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Comptroller calls for ending penalties on late payments

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza is calling for repealing a law that imposes a 12 percent interest whenever the state is late paying its bills, along with a program that allows private investors to purchase the debt owed to vendors and collect that interest penalty.

UPDATED: Appellate court declines to rule on mask mandates; Pritzker to appeal to high court

Friday, February 18, 2022

Schools in Illinois are free to enforce mask mandates and other COVID-19 mitigations on their own, but the emergency rules that the Illinois Department of Public Health issued requiring schools to enforce those mandates are no longer in force.

State, opponents urge court ruling on school mandates despite JCAR vote

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

The question of whether K-12 schools in Illinois can continue to enforce mask mandates and other COVID-19 mitigations remained unclear Wednesday as all three branches of state government tried to...

Legislative panel suspends COVID-19 mitigations in schools

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

A legislative panel on Tuesday voted to suspend the latest version of COVID-19 mitigations for public schools, saying in part that those rules are still being litigated in a state appellate court.

Gas companies push back against effort to repeal surcharge

Thursday, February 10, 2022

Natural gas utilities in Illinois warned of job losses and possible risks to public safety if state lawmakers repeal a law allowing them to add a surcharge on customer bills that consumer...

State appeals court’s order on school COVID-19 mask, vaccine mandates

Monday, February 7, 2022

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration are asking a state appellate court to set aside a lower court order from late Friday that invalidated the mask and...

Nursing home group at odds with Pritzker over payment reform

Friday, February 4, 2022

A political battle is shaping up between Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration and one segment of the nursing home industry over a key element of the governor’s budget proposal, expanding...

Pritzker outlines $45.4 billion budget proposal, calling out his critics

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday offered a $45.4 billion general revenue budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year that would include new spending on education and health care while also providing...

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Comptroller calls for ending penalties on late payments

UPDATED: Appellate court declines to rule on mask mandates; Pritzker to appeal to high court