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…
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February 4, 2022 Update
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…
January 28, 2022 Update
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…
January 21, 2022 Update
GOVERNOR’S HIGHLIGHTS:COVID-19 Update: Illinois has reached its peak with the omicron variant according to Governor Pritzker and the Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health. While the news is encouraging, the…
January 14, 2022 Update
GOVERNOR’S HIGHLIGHTS:New Laws: The Governor approved the legislation passed during last week’s session. · HB 3512 (Slaughter/Sims) which is a second trailer bill to the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus criminal justice pillar – the…
January 7, 2022 Update
GOVERNOR’S HIGHLIGHTS:Budget Update: Comptroller Susana Mendoza paid off the final $302 million payment on a $2 billion loan the state took out in 2020 to cover COVID-19 expenses. Comptroller Mendoza estimated…