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Pritzker: ‘Stay tuned’ for new guidance on masks

Decisions from other Democratic-led states, Illinois court ruling ramp up pressure

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Illinoisans should stay tuned for an announcement on the state’s indoor mask mandate, Gov. JB Pritzker said at an unrelated news conference Tuesday, although he declined to say specifically what changes might be coming. “I think I've said over the last few press conferences that I really believe that we ought to be looking seriously at how to ratchet that back,” Pritzker said of his mask mandates. “I think we're going to be making announcements […]

todayFebruary 8, 2022 361

Illinois budget FY23

Capitol News Illinois

What’s in Pritzker’s proposed budget?

A look inside the final spending plan of the governor’s first term

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- Each year in February, Illinois’ governor must propose to lawmakers a spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year. The General Assembly will then spend the next several months negotiating which proposals to include and which to scrap before sending the budget back to the governor for consideration. On Wednesday, Gov. JB Pritzker delivered his fourth proposed budget, this one for fiscal year 2023 which will begin July 1, and outlined spending plans for an anticipated $1.7 […]

todayFebruary 2, 2022 43

Illinois Capitol

Capitol News Illinois

Illinois lawmakers return to Capitol next week

In-person legislative sessions to resume; Pritzker to deliver budget, State of the State on Wednesday

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Illinois lawmakers will return to the Statehouse next week for their first in-person sessions since January 4. House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch (D-Hillside) said Thursday that the recent decline in COVID-19 cases makes returning to the Capitol possible. “Our goal is to be productive while also keeping everyone safe, so masking and social distancing policies will still be in place,” Welch said in a news release. “I want to encourage everyone to get their vaccine […]

todayJanuary 28, 2022 40

Illinois Pritzker

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Illinois allocates $220 million for transit, ports projects

The state of Illinois is allocating nearly a quarter-billion dollars to support new downstate transit and ports projects. Roughly half will go toward 37 transit systems outside of Chicago, and the other half will invest in a dozen of the state's ports. Gov. JB Pritzker said in a news conference Wednesday the investment will benefit organized labor across the state. The money is the latest round of funding from the $45 billion dollar Rebuild Illinois program. Including the newest round of investments, Illinois has devoted […]

todayJanuary 28, 2022 44

Illinois Pritzker legislative maps

Capitol News Illinois

Pritzker signs revised state legislative maps

Challenges likely in both state and federal courts

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Despite opposition from Republicans as well as reform groups, Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed into law the revised state legislative district maps that lawmakers passed in August, opening the door to almost certain court challenges. “These legislative maps align with the landmark Voting Rights Act and will help ensure Illinois’ diversity is reflected in the halls of government,” Pritzker said in a statement. But not everyone agrees that the maps do reflect the state’s […]

todaySeptember 24, 2021 13

Illinois job training Pritzker

Capitol News Illinois

Illinois to invest over $40 million in workforce training

Funding to target areas hardest hit by pandemic, at-risk youth

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday that the state will award more than $40 million in workforce training grants, focusing on communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and youth who are particularly at risk of violence. That includes $40 million in Workforce Recovery Grants that will go out in two phases over the next year, plus another $4.4 million in career training grants that have already been awarded to 20 training programs that focus on […]

todaySeptember 23, 2021 25

Cairo Illinois

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Southern Illinois town pins hopes on river port development

Alexander County saw 36.4% population decline since 2010

CAIRO (Capitol News Illinois) – Anyone who has driven America’s Interstate highway system is familiar with those standard blue signs near major exits indicating the services available ahead – fuel, food, and lodging. Driving south on Interstate 57 in Illinois, approaching the city of Cairo at the state’s southernmost tip, most of the images on those blue signs have been erased. Only the “lodging” sign carries the logo of a single economy-class motel chain. Get off on Exit 1, just […]

todaySeptember 22, 2021 24

Illinois State Capitol Building

Illinois

Illinois House to return to Springfield Thursday for further energy negotiations

Municipal coal plants remain the hang-up ahead of key nuclear deadline

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – The Illinois House is scheduled to return to Springfield Thursday to try again at passing an elusive energy regulation overhaul days after the governor’s office announced support for a new proposal. It’s the latest push for a legislative accomplishment that has eluded Gov. JB Pritzker in his three years in office, and it’s up against a Monday deadline set by nuclear energy generator Exelon. The company has announced that after that date its Byron Generating […]

todaySeptember 7, 2021 15

Illinois Dan McConchie

Capitol News Illinois

Illinois lawmakers schedule Aug. 31 session to redraw legislative maps in light of census data

Republicans say the matter should go to a bipartisan commission

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – Lawmakers will head back to the Capitol on Tuesday, Aug. 31, to consider changes to the legislative maps that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law earlier this year. Those maps – which set the new boundaries for the 118 state House and 59 state Senate districts for the next decade – were passed based on survey data in May, as the full U.S. Census block-level numbers were not made available until Aug. 12. The release […]

todayAugust 21, 2021 11

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