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Pritzker says reopening guidance for Illinois businesses weeks away

SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) – Businesses looking to partially reopen in Illinois later this month per Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s reopening plan amid COVID-19 concerns may not get the guidance they need to be in time to be in compliance if their region enters the next phase of the governor's reopening plan. Pritzker’s five-phase plan to reopen the state’s economy has the state in Phase 2. Phase 3 could be possible at the end of the month with more businesses allowed […]

todayMay 14, 2020

Commentary

WITHERSPOON: Is Governor Pritzker obtuse?

There’s a pivotal moment in the award-winning film, The Shawshank Redemption when the main character Andy Dufresne discovers there is evidence that could prove his innocence in the murder of his wife and her lover. Andy naively brings this to the attention of the corrupt, tyrannical warden Samuel Norton, who has relied upon Andy’s accounting acumen to skim and launder money from the prison. The warden declares the evidence he has found is false. He tells Andy he should forget about […]

todayMay 6, 2020

Illinois

Pritzker says some parts of Illinois could open sooner than others

CHICAGO (The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday that some areas of the state could open sooner than others, the clearest indication yet that the governor will take a regional rather than statewide approach to reopening the economy. Some regions could open up before the governor's most recent stay-at-home order expires on May 30. "Yes, if it's heading down the other side of this slide – that even the national plan proposed – if it's 14 days on a […]

todayMay 1, 2020

Illinois

TRANSCRIPT: The full executive order from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker

EXECUTIVE ORDER 2020-32 (COVID-19 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 30) WHEREAS, protecting the health and safety of Illinoisans is among the most important functions of State government; and, WHEREAS, it is critical that Illinoisans who become sick are able to be treated by medical professionals, including when a hospital bed, emergency room bed, or ventilator is needed; and, WHEREAS, it is also critical that the State’s health care and first responder workforce has adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) to safely treat patients, […]

todayMay 1, 2020

Capital Area Region

Some restrictions to be eased in Illinois beginning Friday

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Restrictions will loosen slightly in Illinois beginning Friday in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. However, certain guidelines will be a requirement; otherwise, restrictions may have to be tightened back up. Illinoisans heard in an announcement from Gov. JB Pritzker last week that all residents over the age of two will have a requirement to wear some form of nose and mouth protection as of midnight on Fri., May 1. This requirement applies to locations which abiding […]

todayApril 30, 2020

Illinois

Pritzker lashes out at state lawmaker over legal challenge to stay-at-home order

CHICAGO (The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Tuesday that a southern Illinois judge set a dangerous precedent by ruling in favor of a state lawmaker who filed a lawsuit challenging his stay-at-home order. The governor hit back at state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia), who won the first round of a legal battle that could go to the Illinois Supreme Court. Pritzker said he has great respect for the judiciary, but called the lawsuit a "charade" and a "political […]

todayApril 28, 2020

Illinois

Rep. Bailey granted restraining order against Pritzker shelter-in-place extension

LOUISVILLE, Ill. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- An Illinois state representative was granted a temporary restraining order Monday against Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's shelter-in-place order extension. Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) filed the suit in Clay County court this past Thursday. The approval of the restraining order in Bailey v. Pritzker (Case No. 2020-CH-06) rules that Pritzker cannot enforce his 30-day extension of the statewide shelter-in-place order. Moreover, Pritzker's actions to extend the deadline to May 30 was given an unconstitutional declaration by […]

todayApril 28, 2020

remote learning

Business & Lifestyle

Gov. Pritzker declares remote learning days continue through end of academic year

CHICAGO (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced Friday that in-person learning in schools will not resume for the remainder of the 2019-20 academic year. Remote learning days will take place for all K-12 education for the remainder of the school year. This announcement following careful consideration of science and from close consultations with public health leaders and experts across Illinois and nationwide. Pritzker states during Friday's press conference, "Our decisions must follow the science and the science says […]

todayApril 17, 2020

Business & Lifestyle

Pritzker outlines deliberate process for re-opening Illinois

SPRINGFIELD/CHICAGO (The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday he has had some preliminary discussions with industry leaders on how to go about re-opening the state when it is time to lift the existing stay-at-home order, which has shuttered large swathes of the state's economy. The governor said the priority would be the health of employees. “I have been talking to industry leaders because the most important thing is safety and health,” Pritzker said. “People are going back to […]

todayApril 13, 2020

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