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MAR 18, 2021
News in brief: Pritzker elaborates on forthcoming reopening plan; House Republicans launch new platform
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MAR 18, 2021
News in brief: Pritzker elaborates on forthcoming reopening plan; House Republicans launch new platform
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MAR 17, 2021
News in brief: Energy bills headed to House floor; Pritzker announces funding for park renovation projects
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COVID-19 outbreaks subside at veterans’ homes as investigations continue
No staff or residents are currently positive for COVID-19 at any state-run veterans’ facilities, officials told lawmakers Tuesday.
Meeting for the first time since former Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs director Linda Chapa LaVia resigned, the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee convened for an update on the aftermath of the deadly COVID-19 outbreak that hit the LaSalle Veterans’ Home last year.
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MAR 16, 2021
Phase 4½? Pritzker set to release plan to relax COVID-19 mitigations, Ezike says
Gov. JB Pritzker is set later this week to announce a plan would allow Illinois to further relax COVID-19 mitigations, according to his top health official.
Illinois Department of Public Health Director Ngozi Ezike told members of the Senate Health Committee on Monday that the state was “getting close” to moving from the current Phase 4, which limits gatherings to 50 people or less, to Phase 5.
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MAR 16, 2021
News in brief: National Guard return to Illinois; Mendoza offers relief for low, moderate income taxpayers
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MAR 15, 2021
Legislative redistricting process set to kick off this week as committees take shape
After months of little public action on redistricting, Illinois lawmakers are set this week to begin the months-long process of drawing new legislative and congressional boundaries.
Starting Wednesday, lawmakers will begin holding redistricting-related meetings, with a looming June 30 deadline set by the state Constitution. Unlike in previous remapping efforts, this year’s process is complicated by the delayed release of data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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MAR 15, 2021
News in brief: Pritzker signs hospital transformation bill; Pritzker amendable to Biden’s May COVID-19 vaccine goal
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MAR 12, 2021
News in brief: Pritzker announces latest round of transportation grants; rural hospitals added to COVID-19 vaccine pilot program; food insecurity plan released
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Legislative investigations will halt if funding runs out, watchdog warns
The Illinois office of the Legislative Inspector General would have to stop all its ongoing investigations if the agency were to use its entire budget.
That’s what Legislative Inspector General Carol Pope told members of the House Appropriations General Services Committee on Thursday.
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