FROM BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION: Home health care workers also on the COVID-19 front line FROM BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION: Home health care workers also on the COVID-19 front line Friday, April 10, 2020 As many as 22 home care clients who are part of an Illinois program have tested positive for COVID-19, including five who died, state says. Some home health aides also have tested positive.
FROM THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS: When will the impact of coronavirus hit state budgets like Illinois’? FROM THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS: When will the impact of coronavirus hit state budgets like Illinois’? Thursday, April 2, 2020 State officials nationwide fear that a substantial decline in tax collections as a result of the coronavirus pandemic will throw their budgets into turmoil. But they will have to wait for the first hard data on how big the decline might be.
COMMENTARY: Illinois legislators should continue to make us proud by ending partisan gerrymandering COMMENTARY: Illinois legislators should continue to make us proud by ending partisan gerrymandering Thursday, April 2, 2020 Illinois has demonstrated that we are not afraid to lead when it comes to disaster response. We should not be afraid to lead when it comes to ending partisan gerrymandering. Read more
FROM BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION: Get ready, Illinois: Pritzker’s tax plan looks to become the biggest ballot measure in state history FROM BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION: Get ready, Illinois: Pritzker’s tax plan looks to become the biggest ballot measure in state history Thursday, March 19, 2020 The presidential election will be the marquee race on the ballot this November, but in Illinois the most expensive and noisy campaign likely will center on the battle to overhaul the state income... Read more
FROM KAISER HEALTH NEWS: How to avoid coronavirus? Lessons from people whose lives depend on it FROM KAISER HEALTH NEWS: How to avoid coronavirus? Lessons from people whose lives depend on it Wednesday, March 11, 2020 As the highly contagious new coronavirus continues its spread through the U.S., the general public could learn a thing or two from Andrea Amelse and the millions of other Americans with weakened... Read more
No change on daylight saving bill No change on daylight saving bill Friday, March 6, 2020 An effort in Illinois to prevent biannual clock changes — such as the one Sunday moving time forward one hour — appears stalled. The state Senate passed a bill in November by... Read more
CAPITOL NEWS DAILY: Budget hearings ramp up CAPITOL NEWS DAILY: Budget hearings ramp up Friday, February 28, 2020 If you don't subscribe to our email newsletter, Capitol News Daily, here's what you missed! Today's newsletter was our weekly Capitol News Friday weekly roundup of activity at the... Read more
Full Text of Gov. JB Pritzker’s State of the State Address Full Text of Gov. JB Pritzker’s State of the State Address Wednesday, January 29, 2020 The full text of Gov. JB Pritzker's State of the State address on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the Capitol in Springfield. Read more