CAPITOL RECAP: State, national unemployment spikes amid COVID-19 outbreak CAPITOL RECAP: State, national unemployment spikes amid COVID-19 outbreak Sunday, March 29, 2020 UPDATED 3/29: Capitol Recap is a weekly roundup of Capitol News Illinois’ coverage of state government. This feature can be used as a once-a-week briefs package by weekly newspapers or dailies. It will remain on this site and be updated regularly. Meaning, you’ll be able to grab the most recent version of the weekly update at any time of any day.
Illinois records first infant death as COVID-19 cases continue to rise Illinois records first infant death as COVID-19 cases continue to rise Saturday, March 28, 2020 The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Saturday it has confirmed 13 new deaths from the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, including an infant in Cook County who had tested positive.
Pritzker keeps pressure on feds, asks all medical professionals to join COVID-19 fight Pritzker keeps pressure on feds, asks all medical professionals to join COVID-19 fight Friday, March 27, 2020 Gov. JB Pritzker announced new measures benefitting the homeless and people on supplemental nutrition programs Friday and continued to pressure the federal government for further, centralized... Read more
County fairs hurt financially by COVID-19 shutdowns County fairs hurt financially by COVID-19 shutdowns Friday, March 27, 2020 The social distancing guidelines that led Illinois county fairs to cancel off-season events on their grounds through the end of April is one part of a financial impact double-whammy, a trade... Read more
Time to take the week-end Capitol News Illinois quiz! Time to take the week-end Capitol News Illinois quiz! Friday, March 27, 2020 Test your knowledge of Illinois government news with the Capitol News Illinois news quiz! (10 questions: 5 state gov't/politics, 1 Chicago, 1 downstate, 1 sports, 1 geography, 1 trivia) Read more
New money announced for COVID-19 fight as number of confirmed cases soars New money announced for COVID-19 fight as number of confirmed cases soars Thursday, March 26, 2020 New federal and charitable funding will soon be available to Illinoisans affected by the COVID-19 pandemic as the state on Thursday saw its largest one-day spike of new cases and deaths during the... Read more
State, national unemployment spikes amid COVID-19 outbreak State, national unemployment spikes amid COVID-19 outbreak Thursday, March 26, 2020 More than 114,000 Illinoisans filed first-time unemployment claims last week. Nationally, more than 3 million people reported losing their jobs, the biggest one-week surge on record. Read more
Attorney General taking price gouging action, warns of COVID-19 scams Attorney General taking price gouging action, warns of COVID-19 scams Thursday, March 26, 2020 The Illinois Attorney General’s office has been working with a reduced and mostly remote staff the last 10 days, but it continues to warn against COVID-19-related price gouging, scams and... Read more