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Pritzker’s cable call for greater federal COVID-19 help sparks presidential Twitter spat

Sunday, March 22, 2020

Gov. JB Pritzker was critical of the federal government’s COVID-19 response in a cable news appearance Sunday, prompting an angry Twitter reply from President Donald Trump as the number of confirmed cases in Illinois surpassed 1,000 and known virus-related deaths grew to nine.

As coronavirus deaths climb to 4, Pritzker says grocery stores, interstates ‘will never’ shut down

Thursday, March 19, 2020

As Gov. JB Pritzker announced three more COVID-19-related deaths and 134 new confirmed cases Thursday, he also expressly asserted that interstate highways, gas stations, grocery stores and other essential services will not close as a response to the pandemic.

Next week’s state legislative session canceled, return date remains uncertain

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Next week’s legislative session is canceled, and, like nearly all routines amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it is unclear when its schedule will return to normalcy.

State, federal governments seek ways to lessen COVID-19 economic impact

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Amid widespread closures and event cancellations in response to the novel coronavirus disease pandemic, businesses and governments of all sizes and levels are feeling the financial stress and...

Events of 50 or more added to ban as 12 new COVID-19 cases confirmed

Monday, March 16, 2020

Events attended by more than 50 people are banned in Illinois as part of a statewide near-shutdown aimed at slowing the spread of novel coronavirus disease, or COVID-19, but there is no need to...

State historic sites, recreational areas closed indefinitely

Monday, March 16, 2020

All state parks, fish and wildlife areas, recreational areas and historic sites are closed until further notice in the latest social distancing measures taken by Illinois officials to combat the...

COVID-19 FRIDAY UPDATE: Pritzker closes schools for 2 weeks

Friday, March 13, 2020

Public and private Illinois schools will be closed for two weeks, starting Tuesday, March 17, and reopening Tuesday, March 31, per a Friday order from Gov. JB Pritzker. The announcement came as...

Pritzker bans events of 1,000 or more, urges working remotely in new COVID-19 guidelines

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Gov. JB Pritzker banned events with more than 1,000 attendees for the next 30 days and urged businesses to allow employees to work from home as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state...

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Pritzker’s cable call for greater federal COVID-19 help sparks presidential Twitter spat

As coronavirus deaths climb to 4, Pritzker says grocery stores, interstates ‘will never’ shut down