217 Today: Monday May 24, 2021
Monday May 21, 2021 Today’s headlines: The fight over how to draw Illinois’ legislative districts for the next ten years is set to reach a fever pitch in Springfield this week. Democrats who control the remap process published their proposed maps Friday night. Fewer rural people are vaccinated than their urban counterparts. That’s according to […]
Rural Areas Lag In Vaccination Rates, CDC Report Shows
COVID-19 vaccination rates are lower in rural counties than in urban counties, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nationwide, the vaccination rate among adults in urban counties is 45.7%, but only 38.9% of adults are vaccinated in rural counties. The disparity persists among different age groups and genders. […]
