Dr. Ngozi Ezike, the calm, bilingual, scientific force behind the state’s COVID-19 response, has been named the first Illinoisan of the Year by The Illinoize.
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A downstate lawmaker says Governor Pritzker has the authority to expand the University of Illinois-developed rapid saliva test for COVID-19, but the administration has yet to make the test more widely available.
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One could argue Champaign County is doing everything right during the COVID-19 era. And at least two lawmakers from the Champaign-Urbana area say the state should be rewarding businesses and restaurants with decreased mitigations.
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“The Governor is not limited to one disaster declaration.”
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Social service agencies from around the state are asking Governor JB Pritzker not to include cuts to human services in his proposed list of state budget spending reductions.
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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.
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Governor JB Pritzker’s administration and a downstate Congressman are sniping over the Illinois unemployment insurance program, fraud, delays, and backlogs.
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Three 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.
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Some 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.
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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.
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Governor 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.
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State 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.
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A 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.
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A 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.
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Governor 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.
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The 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.
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By my count, with a little organizing help from Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office, there have been at least 27 separate lawsuits filed against Governor JB Pritzker or other officials related to Pritzker’s executive orders or enforcement of those orders.
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Throughout 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.
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Governor 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.
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What 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.
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