The latest numbers from the Illinois Department of Public Health show the state has had a total of 2,957,563 cases of the coronavirus and 31,296 total deaths. The IDPH did not provide some updates this week because of the winter weather in the state. According to numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 75 percent of Illinois' population has received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, 66 percent of Illinois' population is fully vaccinated and over 47 percent have received a booster dose. Clay County Sheriff Andy Myers reports several arrests by his department over the past several days. Among them, 53-year-old Roger D. Smith of Fairfield was arrested on an outstanding Clay County warrant for Failure to Appear on the original charge of Operation of an Uninsured Vehicle. Bond was set at $3000, and he appeared in Clay County Court and was released. The arrest was reported on January 26th. Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro is welcoming a new
house, if they roll up all of the republicans in support of kavanaugh, they don t need democrats at all. that s their focus right now, and at least in terms of early returns, there is a pretty good day on that front, anderson. yeah, in terms of the timeline for the confirmation hearings, do we have an idea of what that looks like? it s up in the air right now. look, i ve talked to republican aides who have made clear they want to move on a confirmation hearing as soon as august. we were hearing september for the weeks leading up to now. they re trying to accelerate that. but keep an eye on kind of a smaller battle inside the broader war that s going on with this pick, and that s on documents, that s on everything that brett kavanaugh was involved in, not just the 300 opinions he issued as an appellate court justice, but also his time in the bush administration. democrats want everything he was involved in. republicans already saying they don t need that to know where he stands from
hearings, do we have an idea of what that looks like? it s up in the air right now. look, i ve talked to republican aides who have made clear they want to move on a confirmation hearing as soon as august. we were hearing september for the weeks leading up to now. they re trying to accelerate that. but keep an eye on kind of a smaller battle inside the broader war that s going on with this pick, and that s on documents, that s on everything that brett kavanaugh was involved in, not just the 300 opinions he issued as an appellate court justice, but also his time in the bush administration. democrats want everything he was involved in. republicans already saying they don t need that to know where he stands from a judicial philosophy perspective that will be a fight to watch, and that will be a fight that 23409 only could dictate when the hear willing happen, but also if it could be delayed even longer, anderson. all right, phil. it s going to be a busy couple of weeks for you. objecti