Articles filed under J.B. Pritzker
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Education services extended for students with special needs
Jul 28, 2021 8:52 PM - Students with special needs will be able to finish their last year of high school regardless of when their birthday falls on the calendar, while those who lost a year or more of in-person schooling due to the pandemic and have since aged out of special education eligibility will be given another year to complete their schooling. -
New law repeals criminal penalties for HIV transmission
Jul 27, 2021 5:02 PM - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law Tuesday that repeals criminal penalties for people who transmit HIV to others. -
Pritzker signs bills expanding access to mental health care
Jul 26, 2021 5:26 PM - Illinois residents will soon have greater access to mental health services under measures Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Friday. Starting Jan. 1, most insurance companies doing business in Illinois will be required to provide their beneficiaries with timely and proximate access to treatment for mental, emotional, nervous or substance abuse disorders. -
Pritzker signs bill allowing over-the-counter birth control
Jul 22, 2021 4:28 PM - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday signed a law allowing pharmacists to assess and prescribe hormonal birth control to patients, a move Pritzker and champions of the bill called a "common-sense approach" to helping women get contraceptives from trusted sources.
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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. -
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. -
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. -
Biden in the suburbs: 'Think how life will be when it's quicker to drive on Randall Road'
Jul 8, 2021 8:21 AM - "America is back," President Joe Biden tells a crowd today at McHenry County College. Watch his speech here.
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