As COVID-19 positivity rates climbed again in McHenry and Lake counties in far northeastern Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker added the region to the growing list of areas in the state banned from indoor dining and bar service. Meanwhile, some Republican leaders are criticizing Pritzker for closing bars and restaurants to indoor service, claiming he’s doing too much damage to the economy.
Read MoreJust a day after Governor JB Pritzker essentially put high school winter sports, like basketball “on hold,” the Illinois High School Association announced Wednesday it was moving forward with the upcoming season anyway.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker is closing bars and restaurants to indoor service in the City of Chicago.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker is in danger of losing his first major electoral battle, according to a new poll conducted for The Illinoize by Woodstock-based data firm Victory Geek.
Read MoreDuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin says his office was forwarded 10 vote-by-mail applications under suspicion for election fraud. Berlin says all 10 of the applications were requested for deceased people.
Read MoreAs Governor JB Pritzker defended accusations he’s hurting small businesses and family restaurants around the state, suburban Chicago restaurant owners are pleading with Pritzker to reverse course.
Read MoreAs COVID-19 infection rates continue to rise, Governor JB Pritzker announced Monday morning bars and restaurants will close for indoor service beginning Wednesday morning in the Metro East region around St. Louis as well as suburban Cook County. Metro East is being pegged for high positivity while suburban Cook County is being put into mitigation for increasing hospitalization rates.
Read MoreAs state officials moved half of Illinois’ 102 counties onto the COVID-19 warning list, Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike broke down in tears Friday pleading with the public to wear a mask in public to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Read MoreIn his now-daily COVID-19 news conference Wednesday, Governor JB Pritzker said Illinois State Police had been “alerted” to be on patrol for bars and restaurants open to indoor service in defiance of Pritzker’s executive orders.
Read MoreThe Chairman of the Board of the Regional Transportation Authority, which distributes funding for Chicago area mass transit agencies Metra, Pace, and the Chicago Transit Authority, says the services will run out of money in early 2021 without another federal bailout.
Read MoreIllinois’ richest person, billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin, has dropped another $2.5 million dollars into the battle to remove Supreme Court Justice Tom Kilbride from the bench and has aim on a southern Illinois Supreme Court contest.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker’s announcement Tuesday banning indoor service at bars and restaurants in four suburban and south suburban counties beginning this weekend has left many bar and restaurant owners scrambling to survive the latest shutdown.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker has announced his largest COVID-19 related restriction since lifting his stay-at-home order at the end of May. He has slapped four suburban counties with restrictions on indoor dining, group sizes, and operating hours of three major casinos.
Read MoreA political battle for the partisan swing of Illinois’ highest court is unfolding in the state’s north-central region.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker announced the closure of bars and restaurants to indoor dining in southern Illinois and warned other regions of the state could soon follow.
Read MoreAs the state listed 34 of Illinois’ 102 counties, a full 1/3, to the state warning list for high positivity rates of the coronavirus, Governor JB Pritzker announced the state is already “in a new wave” of the disease.
Read MoreState candidate fundraising reports were due at midnight Thursday into Friday, and the cash disparity between Democrats and Republicans leaves many GOP legislators and candidates in a precarious position heading toward Election Day.
Read MoreThe state has brought in more than $100 million in tax collections since recreational use of marijuana was legalized at the beginning of the year. September collections on August sales topped $20 million for the first time.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker and Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike are urging families to hold smaller Thanksgiving dinners and Christmas or other holiday gatherings.
Read MoreHouse Democrats appear to be using anonymous Facebook pages to promote Democratic candidates and to attack Republican contenders ahead of the November 3 election. But, whether the ads flout state law may be up for debate.
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