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“There is no reason for us to close” City Hall, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]The James R. Thompson Center — which houses thousands of state workers — will be closed to the public beginning Monday, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday as the Coronavirus continued to spread.
Thirty-two people, including a child, have tested positive for the virus, also known as COVID-19. -
With the Illinois House and Senate set to go dark next week in an effort to stop the spread of Coronavirus, the state’s largest agencies say they’re prepping contingency plans.
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Facing an April 1 deadline to change the health insurance for thousands of new foster children into its system, Cook County Public Guardian Charles Golbert on Wednesday asked for the transition to be delayed again, warning some of the most fragile children in Illinois are at risk.
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As the Illinois State Board of Elections and local elections authorities prepare for Tuesday’s primary election, Secretary of State Jesse White’s office admitted to yet another glitch in the state’s automatic voter registration program: 1,151 voters who attempted to register automatically were not added to the rolls.
Voters cast their ballots at the Loop Super Site, 191 N. Clark St. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]
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As the number of local law enforcement agencies joining forces with video doorbell company Ring grows, two Illinois Democrats urged lawmakers to act to prevent what they called “warrantless searches.”
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Companies who do business with the state risk having their $50,000 or larger contracts automatically voided and be barred from bidding on state projects if a firm makes three or more campaign contributions to Illinois’ executive officers within a 36-month period.
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Senior officials from Illinois’ largest utility companies are split on whether Illinois should create a brand-new market to allow energy providers to sell power to the state.
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Although it has been a relatively mild winter in Illinois and natural gas prices are low, residents gas bills haven’t budged — due in part to the cost of ongoing efforts to replace decades-old natural gas pipes.
A crew works in 2015 to replace a gas line in Portage Park. [Heather Cherone/DNAinfo Chicago]
A years-long dispute over the pipe replacement project between consumer groups and the utility companies heated up this week with the introduction of two bills.
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State Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee)
Legislative Inspector General Carol Pope on Tuesday determined State Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) was actually marching in the Harvard Milk Days Parade when he was recorded as voting on 23 bills in the House chamber on the last day of session in June.
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A bill tabled at the 11th hour a year ago in order to ensure Republican support for the state’s operating budget and infrastructure plan has reemerged in Springfield, and has a new opponent: farmers.
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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