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State 'strongly encourages' colleges to require COVID-19 vaccine
Jul 20, 2021 7:02 AM - The state's higher education agencies released updated COVID-19 guidance Monday encouraging all public and private higher education institutions in Illinois to issue mandatory vaccine policies. -
Pritzker, Stratton announce reelection bid
Jul 19, 2021 4:08 PM - Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Monday he will seek a second term, joined again by Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton as a running mate. -
Pritzker has 'no plans' for added COVID-19 mitigations
Jul 17, 2021 1:35 PM - The wide availability of COVID-19 vaccines has changed the state's approach for mitigating the virus' spread statewide and in schools. For school districts, that means suggested rather than required guidance, with an emphasis on local control in imposing mitigations. For the governor's office, that means there are "no plans" to reinstate some of the mitigation measures and economic shutdowns that were commonplace earlier in the pandemic. -
Illinois Supreme Court to 'triage' eviction cases
Jul 15, 2021 4:23 PM - With the state-imposed moratorium on residential evictions set to expire Aug. 1, the Illinois Supreme Court announced a plan Thursday that provides an additional one-month "triage" period for tenants and landlords in certain cases to seek rental assistance. -
Pritzker signs ban on deceptive interrogation of minors
Jul 15, 2021 4:17 PM - Terrill Swift spent 15 years in prison, convicted of a rape and murder which DNA evidence later proved he did not commit. On Thursday, he appeared alongside lawmakers and criminal justice reform advocates in support of a bill signed by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker to ban deceptive police interrogation of minors. -
State to pick overdue marijuana dispensary winners by Aug. 19
Jul 15, 2021 4:17 PM - More than a year after new marijuana dispensary licenses were scheduled to be distributed per the state's 2019 adult-use legalization law, the governor's office announced the initial lottery and two more will happen by the end of August. -
Federal 3-judge panel to decide whether state redistricting plan is constitutionalJul 14, 2021 4:53 PM - Lawyers for plaintiffs and the state told a panel of federal judges Wednesday the issues involved in two lawsuits challenging the state's legislative redistricting plan are "straightforward" and ought to be resolved in short order. But the three-judge panel hearing the case appeared uncertain about how much time they actually have, given the deadlines that are spelled out in the Illinois Constitution and the fact that lawmakers this year pushed back the 2022 primary by three months, to June instead of March.
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Media literacy requirement, animal products ban among latest bills signed by Pritzker
Jul 12, 2021 4:10 PM - Public high schools in Illinois will soon be required to teach students how to access and evaluate various kinds of news and social media they see online and elsewhere as part of their regular curriculum. -
Pritzker signs bill expanding covered Medicaid servicesJul 7, 2021 9:09 AM - Illinois residents who have health coverage through Medicaid now have access to a broad range of services including mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment, smoking cessation and dental services.
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Settlement reached over voter registration lawsuitJun 30, 2021 7:20 PM - Illinois voting rights groups have reached a settlement agreement with Secretary of State Jesse White over alleged violations of the federal Voting Rights Act and Illinois' recently passed automatic voter registration law.
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