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  • APR 06, 2020
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    Manufacturers’ association urges Dems to table prevailing wage bill amid pandemic

    State Sen. Mike Hastings said SB 1407 is needed to protect firms from hiring out-of-state workers. [Hannah Meisel/The Daily Line; submitted]
    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.”

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  • APR 03, 2020
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    44,000 Illinoisans tested for coronavirus as Pritzker announces start of rapid testing

    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.

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  • APR 02, 2020
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    State Medicaid reimbursement rate increases temporarily during pandemic

    Illinois’ Medicaid reimbursement rate — which has hovered around 50 percent for decades— is expected to see a slight boost as the nation fights the coronavirus pandemic, a new federal law.

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  • APR 01, 2020
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    Officials meet in Springfield to extend emergency rules despite ban on large gatherings

    Members of the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules meet in room C-1 of the Stratton Building on Tuesday. [Provided]
    A small group of state lawmakers met in person on Tuesday in order to extend emergency rules that would otherwise expire during the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • APR 01, 2020
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    Unemployment benefits for gig workers not yet available: state officials

    Gig workers have not been able to access benefits included in the federal coronavirus relief package signed into law last week, state officials acknowledged Tuesday.

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  • MAR 31, 2020
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    Ethics commission report delayed by coronavirus pandemic

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    A report set to propose wide-ranging changes to state ethics laws originally scheduled to be released Tuesday will be delayed due to the Coronavirus global pandemic, members of the Joint Commission on Ethics and Lobbying Reform said Monday.

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  • MAR 31, 2020
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    DCFS agrees to protect those aging out of foster care during pandemic after advocates’ pleas

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    The Department of Children and Family Services agreed Monday to continue protecting soon-to-be 18- and 21-year-olds who are set to age out of the state’s foster care system during the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • MAR 30, 2020
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    Pritzker does not dispute Lightfoot’s prediction that stay-at-home order will be extended

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    Mayor Lori Lightfoot warned Chicagoans that they be forced to stay at home to prevent coronavirus from infecting more people and overwhelming the city’s hospitals for several more weeks, and Gov. JB Pritzker did not dispute her prediction over the weekend.

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  • MAR 27, 2020
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    Local governments set to get small slice of $4.9B coronavirus relief package headed to Illinois

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    Illinois is set to receive $4.9 billion of the $2 trillion coronavirus relief package set for a vote in the U.S House Friday — and state officials will need every penny to help mitigate the economic toll of the pandemic.

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  • MAR 26, 2020
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    State offers small businesses $90M in emergency assistance amid pandemic

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    Illinois has three new programs available to small businesses struggling to stay afloat during the shutdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic.

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