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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.
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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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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.
Members of the Joint Commission on Administrative Rules meet in room C-1 of the Stratton Building on Tuesday. [Provided]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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