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COVID-19 Update: Positivity rate stays at 4.1 percent, state reports 20 more deaths

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

The state on Tuesday announced another 20 COVID-19-related deaths and 1,549 new confirmed cases of the virus.

Supreme Court moves Bailey’s lawsuit to Sangamon County

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Illinois’ highest court on Tuesday moved Rep. Darren Bailey’s ongoing lawsuit to Sangamon County, effectively ending a Clay County court's role in the case regarding the limits of Gov. JB Pritzker's authority to respond to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Pritzker’s mask enforcement rule survives legislative panel

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

A legislative panel that oversees the state’s administrative rulemaking process voted along partisan lines to allow Gov. JB Pritzker’s emergency rule to enforce mask-wearing and other...

Federal government releases $21.6 million to Illinois public housing authorities

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is providing $21.6 million in CARES Act funding to 68 public housing authorities, or PHAs, throughout Illinois to help low-income families...

Lawsuit seeks $450 million payment to ratepayers from ComEd, Madigan

Monday, August 10, 2020

A group of Commonwealth Edison ratepayers asked a federal judge Monday to force the utility company, House Speaker Michael Madigan and others to pay “at least” $450 million to be split...

Pritzker announces launch of housing assistance programs

Monday, August 10, 2020

Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday announced a pair of housing assistance programs aimed at helping lower-income households meet their rent and mortgage payments during the pandemic.

Chicago Mayor: ‘We do not need federal troops in Chicago.’

Monday, August 10, 2020

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Monday she remained opposed to calling the Illinois National Guard into her city after a night of looting and unrest that led to more than 100 arrests.