Teachers unions and business groups support Governor JB Pritzker’s statewide mask mandate and vaccination requirements for some employees.
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Governor JB Pritzker is bringing back a statewide indoor mask order and requiring teachers, school employees, university employees, and health care workers to get vaccinated or face regular COVID-19 testing.
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Former Pritzker adviser and recently departed Chief of Staff to President Biden’s Office of Management and Budget Nikki Budzinski is running for Congress in what is currently the 13th District.
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Governor JB Pritzker says he’s continuing to look at new mitigation options to limit the explosion of COVID-19 cases around the state.
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Increasing COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are causing a crisis for some southern Illinois hospitals to find available ICU beds for seriously ill patients.
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A federal judge left both Republicans and Democrats disappointed Monday with two separate decisions on the lawsuit challenging the Democratic-drawn legislative maps.
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Lawmakers will return to Springfield at the end of the month to make changes to legislative maps passed by Democrats in May.
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The state agency that administers medical licenses recently opened an investigation into a Champaign-area doctor for comments in opposition to a school mask mandate.
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26 school districts around the state are all facing penalties from the Illinois State Board of Education for violating Governor JB Pritzker’s mask mandate in schools.
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Democratic Appellate Judge Mary K. O'Brien has filed a new political committee indicating her plans to run for Supreme Court in 2022.
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There’s buzz that Rep. Tom Demmer is moving closer to a run for Secretary of State, but his message may be showing an aim for higher office.
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A Menard County man who is founder and CEO of a San Francisco venture capital firm says he is considering running for Governor.
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A former Cook County Republican leader who serves on the Illinois GOP’s State Central Committee now lives in Indiana.
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A top environmental advocate says she’s still optimistic a deal can be reached on an energy bill that funds wind and solar projects and forces the closure of coal-fired power plants downstate.
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Republicans allege census data shows Democrat-drawn legislative maps violate population deviation rules.
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A suburban pediatrician says she’s “disheartened” more people aren’t taking the latest threats of COVID-19 seriously.
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Some Democrats want to know more about Giannoulias’ seeming endorsement of Republican Tom Cross for State Treasurer in 2014
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A suburban Chicago private Christian school has reversed course on plans to defy Governor JB Pritzker’s mask mandate for schools after the state threatened to stop recognizing the school.
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Some Illinois State Fair vendors are worried about the impact new mask and vaccination rules may have on crowds.
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Private businesses large and small are beginning to require COVID-19 vaccinations for employees. Is it legal?
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