by Belleville, Cicero and
Melrose Park.
The city with the highest home overleverage score in the country
is Willis, Texas.
Illinois lawmakers vote to advance bill to extend state’s
firearm deer season
Some Illinois lawmakers want to give deer hunters one more day
to bag that prized buck.
A bill would expand the gun season to four days, an extra day
from the current firearm season.
The measure passed a committee vote and is headed to the House
floor before being considered in the Illinois Senate.
Federal report takes issues with state-run homes for veterans
Illinois’ four state-run veterans' homes lack uniform infection
prevention policies despite previous audits warning them to do
so. That's according to a federal report on Illinois' VA
facilities.
The last time the state received low marks from the joint
agencies was in 2019, shortly before a top VA official resigned.
Nearly 1,000 inmates released early
Nearly 1,000 inmates of state prisons could be released early.
That's after a federal judge ruled that the COVID-19 pandemic
had put them in harm's way for being especially vulnerable.
The Chicago Tribune reports a federal judge ruled the prisoners
should be released. It's far fewer than what the nonprofit
organizations who filed the suit asked for in April of last
year.
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