Springfield News
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JUN 04, 2020
Morning Briefs: Thursday June 4th
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The financial picture of Chicago Public Schools remains bleak if state aid to schools doesn’t keep improving, a new report from Moody’s Investors Service warned this week.
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Four days of looting across Chicago and Illinois has damaged hundreds of businesses beyond repair this week, leaving small business owners concerned they may face steep rebuilding costs from insurance companies and the state.
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AD BUY ALERT — A nonpartisan political action committee that supports military veterans’ candidacies for Congress is spending more than $25,000 for a two-week ad buy
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Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday declared a disaster for nine Illinois counties hit hardest by riots and looting following peaceful protests in the name of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was killed by Minneapolis police last week.
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The National Guard troops will provide perimeter security in the center of downtown for an undefined period of time following the rioting that broke out late Saturday during a protest over the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, by a Minneapolis police officer last week. Rioting throughout downtown Saturday continued into the night.
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Farm bankruptcies are escalating in the Midwest and price drops for essential crops from the Covi-19 pandemic are expected to worsen the problem in future years, according to recent report.
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With restaurants and bars throughout the state reopening Friday, they will not have the ability to reap lost profits by serving takeout cocktails — even though legislators passed a bill last weekend allowing it.
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Illinois House Republicans on Thursday called on Auditor General Frank Mautino to delve into what they characterize as an incompetent response by the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) to process the 1.2 million unemployment claims that overwhelmed the system, resulting in website outages, long phone waits and weeks of waiting for a new system for independent contractors.
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State Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) faces an uphill battle in the first steps for a special recall election for Gov. JB Pritzker over what Skillicorn says is the governor’s mishandling of Illinois’ unemployment system. More than 1 million Illinoisans have filed for unemployment benefits since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
