Illinois DOC resumes intake of inmates after COVID-19 variant surge
The Illinois Department of Corrections resumed intake of inmates from county jails last week after a two-week pause due to ...
COVID-19
From Better Government Association: COVID-19 again hits Illinois prisons
Despite dramatically reduced prison populations, officials continue to face problems containing the virus because of lagging vaccine rates of prison ...
Pritzker vetoes paid COVID leave for school, university employees
Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday vetoed a bill that would have provided paid administrative leave for public school and university ...
Court weighing school COVID mitigations
A Sangamon County judge is considering a motion to block Illinois schools from requiring people to wear face masks in ...
Latest COVID-19 surge has likely peaked, Pritzker says
Gov. JB Pritzker said Wednesday that he is "cautiously optimistic" that the recent surge in COVID-19 cases spurred by the ...
Illinois DOC will pause intake of inmates due to COVID 19 surge
The Illinois Department of Corrections announced Tuesday that it would pause intake of inmates from county jails amid the COVID-19 ...
COVID surge prompts multiple state responses
A continuing sharp spike in COVID-19 cases being driven by the omicron variant has pushed the state’s hospital capacity to ...
Illinois records pandemic high of more than 200,000 COVID cases in one week
The Illinois Department of Public Health said Friday that the state had recorded 201,428 new cases of COVID-19 over the ...
Surge of COVID-19 cases stresses Illinois health care
As omicron surges across the state, Gov. JB Pritzker warned that hospitalizations are about as high as they were last ...
Lawmakers prepare for shortened 2022 session
The 2022 session of the Illinois General Assembly will be even shorter than originally planned due to a recent surge ...
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