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August 28, 2020 Update

GOVERNOR’S HIGHLIGHTS:COVID-19 Update: On Thursday, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced 1,707 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 24 additional deaths. IDPH is reporting a total of 227,334 cases,…

August 21, 2020 update

GOVERNOR’S HIGHLIGHTS:COVID-19 Updates:Region 4 is the first of Illinois’ 11 regions to reach resurgence criteria triggering new mitigation measures effective August 18th. Region 4 includes Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, St.…

August 10, 2020 Update

GOVERNOR’S HIGHLIGHTS:New Laws: Governor Pritzker signed SB471 (Lightford/Gordon-Booth) which amends the Public Employee Disability Act to create a temporary 60-day extension of paid disability leave if an employee is injured in the line…

August 1, 2020 Update

GOVERNOR’S HIGHLIGHTS:As COVID-19 infection rates continue to rise in Illinois, Governor Pritzker issued a stern warning this week that some of Illinois’ eleven public health regions may be headed for…

July 17, 2020 Update

GOVERNOR’S HIGHLIGHTS:COVID-19 Update: On Thursday, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,257 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 25 additional deaths. To date, IDPH is reporting a total…

July 10, 2020 Update

GOVERNOR’S HIGHLIGHTS:New Laws: Governor Pritzker signed SB2541 (Steans/Harris) which contains the language necessary to renew the hospital assessment program in Illinois to enable the state to capture $3.9 billion in federal funds. This represents…