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State unemployment rate at 11%; small decrease from month prior

Thursday, September 17, 2020

The unemployment rate in Illinois fell to 11 percent for the month of August, a decrease of a half of a percentage point from the previous month as the state added 66,000 nonfarm jobs, according to preliminary figures released by the Illinois Department of Employment Security Thursday.

Pritzker instructs agency leaders to prepare for cuts of 5-10 percent

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

State agency heads are preparing to cut 5 percent of their budgets in the current fiscal year and 10 percent next fiscal year should the federal government fail to provide aid to state and local governments, Gov. JB Pritzker said Tuesday.

Statewide COVID-19 positivity rate declines over weekend

Monday, September 14, 2020

30 counties at warning level; positivity rate at 3.9 percent

Friday, September 11, 2020

The state reported another 2,145 cases of COVID-19 Friday as 56,661 tests were completed over the previous 24 hours, increasing the seven-day average positivity rate to 3.9 percent.

Further positivity rate decrease needed before mitigations rolled back in problem areas, Pritzker says

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Will and Kankakee Counties must lower their rolling COVID-19 test positivity rate by about one more percentage point before restrictions on economic activity can be lifted, Gov. JB Pritzker...

Pritzker talks vaccine, contact tracing, university spread

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

The statewide COVID-19 test positivity rate hit its lowest point since July 26 Wednesday as the Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,337 new cases of the virus among 48,029 test results...

Pritzkers highlight impact of pandemic relief fund

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Gov. JB Pritzker and his sister Penny Pritzker announced Tuesday that a private fund that was formed to provide relief to communities hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic will wind down its...

State’s wealthiest person gives $20 million to anti-graduated tax committee

Friday, September 4, 2020

Illinois’ wealthiest man and frequent Republican political donor Ken Griffin has pledged $20 million to a group dedicated to defeating a graduated tax constitutional amendment.

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State unemployment rate at 11%; small decrease from month prior

Pritzker instructs agency leaders to prepare for cuts of 5-10 percent