Full text of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s State of the State speech

02/15/2023

Here’s what Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker had to say about how Illinois is faring and what his priorities will be in the fiscal year 2024 budget.

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Illinois House to probe Pritzker failure to stop 36 veterans’ home deaths

By Dylan Sharkey

05/09/2022

The Pritzker Administration failed to respond despite 11 days of reports about a COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home, resulting in 36 deaths, according to a state audit. Now Illinois House members plan to probe the failings.

TAGS: COVID-19, Illinois Auditor General, Illinois Veterans' Home at LaSalle, JB Pritzker

Illinois driver facilities closed for COVID-19 until mid-January

By Patrick Andriesen

01/03/2022

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White said driver services facilities and his offices statewide will remain closed for in-person services until mid-January as the state aims to curb record COVID-19 cases.

TAGS: COVID-19, Illinois Secretary of State, Jesse White

Illinoisans have less than 6 months left to get their REAL ID

04/22/2021

Oct. 1 deadline looms even as five Chicago-area driver’s service centers have remained closed for a year and 1.2 million licenses and IDs have expired.

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Coronavirus pandemic delays REAL ID deadline

03/26/2020

Americans previously needed to update their ID by Oct. 1 to be allowed to fly and visit federal facilities without additional documentation.

TAGS: coronavirus, COVID-19, REAL ID, Real ID Act

Pritzker gives stay-at-home order for Illinois, in effect until April 7

By Brad Weisenstein

03/20/2020

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on March 20 ordered state residents to stay home except for essential workers and trips for supplies. The order came as Illinois recorded its fifth death and 585 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

TAGS: coronavirus, COVID-19, JB Pritzker

Ill-timed computer glitch causes drop in Illinois food stamp rolls

By Vincent Caruso

12/21/2017

Some SNAP-dependent households saw their benefits disappear this holiday season.

TAGS: food stamps, SNAP

Cook County officials claim resolution of food stamp soda tax problems

By Brendan Bakala

08/18/2017

Retailers will now have to either program cash registers not to tax purchases made with food stamps, or implement a “manual override.”

TAGS: Chicago, Cook County, food stamps, SNAP, soda tax

Cook County soda tax could cost Illinois $87 million in federal food stamp funding

By John Kristof

08/10/2017

Certain provisions of Cook County’s penny-per-ounce soda tax could cost Illinois more than $86 million in federal administrative funding.

TAGS: Chicago, Cook County, food stamps, SNAP, soda tax, Toni Preckwinkle

Hundreds on Medicaid waiting list in Illinois die while waiting for care

11/23/2016

Illinois has a Medicaid crisis. With an Obamacare Medicaid expansion program that continues to spiral out of control, newly obtained data confirm fears that the expansion program would prioritize able-bodied adults over the state’s truly vulnerable residents.

TAGS: health care, Medicaid

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Full text of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s State of the State speech

Illinois House to probe Pritzker failure to stop 36 veterans’ home deaths

Illinois driver facilities closed for COVID-19 until mid-January

Illinoisans have less than 6 months left to get their REAL ID

Coronavirus pandemic delays REAL ID deadline

Pritzker gives stay-at-home order for Illinois, in effect until April 7

Ill-timed computer glitch causes drop in Illinois food stamp rolls

Cook County officials claim resolution of food stamp soda tax problems

Cook County soda tax could cost Illinois $87 million in federal food stamp funding

Hundreds on Medicaid waiting list in Illinois die while waiting for care

Fighting poverty with employment: Chicago block clubs

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