The Senate Education Committee advanced several bills Tuesday, including measures addressing special education, hairstyle discrimination and teaching Asian American history in public schools.
Governor: “This good news comes with a caveat. We have all seen throughout this pandemic that this virus and its variants have proven to be unpredictable. Metrics that look strong today are far from a guarantee of how things will look a week, two weeks, a month from now."
The current 300-pound bronze likeness — located across the street from the Capitol building — “does not properly reflect Dr. King," Jesse White said Tuesday.
Pritzker: “We always are on guard, we’re watching the numbers like a hawk, but I’m optimistic. I think that things are going in the right direction." Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she aims to have the city “fully open” by July 4.
'I wouldn't say we're at the level of probable cause, but it certainly does warrant further investigation on whether or not criminal negligence did take place,' said House Minority Leader Jim Durkin of Western Springs.
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“It looks to me, if you look at all the hospital admissions data, like we're in decent shape and moving exactly as I would hope we would toward the bridge phase,” the governor said Monday.
Preliminary numbers show that the leisure, hospitality and food service sector was the hardest hit by the pandemic, reporting a nearly 30 percent drop in economic output for the year.
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The bills include restrictions on third-party delivery services such as DoorDash, limits on the governor’s authority to interfere with collective bargaining agreements and requirements to collect data on how the pandemic has affected the LGBTQ community.
Said Gov. J.B. Pritzker: “Government systems and your personal systems are all in some ways under attack every day ... It's a constant battle but we have a pretty good team that's fighting it."
The report found multiple failures that contributed to 36 veterans deaths, stemming primarily from the home’s complete lack of infection prevention plans or policies.
UI AD: Athletes 'are engrossed in their phones, and ... most of the time they base a lot of their self-concept or self-image about people they've never met, what they say about them on social media. And that's a daily battle that we fight in college athletics today.'
The funding comes from the $45 billion Rebuild Illinois capital plan.
“For too long, too many Illinoisans have been denied that right, whether through health care deserts, inexcusable delays in Medicaid applications, through lack of access, through high premiums, through doctors untrained to recognize symptoms on Black skin.”
The indictment charges Tom Cullerton with one count of conspiracy to embezzle from a labor union and employee benefit plans, 39 counts of embezzlement from a labor union and one count of making false statements in a health care matter.
“That’s something that unfortunately before I became governor was a bit set in clay, if not stone. And now, we’re working very hard to make sure we’re going the right direction.”
A look at a few of the notable bills that passed one chamber last week and now await approval from the other chamber and Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
Says task force chair and state Rep. Mary Flowers, the longest-serving Black lawmaker in state history: “I don't think that our committee is interested in destroying any monuments, statues. I want them to be placed elsewhere to be talked about so it would never happen again."
Says task force chair and state Rep. Mary Flowers, the longest-serving Black lawmaker in state history: “I don't think that our committee is interested in destroying any monuments, statues. I want them to be placed elsewhere to be talked about so it would never happen again."
Legislation filed in the Illinois House would free up millions of dollars in Medicaid coverage for autism treatment after a previous bungled attempt in 2019.
The state will now provide Medicaid benefits to eligible mothers for up to 12 months postpartum, a major extension from the previous 60-day limit. “Every mother in Illinois deserves access to quality healthcare following the birth of a child, regardless of their income level,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said.
AG Kwame Raoul: 'Information technology staff and investigators from the Attorney General’s office have been working closely with federal law enforcement authorities to evaluate the extent to which the network was compromised.'
The federal agencies made that recommendation Tuesday morning after reporting rare and severe blood clots in six people who had taken the vaccine.
Two former Illinois state senators have a “clear right” to receive portions of their legislative salaries that were withheld by Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza and her predecessors, a Cook County judge decided.
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis: "Many of our colleagues, including Governor Pritzker, have said in their own words, that they would like an open and transparent process, one that's going to stop politicians from picking their own voters.”
SPRINGFIELD — Leaders from the state’s tourism and hospitality industry asked legislators for additional support and reopening guidance during a committee hearing as the state plans next steps for its COVID-19 economic recovery.
SPRINGFIELD — One the eve of the consolidated election, the Illinois State Board of Elections executive director was placed on administrative leave after being the subject of an online extortion attempt.
As economic uncertainty continues to linger one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, housing advocates across the state are planning next steps to protect tenants and landlords and create additional affordable housing opportunities.
“With this new funding from the Biden-Harris administration, Illinois will move quickly to further expand our aggressive efforts to reach those most vulnerable to COVID-19,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said.
ISBE is seeking a $406.5 million increase, or 4.6 percent, above current year spending. That would bring their total state funding to just over $9.3 billion.
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