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Gov. JB Pritzker joins 2019 State Fair Grand Marshal, East St. Louis native and Olympic champion Jacki Joyner-Kersee and others for the grand opening of the 2019 Illinois State Fair in Springfield. The state announced Friday that the governor would cancel this year's Fairs in Springfield and Du Quoin by executive order due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Capitol News Illinois file photo
Governor to cancel 2020 State Fairs by executive order
SPRINGFIELD – State Fairs in Springfield and Du Quoin will be canceled this year by executive order of the governor due to the COVID-19 pandemic. more
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Peter Breen, a former state representative and vice president and senior counsel of the Thomas More Society, speaks during a news event last year in Chicago after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the Reproductive Health Act. The Society is challenging the legality of an abortion coverage mandate in the law. Rebecca Anzel | Capitol News Illinois
Lawsuit: Reproductive Health Act’s insurance mandate violates religious freedoms
SPRINGFIELD — Insurance provisions of Illinois’ reproductive health care law violates residents’ religious freedoms, a coalition of Baptist churches and two state businesses allege in a circuit court lawsuit filed Wednesday. more
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Gov. JB Pritzker takes questions in Rockford Wednesday at one of his two public events to tout spending on child care grant programs in the fiscal year 2021 budget. Contributed by Illinois.gov
Governor signs budget, touts spending of federal funds on child care grants
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker signed a state budget for fiscal year 2021 Wednesday, but there is no more financial clarity now than there was when lawmakers passed the measure last month. more
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Raoul, 17 other AGs ask Congress for power to investigate police misconduct
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ attorney general asked Congress in a letter Thursday to grant his office the power to investigate “practices of unconstitutional policing.” more
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Pritzker mobilizes 250 more National Guard members, declares disaster in 9 counties
SPRINGFIELD — One day after calling up 375 members of the Illinois National Guard in Chicago, Gov. JB Pritzker announced another 250 guardsmen will be activated as he issued disaster proclamations for nine counties amid ongoing protests and riots across the state. more
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Miller calls for IDES audit
State Rep. Chris Miller today joined his House Republican colleagues in calling for an audit of the Illinois Department of Employment Security to investigate the agency’s numerous failures during the recent coronavirus lockdown. more
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Hundreds of demonstrators protest peacefully outside the Illinois Statehouse on Monday to speak out against violence by law enforcement against African Americans. Peter Hancock | Capitol News Illinois
More than 1,000 gather for peaceful protest at Illinois Statehouse
SPRINGFIELD — A peaceful protest organized largely by teenagers drew several hundred people to the Illinois Statehouse on Monday to demonstrate against the recent death of George Floyd in Minnesota and countless other African Americans who have died at the hands of law enforcement throughout the U.S. in recent years. more
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What you should know as Illinois enters ‘Recovery’ phase
It comes as Illinois is one of only two states to meet federal COVID-19 guidelines to reopening, according to a ProPublica analysis. New York is the other. Retail shops, restaurants, barbershops, … more
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State files emergency rules for long-term care facilities
“The overwhelming majority of long-term care facilities in Illinois are privately run,” Gov. JB Pritzker said during his daily COVID-19 news conference Thursday in Chicago. “In response to the … more
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GOP lawmakers want audit of state employment agency
SPRINGFIELD – A group of four Republican state representatives is calling for a state audit of the Illinois Department of Employment Security to examine a data breach at the agency and its … more
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