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Capitol News Illinois

What’s in Illinois’ $46 billion budget package?

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a package of bills Tuesday that make up a roughly $46 billion FY2023 state general revenue funds budget. It includes increased funding for education and human services and $1.8 billion in mostly-temporary tax relief. Pritzker signed the bill during a ceremony at Chicago State University where he was joined by students who stand to benefit from increased funding for higher education, including more money for student financial aid through the […]

todayApril 19, 2022

Illinois

Illinois

Advocate: Fair redistricting in Illinois could curb power brokering

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who backed a nonpartisan redistricting process on the campaign trail, last June signed into law new House and Senate maps drafted by lawmakers. CHICAGO (Public News Service) -- Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is facing 22 charges of bribery and racketeering. The Chicago Democrat led the chamber for decades, and one ethical-government advocate said his control of the redistricting process was one way he maintained power in the General Assembly. Madeleine Doubek, executive director of […]

todayMarch 15, 2022

Illinois mask mandates

Illinois

Illinois mask mandates ending for most Monday

[media-credit name="ARTURO REY/UNSPLASH PHOTO" align="none" width="640"][/media-credit] SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) – For most of the past two years during the COVID-19 pandemic, Illinois residents have been mandated to wear masks indoors per Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s executive orders. That ends Monday. Earlier this month, Pritzker announced Feb. 28 will be the end of his statewide mandate for people to wear masks indoors in most settings, regardless of whether they’re healthy or not. He’s embroiled in a court battle over his mandates […]

todayFebruary 25, 2022

Illinois Restaurant Association Sam Toia

Illinois

Illinois restaurant group opposes minimum wage hike

SPRINGFIELD (The Center Square) – If a new bill becomes law, Illinois workers who get tips will receive the state’s minimum wage in addition to their tip money. State Rep. Camille Lilly (D-Chicago) has introduced House Bill 5139, which would allow servers and bartenders to receive the state’s minimum wage starting in 2025 in addition to their tips. “This is the beginning of addressing poverty for each and every worker across the state of Illinois,” Lilly said at a press conference introducing […]

todayFebruary 24, 2022

Illinois Supreme Court

Capitol News Illinois

State files appeal to Supreme Court on mask mandate ruling

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – The Illinois Supreme Court is being asked to review the state’s mask mandate and other COVID-19 mitigation orders for K-12 schools on an expedited schedule. Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a petition for appeal Tuesday, along with a motion for an emergency stay of a Sangamon County judge’s order to block enforcement of the rules. On Feb. 4, Sangamon County Circuit Judge Raylene Grischow issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of the rules which, […]

todayFebruary 24, 2022

Illinois Appellate Court of Appeals Springfield Pritzker

Capitol News Illinois

Illinois appellate court: No ruling on COVID-19 restraining order

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration said Friday it will ask the Illinois Supreme Court for an “expedited review” of an appellate court’s decision not to rule on a lower court order that invalidated COVID-19 mitigation measures for roughly 170 school districts that were parties in a set of consolidated lawsuits. Late Thursday night, the 4th District Court of Appeals said it would not review the temporary restraining order issued Feb. 4 by a Sangamon County judge, calling the issue “moot” […]

todayFebruary 18, 2022

Illinois Department of Corrections IDOC Rob Jeffreys

Capitol News Illinois

IDOC makes plan to close units at Vandalia, Pontiac prisons

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) is making plans to downsize—plans that a major public employee union claims have not been shared with its members. With the inmate population dwindling to 28,000 and mounting maintenance bills on prison buildings at correctional centers across the state, IDOC developed a plan which may include significant downsizing at the Vandalia and Pontiac correctional centers. “These facilities are referenced due to current operational needs,” IDOC chief of staff Camille […]

todayFebruary 16, 2022

Meridian

East Central Illinois Region

Meridian to continue with mask mandates

[media-credit name="CONNOR STEINKAMP PHOTO" align="aligncenter" width="686"][/media-credit] MACON -- While a recent court decision ruled in favor of more than 700 parents, Meridian schools are being steadfast in continuing to comply with the mask mandates and COVID-19 mitigations. Meridian Schools was not a named party in the lawsuit, hence the district's insistence to continue the mandates and mitigations. An appeal is imminent, according to claims from superintendent Andy Pygott. While that process continues, the district will continue with its current policies. […]

todayFebruary 9, 2022

Illinois JB Pritzker

Capital Area Region

Pritzker: ‘Stay tuned’ for new guidance on masks

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Illinoisans should stay tuned for an announcement on the state’s indoor mask mandate, Gov. JB Pritzker said at an unrelated news conference Tuesday, although he declined to say specifically what changes might be coming. “I think I've said over the last few press conferences that I really believe that we ought to be looking seriously at how to ratchet that back,” Pritzker said of his mask mandates. “I think we're going to be making announcements […]

todayFebruary 8, 2022 1

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