Restaurants, Hotels Call For Reopening Plan
SPRINGFIELD – Officials from the hotel, restaurant and convention industries told a state Senate panel Thursday that they need a clear plan for how they will be allowed to reopen as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, warning that without such a plan, many will go out of business permanently. “We need to know… a strategy, we […]
Two More Regions See Mitigations Scaled Back As COVID-19 Positivity Rate Continues To Decline
Two more Illinois regions will see COVID-19 mitigations scaled back amid declining positivity numbers, state officials announced Tuesday. The state’s…
Two More Regions Enter Phase 4; Pritzker Gives Vaccine Update
Two more regions of the state moved to Phase 4 COVID-19 guidelines, meaning five of 11 regions can now allow both indoor dining and organized sports….
Pritzker Unfreezing Regions From Mitigations Doesn’t Mean Indoor Dining’s Return — Yet
Governor JB Pritzker on Friday will unfreeze all of Illinois’ 11 regions from the so-called Tier III Coronavirus mitigations he implemented statewide in…
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’s Daily COVID-19 Briefing Full Transcript And Audio — Nov. 17, 2020
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is returning to his daily COVID-19 press briefings as cases and hospitalizations in Illinois reach record highs. Read and listen to the latest update from the governor’s office on new cases, phased re-opening and closings of different regions and the state’s ongoing pandemic response. You can watch the most recent press briefings […]
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 […]
East-Central Illinois Makes 10 Of 11 Regions Mitigated as Restaurants Push Back
Illinois is down to one region that is not facing increased COVID-19 mitigations after east-central Illinois’ Region 6 reached an 8 percent positivity…
North Suburban Counties Join Mitigation List As Pritzker, State Police Talk Enforcement
North suburban Lake and McHenry counties will be the eighth region of the state’s COVID-19 plan facing increased economic restrictions as COVID-19…
GOP Pushes Back On Pritzker’s Mitigation Efforts
Republicans in the Illinois House and Senate pushed back Wednesday against Gov. JB Pritzker’s efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, arguing that…
Two More Regions To See COVID-19 Mitigations As Pace Of Hospitalization Growth Quickens
Six of the state’s 11 coronavirus mitigation regions will be under escalated restrictions starting Wednesday as hospitalizations for COVID-19 show a…
Pritzker: State Headed Into COVID-19 Peak ‘Potentially Beyond’ April Highs
Region 1 of the state’s COVID-19 mitigation plan will see a new tier of virus mitigations as Gov. JB Pritzker warned Thursday that “we are now headed…
Number Of Regions Slated For Added COVID-19 Mitigations Jumps To 4
Two more of the 11 regions of the state’s COVID-19 mitigation plan have reached a threshold necessitating increased restrictions, joining two other…
Pritzker Back To Daily Briefings As Pandemic Picture Worsens
SPRINGFIELD — Hospitalizations for COVID-19 and the rolling seven-day test positivity rate for the virus increased again in Illinois on Monday, mirroring national trends. Gov. JB Pritzker said at a Jackson County news conference Monday the state would increase mitigations in southern Illinois and announced he would once again hold daily weekday COVID-19 briefings until […]
Region 4 Nearing Lifted Mitigations; New State Unemployment Claims Rise 23%
Region 4 of the state’s COVID-19 mitigation plan saw its test positivity rate dip again Thursday, putting it one day away from having mitigations lifted…