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News briefs: Some IDES offices open for appointments; eviction moratorium amended, extended

Thursday, August 26, 2021

As federal unemployment benefits created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are set to expire next week, Illinois continues to see high unemployment rates, although things have improved from one year ago.

Masks mandated indoors in Illinois; vaccines required for teachers, health care workers

Thursday, August 26, 2021

The statewide mask mandate indoors is back, and educators and health care professionals will be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday amid an ongoing surge in the pandemic that first arrived in Illinois in March 2020.

Mental health first responder, insurance coverage bills among latest signed by Pritzker

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Gov. JB Pritzker has been steadily acting on more than 660 bills sent to him by the General Assembly this year ahead of a weekend deadline for bill action.

Ambulance carveout is latest Medicaid managed care battleground

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Stakeholders are calling on Gov. JB Pritzker to sign a bill that passed the General Assembly unanimously and would remove non-emergency ambulance services from the state’s Medicaid managed...

Illinois lawmakers schedule Aug. 31 session to redraw legislative maps in light of census data

Friday, August 20, 2021

Lawmakers will head back to the Capitol on Tuesday, Aug. 31, to consider changes to the legislative maps that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law earlier this year.

‘Fire Pritzker,’ Pelosi are rallying cries at State Fair Republican Day

Thursday, August 19, 2021

Republicans rallied at the Illinois State Fair on Thursday with their eyes firmly set on trying to regain control of Congress and winning back the governor’s office in 2022.

Democrats seek to project picture of unity, contrast to Rauner, Trump

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Ten months before Illinois’ 2022 primary elections, Democrats from across the state descended on the capital city for the annual political events that coincide with the Illinois State Fair...

State school board gets pushback on mask mandate

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

A capacity crowd packed into the Illinois State Board of Education room on Wednesday as many more stood outside the building to protest the state’s new indoor mask mandate in all public and...

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News briefs: Some IDES offices open for appointments; eviction moratorium amended, extended

Masks mandated indoors in Illinois; vaccines required for teachers, health care workers