Posts Tagged ‘Gov. JB Pritzker’
Oak Hill getting back on track
anged daily operations for both staff and patients in all areas of the health care industry, including long-term care facilities like Oak Hill senior living and rehabilitation center in Waterloo.…
Read MoreEarly and mail-in voting underway
Early voting for the 2022 general election has begun in Monroe County ahead of election day, which is Nov. 8. Monroe County Clerk Jonathan McLean reported that about 200 early…
Read MoreMore ARPA funds for local towns
Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity announced last week that more than 1,200 small cities, towns, and villages across Illinois will receive $371 million…
Read MoreNo cash bail causes concern
The Pretrial Fairness Act passed early last year as part of the larger SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform bill will eliminate the cash bail system for anyone cited for alleged…
Read MoreTemporary tax relief in Illinois
Illinoisans received some modest tax relief when the state’s new fiscal year began July 1. That includes some income tax rebates, property tax rebates, a suspension of the state’s 1…
Read MoreNew law good for industrial biotech
On May 27, the Illinois Industrial Biotechnology Partnership Act was signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker and establishes the Industrial Biotechnology Public-Private Partnership as a state-sponsored board consisting of…
Read MoreState OKs budget, tax relief
It may have taken into the early hours of Saturday morning, but Illinois lawmakers finally passed a $46.5 billion budget for fiscal year 2023 as well as a $4.8 billion…
Read MoreHSS struggles to keep caregivers
One worker spends his nights caring for adults with intellectual disabilities, and his days working a job part-time to make ends meet. Two others left their caregiver jobs last year…
Read MoreSupreme Court issues order on school masking
The same week the attorney general’s office filed several motions relating to school mask mandates in the Illinois Supreme Court, the highest court in the state returned a response. While…
Read MoreState mask mandate ending
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced last Wednesday afternoon that the statewide indoor mask requirement will be lifted starting Feb. 28 – with some notable exceptions. During a press conference in…
Read MoreIllinois to end indoor mask mandate
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced Wednesday afternoon that the statewide indoor mask requirement will be lifted Feb. 28. At a press conference in Chicago, Pritzker cited COVID-19 hospitalization rates “declining…
Read MoreGovernor gives budget, State of State addresses
Each year in February, Illinois’ governor must propose to lawmakers a spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year. The General Assembly will then spend the next several months negotiating which…
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