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Quick hits: Illinois news in brief for Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020
Pritzker to require businesses to enforce mask rules or face fines up to $2,500 after Democrats let rule stick A motion made to suspend Gov. J.B. Pritzker's emergency rule allowing penalties for busin...
Aug 12, 2020
Butler Trial Moved to September
The trial for the president of Central Illinois Arena Management has been postponed until September 9th. This is at least the third delay in John Y. Butler's trial. Butler faces more than 30 criminal ...
Aug 12, 2020 Blogtrepreneur / CC
RFEPORT: Supreme Court Moves REP. Darren Bailey’s Lawsuit to Sangamon County
Illinois' highest court on Tuesday moved Rep. Darren Bailey's ongoing lawsuit to Sangamon County, effectively ending a Clay County court's role in the case regarding the limits of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's...
Aug 12, 2020 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Illinois municipal group says state’s control over local stimulus funds 'unfortunate’
(The Center Square) - An administrative rule the Pritzker administration put in place to govern how federal COVID-19 relief for businesses is dolled out stands and a local government group says that's...
Aug 11, 2020
Pritzker to require businesses to enforce mask rules or face fines up to $2,500 after Democrats let rule stick
(The Center Square) - For the next five months, Illinois business owners and their employees are required to tell customers to wear a mask or they could face fines of up to $2,500. Despite Republicans...
Aug 11, 2020
Madigan denies tying legislation to the employment of a 'few individuals'
(The Center Square) - Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, said he is not responsible for who gets hired, has never made legislative decisions based on improper motives and the notion of...
Aug 11, 2020
OFFICIAL: Pritzker's Mask Mandate at Businesses Now in Effect
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) - The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) ruled in favor of Gov. JB Pritzker's request for an emergency mask mandate. WRSP-TV reports this comes after JCAR's m...
Aug 11, 2020
It's Official: No Big Ten Football or Other Fall Sports This Year
The Big Ten on Tuesday decided to cancel the college football season for fall 2020 with hopes of playing in spring 2021. With this decision, the Big Ten has become the first Power Five conference to d...
Aug 11, 2020
RIVIAN Releases Video Tour of the Plant
Rivian, the electric vehicle manufacturer that has raised billions of dollars in funding and repurposed the old Mitsubishi factory in Normal released a video to give an inside look of how it is gearin...
Aug 11, 2020 Photo courtesy to Rivian website
An Illinois Food Distributor Plans to Offer Asian Carp
(The Center Square) - An East Peoria business is on a mission to reduce the threat of the invasive Asian carp in the Illinois River and offer up a healthy meal. Asian carp were imported by Arkansas fi...
Aug 11, 2020
