Both the Deputy Governor who oversees the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health pointed the finger directly at former IDVA staff for the COVID-19 outbreak that killed 36 residents of the LaSalle Veterans’ Home last year.
Read MoreThe final step to a full reopening in the state, the so-called “Bridge Phase,” takes effect today.
Read MoreHouse Republicans pressed the lead investigator into the COVID-19 outbreak that killed 36 residents of the LaSalle Veterans’ Home Tuesday about why the report failed to include the role the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Governor’s office played in the outbreak.
Read MoreFamilies of as many as 25 of the residents who died at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home are ready to file suit against the state.
Read MoreSuburban Mayor Casey Urlacher reformed his political committee Thursday with the intention of challenging Senate Republican Leader Dan McConchie in 2022. Urlacher is the brother of Bears legend and Hall of Famer Brian Urlacher.
Read MoreWith less than a month before adjournment, there seems to be little agreement—and almost no discussion between the House and Senate—on the state budget.
Read MoreWe’re getting there.
Read MoreSen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) says a scathing report into failures at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home that led to 36 COVID-19 deaths requires the Governor’s office to explain its actions.
Read MoreChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she’s hopeful the city can be “fully re-opened” by the July 4 holiday, but Governor JB Pritzker wasn’t quite willing to share Lightfoot’s optimism.
Read MoreA group of House Republicans have a news conference planned for Tuesday afternoon to call on House Democrats to hold hearings following the release last week of a damning investigation into 36 COVID-19 deaths at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home.
Read MoreIn the case of some House Republicans, 2022 could leave the possibility of “falling upward.”
Read MoreThe fate of the long-controversial Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card is likely to be decided in the coming months by the Illinois Supreme Court.
Read MoreCongresswoman Cheri Bustos (D-Moline) made a surprise announcement Friday, calling it quits in Congress after ten years in office.
Read MoreMultiple lawmakers have responded to the Inspector General report on the LaSalle Veterans’ Home.
Read MoreA report issued Friday gives a scathing review of failures of staff at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home and administration at the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs in preventing, and limiting, a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility that led to the death of 36 residents.
Read MoreThe Illinozie has learned Senate Democrats plan to bring an ethics proposal to the floor as soon as next week.
Read MoreWhen legislators enacted sports gambling in the state in 2019, which began in 2020, betters were not allowed to bet on Illinois teams, like Illinois basketball or Northwestern football. That may change.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker’s administration is quietly circulating a plan on clean energy. Energy has been one of the simmering topics of the spring session, following power giant Commonwealth Edison’s deferred guilty plea in a long running bribery scheme.
Read MoreGovernor JB Pritzker said Wednesday he is considering requiring college students to receive the COVID-19 vaccine before returning to campus next fall.
Read MoreA sitting Democratic State Senator facing federal embezzlement charges has a trial date set for early 2022.
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