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Associated Press: Pritzker issues rules as Illinois prepares for reopening
Barbers and their customers will have to wear face masks. Restaurants will be able to serve diners outdoors only, with parties no larger than six people, spaced apart. And youth sports may hold practices and drills for 10 or fewer people, as long as the water fountains are shut off and other rules are followed.
With coronavirus-related restrictions set to be loosened this week in almost all of Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Sunday released his most detailed guidelines yet for businesses and organizations planning to reopen. The Democrat’s administration also issued a toolkit for businesses, with posters, signage and checklists to help businesses implement the new safety guidelines.
The Center Square: Lawmakers punt on ethics reform, high property taxes, governor’s pandemic authority during truncated spring session
While they passed a budget, expanded mail-in-voting and even approved cocktails to go amid a pandemic, Illinois state lawmakers didn’t provide a check on the governor’s authority to reshape the state’s economy.
The Illinois General Assembly was scheduled for three days last week, but ran into overtime ending in the wee hours of Sunday. Things that were top of mind just a handful of months ago were left on the cutting room floor.
Crain's Chicago Business: Big wins for Lightfoot and Pritzker in the just-wrapped Springfield session
Gov. J.B. Pritzker got his $40 billion budget—and the authority to borrow billions from the Federal Reserve to balance it.
The Center Square: Illinoisans head to Indiana to spend money as stay-at-home order continues
While dining rooms remain closed in the state, many Illinoisans are crossing the border to go out to eat.
Many restaurants in Illinois are preparing for outdoor dining starting on May 29, but indoor dining rooms must remain closed. As it stands now under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s five-phase reopening plan, indoor dining rooms in Illinois won’t be able to open until the end of June.