When Governor JB Pritzker proposed a round of cuts totaling a potential $711 million dollars Tuesday, he was quick to blame Republicans for the actions. Republicans, who are a super minority in both the House and Senate, all voted against the Democrat budget which was panned by many as being $5 billion out of balance.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker’s administration and a downstate Congressman are sniping over the Illinois unemployment insurance program, fraud, delays, and backlogs.
Read MoreThree of the regions in the Governor’s “Restore Illinois” plan have met the criteria laid out to start stepping back from current Tier 3 mitigations, but Governor JB Pritzker says the regions won’t be allowed to open restaurants and bars to indoor seating until at least after the holidays.
Read MoreSome lawmakers expressed frustration over what they called “dodging” answers and a lack of accountability during a hearing Wednesday on the COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home.
Read MoreWhen Governor JB Pritzker proposed a round of cuts totaling a potential $711 million dollars Tuesday, he was quick to blame Republicans for the actions. Republicans, who are a super minority in both the House and Senate, all voted against the Democrat budget which was panned by many as being $5 billion out of balance.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker says he plans to enact around $700 million in budget cuts under his control, but its unclear if public employees are going to work with him on some of the cuts he wants to make.
Read MoreState Representative John Cabello (R-Machesney Park) lost his seat to Rockford Democrat Dave Vella by 239 votes in the November election. Cabello’s first step to challenge the outcome of the race is underway.
Read MoreA new state report shows the state’s unfunded pension liability has grown by over $100 billion in the past 15 years and will only grow without reform.
Read MoreA special investigative committee formed to probe House Speaker Michael Madigan’s role in a Commonwealth Edison bribery scheme adjourned for good Monday without issuing a single subpoena and drawing sharp criticisms from Republicans for covering up for the scrutinized Speaker.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker Friday argued no comparisons should be made between a 2015 Legionnaires outbreak at the Quincy Veterans’ Home that killed 15 veterans and the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home that killed a 33rd resident this week.
Read MoreThe deaths of 32 residents of the LaSalle Veterans’ Home from a COVID-19 outbreak has raised the ire of one of the state’s top advocacy groups for veterans.
Read MoreThroughout international, national, and state media, there’s an obsession over the pending rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine. But, throughout the state, there is a potentially large group of people who are skeptical or downright resistant to taking the vaccine.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker confirmed local reports Thursday that members of the Illinois National Guard had been dispatched to the LaSalle Veterans’ Home, the site where 32 veterans have died in an outbreak of COVID-19.
Read MoreWhat may be the surest sign in Springfield there’s light at the end of the pandemic tunnel and life may be getting back to normal is the return of the issue which triggers people on the left and right the most: guns.
Read MoreEven before Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider announced this weekend he would step down as party leader after six years, a movement inside the state central committee to oust him was underway.
Read MoreCongressman Adam Kinzinger (R-Channahon), who represents the LaSalle Veterans’ Home, revealed in a radio interview yesterday that the federal Department of Veterans Affairs had offered its assistance in stopping further spread at the LaSalle facility.
Read MoreThe Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs has fired the director of the LaSalle Veterans’ Home as the home announced the 32nd veteran resident of the facility has died in a massive COVID-19 outbreak in the facility.
Read MoreEmbattled House Speaker Michael Madigan reportedly told members of the House Black Caucus this weekend that he was “prepared” to vote for and pass a tax increase if Governor JB Pritzker made the request.
Read MoreEven though Illinois House members rejected efforts to hold hearings or take votes remotely during a shortened spring session, the House Democrat in charge of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee says an investigation into deaths at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home can’t wait.
Read MoreCongressman Adam Kinzinger (R-Channahon), who represents the LaSalle Veterans’ Home, revealed in a radio interview yesterday that the federal Department of Veterans Affairs had offered its assistance in stopping further spread at the LaSalle facility.
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