Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday signed into law a change to the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act that would allow those who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine to potentially face repercussions.

The law was adopted in 1978 to protect physicians from penalty or discipline for refusing to perform abortions because of a religious or moral objection. Democratic Attorney General Kwame Raoul asked Pritzker to encourage legislation to make clear the law was not intended to cover a contagious and deadly pandemic.

Manufacturers and other large businesses across the state are still waiting on answers about who will have to pay for weekly COVID-19 tests after President Joe Bident’s vaccine mandate got held up by a federal court over the weekend.

Biden mandated all employers of more than 100 employees require vaccination status. For employees not vaccinated, they must mask and take weekly tests. He ordered the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue the emergency rules in September. OSHA published the rules Friday.

A total of $1.7 billion is headed to Illinois to replace the network of lead pipes that have left many residents — Chicagoans in particular — drinking dangerous, lead-laced water.

The CBS 2 Investigators have been uncovering the problem as part of our “Getting Hosed” series on bad water bills.

For years, Chicago leaders used the city’s water supply as a revenue stream. Now, tens of thousands of homeowners are drowning in debt.

Reset checks in with a WBEZ reporter and a Chicago homeowner who successfully fought for most of her water debt to be forgiven.