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Amid apparent virus plateau, Pritzker says stay the course

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

As statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations remain stable, state leaders say not much has changed to warrant an altered response to the pandemic.“The virus hasn't gone away. It is still out there, and nothing that we're doing now is changing that fact,” Gov. JB Pritzker said during his daily COVID-19 briefing Wednesday in Chicago.

Pritzker reports modest hospitalization progress

Monday, May 4, 2020

Gov. JB Pritzker said the state is making modest progress in terms of COVID-19 hospitalizations and that his stay-at-home order will continue to be enforced at a local, not statewide, level.

Increased testing continues to push COVID-19 count higher

Saturday, May 2, 2020

Illinois’ COVID-19 confirmed case count grew by nearly 2,500 again Saturday as a sustained increase in testing continues to drive the number upward.

Another 81,000 Illinoisans file unemployment claims

Thursday, April 30, 2020

Unemployment in Illinois and nationally continues to balloon amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Pritzker blasts GOP rep’s lawsuit, says 2 downstate counties have highest death rates

Monday, April 27, 2020

Gov. JB Pritzker urged southern Illinoisans to continue to comply with a stay-at-home order and named a pair of counties where the rate of those killed by the virus is higher than in Cook County.

Workers’ Compensation Commission repeals emergency COVID-19 rule

Monday, April 27, 2020

A state commission voted to repeal a new rule that would have made workers’ compensation benefits available to essential employees who contracted COVID-19 without having to prove the illness...

Business groups challenge new workers’ compensation COVID-19 rules

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Business groups are challenging a decision by a commission that makes workers’ compensation benefits available to essential workers who contract COVID-19 without having to prove the illness...

Pritzker: Changes to stay-at-home order coming, but ‘normal’ a long way away

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Changes are coming to the stay-at-home order, Gov. JB Pritzker said again at his daily COVID-19 briefing Tuesday in Chicago, but it is unclear what they are and when they will happen.

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Amid apparent virus plateau, Pritzker says stay the course

Pritzker reports modest hospitalization progress