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McLean Co. COVID-19 Update 7-15-20: Four New Cases, Positivity Rate Unchanged at 2%
McLean County Health Department is reporting 4 new cases of COVID-19, bringing our total to 337 cases. 49 individuals are isolating at home and 4 are hospitalized. There are 269 recoveries. More than ...
Jul 15, 2020
Pritzker Announces New Mitigation Plan to Prevent Resurgence of COVID-19 in Illinois
Governor Pritzker and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike today announced a new COVID-19 mitigation plan focused on combating a resurgence of cases while maintaining t...
Jul 15, 2020
Pritzker Tells School Districts To Follow Mask Guidelines, Explains Criteria For Tighter Restrictions
Governor JB Pritzker is warning school districts around the state that they could be held liable in court if they fail to follow safety guidelines, including mask requirements and social distancing, a...
Jul 15, 2020
Pritzker announces plans to curb COVID-19 resurgence
(The Center Square) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a new COVID-19 mitigation plan on Wednesday designed to combat any resurgence of cases in Illinois. The plan is based on months of additional data an...
Jul 15, 2020
State collects $52 million from recreation cannabis sales in first half of 2020
(The Center Square) - The state collected $52 million in the first six months of the year from taxes on recreational cannabis sales. Since Jan. 1, when legal recreational cannabis sales began in Illin...
Jul 15, 2020
Illinois ranks 9th highest in WalletHub study of 2020 state tax burdens
(The Center Square) - Illinois came in ninth highest in a new study by the WalletHub website that examines the level of tax burdens imposed by the 50 states, based on three key tax measurements. Resid...
Jul 15, 2020
Lawmakers ask Illinois officials to give downstate municipalities ability to help local businesses
(The Center Square) - Businesses in the Chicago area have access to state and local channels to get federal COVID-19 relief money, but businesses elsewhere have only the state. Some Illinois lawmakers...
Jul 14, 2020
Debate over the progressive tax proposal in Illinois continues
(The Center Square) - The grassroots coalition "Vote Yes For Fair Tax" is once again making a push to persuade Illinoisans to approve the progressive tax amendment in November. The amendment would scr...
Jul 14, 2020
Pritzker says he’ll close bars, restaurants if COVID-19 cases rise too high
(The Center Square) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he would likely close Illinois' bars and dine-in restaurant services again if the increase in COVID-19 cases continued to accelerate, but the governor was...
Jul 14, 2020
Experts weigh in on giving federal aid to states like Illinois
(The Center Square) - S&P Global Ratings called Illinois' spending plan, which relies on borrowing billions from the Federal Reserve, "precariously balanced" as nonprofit groups weigh in how feder...
Jul 14, 2020
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