Author: Scott Marquardt

GOVERNOR’S HIGHLIGHTS:COVID-19 Update: Illinois’ statewide indoor mask requirement ends on Monday, February 28, 2022. Mask requirements will continue where federally mandated, such as on public transit and in such high-risk settings…

GOVERNOR’S HIGHLIGHTS:Illinois Department of Public Health: Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike is stepping down after serving in the role for three years. Her last day will be…

GOVERNOR’S HIGHLIGHTS:New Credit Report: Fitch Credit Ratings hinted that it may be considering a credit upgrade for Illinois. Fitch referenced Illinois’ more “normal fiscal decision-making process, including on-time budgets that address fiscal…

GOVERNOR’S HIGHLIGHTS:COVID-19 Update:  With new COVID cases on the decline once again, Governor Pritzker is lifting the statewide indoor mask requirement on Monday, February 28, 2022. Mask requirements will continue…

GOVERNOR’S HIGHLIGHTS: On Wednesday, first-term Democratic Governor JB Pritzker delivered his fourth combined Budget and State of the State address. The Governor stood in the spot where Abraham Lincoln delivered his “House…

GOVERNOR’S HIGHLIGHTS:New Laws: HB359 (Kifowit/Cullerton) is now law. The bill, which creates a veterans’ accountability unit within the Illinois Department of Veteran’s Affairs, was in response to the Department’s handling of COVID which…