Springfield News
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New summons for wage garnishment and deductions, as well as citations to discover assets for debt collection, will be temporarily suspended for the duration of Illinois’ disaster proclamation prompted by the coronavirus just as Americans are set to begin receiving federal stimulus checks, per a new executive order signed by Gov. JB Pritzker Tuesday.
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Nearly all “essential employees” who contract the coronavirus while working on the frontlines of the Covid-19 pandemic in Illinois will automatically be assumed to have been infected while at work and will be eligible for corresponding worker’s compensation, according to a new emergency rule approved by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission on Monday.
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A federal judge on Friday denied a request to release upwards of 12,000 Illinois prisoners as a preventative measure against worsening outbreaks of the coronavirus, noting the Illinois Department of Corrections has already released hundreds of prisoners who are at risk.
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Four Illinois hospitals that have shut down in the past few years will again be operational within a few weeks in order to serve as supplemental care facilities as other hospitals begin to reach capacity in response to the coronavirus pandemic’s continued spread.
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Illinois’ number of completed tests for the coronavirus dipped below 6,000 Thursday, a day after Gov. JB Pritzker admitted Illinois would not soon achieve his goal of testing 10,000 people per day.
Gov. JB Pritzker appears with Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike and Illinois Emergency Management Agency Director Brigadier General Alicia Tate-Nadeau for an update on Covid-19 on March 11, 2019. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line] -
A highway maintainer with the Illinois Department of Transportation was hit with a $750 fine on top of a 30-day unpaid suspension after a watchdog found he posted four times on Facebook in early 2018 in support of then-State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) while on the clock.
The Illinois Capitol. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line] -
Illinois has tested approximately 75,000 people for the coronavirus, but that number is not growing fast enough, Gov. JB Pritzker said Wednesday, acknowledging the state has fallen short of reaching 10,000 tests per day — a benchmark he set last month.
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Families of babies and toddlers are struggling to enroll in new early intervention services even after state officials approved virtual therapy sessions as part of the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association urged Democratic lawmakers to cease negotiations on a bill that business groups last spring derided as “forced unionization.”
State Sen. Mike Hastings said SB 1407 is needed to protect firms from hiring out-of-state workers. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line; submitted]
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Nearly 44,000 Illinois residents have been tested for coronavirus by, a patchwork of approximately 30 state-run labs, commercial labs and hospital labs, which vary widely in turnaround times.
