Is this a good Friday to take a quiz? You bet it is! Is this a good Friday to take a quiz? You bet it is! Friday, April 10, 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)
FROM BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION: Home health care workers also on the COVID-19 front line FROM BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION: Home health care workers also on the COVID-19 front line Friday, April 10, 2020 As many as 22 home care clients who are part of an Illinois program have tested positive for COVID-19, including five who died, state says. Some home health aides also have tested positive.
Another 200,000 Illinoisans file for unemployment claims Another 200,000 Illinoisans file for unemployment claims Thursday, April 9, 2020 More than half a million Illinois workers have filed first-time unemployment claims in the four weeks since the COVID-19 outbreak first hit the labor market. Read more
COVID-19 rules unlikely to ease by April’s end COVID-19 rules unlikely to ease by April’s end Thursday, April 9, 2020 Gov. JB Pritzker said Thursday, one month since he issued a state of emergency, it is “unlikely” his stay-at-home order can be lifted safely before April 30 and organizers of large... Read more
Rural hospitals brace for downstate surge of COVID-19 Rural hospitals brace for downstate surge of COVID-19 Wednesday, April 8, 2020 Although the COVID-19 outbreak in Illinois so far has been mainly concentrated around the Chicago area, public health officials are bracing for a surge of cases in rural areas of downstate... Read more
State again sees largest single-day increase in COVID-19 deaths with 82 State again sees largest single-day increase in COVID-19 deaths with 82 Wednesday, April 8, 2020 Another 82 people have died from complications of novel coronavirus disease in Illinois and the state announced more than 1,529 new cases Wednesday as Gov. JB Pritzker said testing still lags... Read more
73 more dead from COVID-19 in largest single-day spike yet 73 more dead from COVID-19 in largest single-day spike yet Tuesday, April 7, 2020 COVID-19 has claimed 73 lives in the past 24 hours and a member of Gov. JB Pritzker’s staff has tested positive for the virus and is on home isolation, he announced at a daily briefing... Read more
Illinois ‘scouring the globe’ for protective equipment, Pritzker says, as COVID-19 deaths eclipse 300 in Illinois Illinois ‘scouring the globe’ for protective equipment, Pritzker says, as COVID-19 deaths eclipse 300 in Illinois Monday, April 6, 2020 Gov. JB Pritzker said Monday that state officials are “scouring the globe” for personal protective equipment, or PPE, as it prepares for the COVID-19 outbreak to peak in Illinois over... Read more