COVID-19 Update: ‘Cautious Optimism,’ Pleas To Stay Home Ahead Of Holiday Weekend
The state’s rolling seven-day average COVID-19 case positivity rate decreased by a half point Tuesday to 10.4 percent as hospitalizations continued to…
Senate Committee To Ask About 27 Dead Residents After COVID-19 Outbreak At LaSalle Veterans’ Home
Twenty-seven residents of the LaSalle Veterans’ Home have died in the last few weeks since the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs reported a COVID…
State Reports 126 More COVID-19 Deaths As Tier 3 Mitigations Take Effect
SPRINGFIELD – The state reported another 126 COVID-19-related deaths Friday as Tier 3 mitigations took effect statewide and virus-related hospitalizations continued to increase. That brought the death toll since the pandemic began to 11,304 out of 634,395 confirmed or probable cases. The newly reported deaths occurred in people ranging from their 20s to older than […]
State COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 11,000
As the state surpassed 11,000 COVID-19-related deaths Wednesday and the disease became the third leading cause of death in the state, health officials…
State Issues Stricter Mitigations Amid Hospitalization Surge
Gov. JB Pritzker announced the entire state would enter Tier 3 of his mitigation plan starting Friday as he noted the best way for Illinoisans to avoid…
Pritzker Extends Eviction Moratorium, Secretary Of State To Close Driver Facilities
As the state once again reported a one-day high for COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, Gov. JB Pritzker announced he would extend a temporary ban on…
Illinois Urges Residents To Stay Home For 3 Weeks
Illinois residents are being urged to stay at home as much as possible for at least the next three weeks as the second wave of COVID-19 outbreaks…
COVID-19 Hospitalizations Far Higher In Most Regions Than In First Wave
With no signs of slowing, key metrics measuring the spread of COVID-19 – including hospitalizations – continue to push numbers not seen since April and…
Pritzker Announces Tier 2 Mitigations In Three More Regions
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker announced Monday that three more regions of the state will be placed under even stricter COVID-19 restrictions starting Wednesday as the state’s rates of infections and hospitalizations continue to climb. “The virus is winning the war right now,” Pritzker said during his daily COVID-19 briefing in Chicago. Ten of the […]
Pritzker: Blame Tax-Plan Opponents For Coming Budget Pain
SPRINGFIELD – Backers of a graduated income tax constitutional amendment conceded defeat Wednesday for Gov. JB Pritzker’s marquee policy proposal which was projected to bring in more than $3 billion annually to state coffers. With 98 percent of precincts reporting, voters had rejected the amendment by a 55 percent to 45 percent margin. The Associated […]
State’s One-Day COVID-19 Positivity Rate is Highest Since May 22
Gov. J.B. Pritzker urged residents on Wednesday to stay focused on slowing the spread of COVID-19 as the state’s one-day COVID-19 case positivity rate…
Graduated Income Tax Referendum Appears To Falter, Dealing Major Blow To Pritzker
Gov. JB Pritzker’s signature plan to change Illinois’ flat-rate income tax system to a graduated income tax looked too far behind to catch up as of…
Pritzker Warns Of Record Positivity Rates As Entire State Triggers Mitigations
SPRINGFIELD — All 11 of the state’s mitigation regions will face stricter COVID-19 based restrictions by Wednesday due to increasing positivity rates, while opposition grows from some bars, restaurants and other small businesses struggling during the pandemic’s economic downturn. “The virus is spreading. And every region of the state is suffering from its insidious, invisible […]
COVID-19 Hospitalizations Continue to Reach New Second-Wave Highs
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 continue to climb as the entire state is either subject to increased mitigation measures or will be starting Wednesday. A…
In ‘Fair Tax’ Fight, Echoes From Failed Attempts At Tax Reform In Illinois
In the dueling campaigns for and against Gov. JB Pritzker’s signature plan to implement a graduated income tax structure in Illinois are the echoes of…