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Associated Press: Illinois governor tests positive for COVID-19; symptoms mild
Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office announced Tuesday that the Illinois governor has tested positive for COVID-19.
Pritzker is experiencing mild symptoms and has been prescribed the anti-viral medication Paxlovid, according to a statement from his office. He is working from home.
FOX 32 Chicago: Cook County treasurer calls for scrapping Illinois' scavenger sale law
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas wants big changes in the way delinquent real estate is sold for back taxes. She says it’s tainted by a long legacy of redlining and racial discrimination in the local real estate market.
She’s asking for help from federal, state and local governments.
The Center Square: Court again orders Pritzker agency to answer why unfit detainees aren't transferred
The director of the Illinois Department of Human Services must again appear before a Sangamon County judge to answer why the state isn’t taking jail detainees for a fitness evaluation.
Sangamon County Circuit Court Chief Judge John Madonia on Tuesday ordered IDHS Secretary Grace Hou to court June 28 to answer for two different felony cases.
ABC 7 Chicago: Carvana loses license to sell cars in Illinois; Sec. of State alleges failure to transfer titles
The Illinois Secretary of State has re-instated a dealer’s license suspension for Carvana.
Secretary of State Jesse White’s office said in a written statement that Carvana continued to conduct business in a way that violates Illinois laws, such as misusing out-of-state registration permits and failing to transfer vehicle titles.
The Center Square: Op-Ed: Another round to Florida – Citadel flees Illinois for the Sunshine State
In late June, Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker traveled to New Hampshire to be the keynote speaker at New Hampshire’s Democratic Party state convention.
Officially, he was there to “help other Democratic governors get elected” and to lobby for Chicago as the site of the party’s 2024 presidential convention. Unofficially, there was buzz that Pritzker could be a Democratic presidential nominee himself – in 2028, or possibly sooner.