covid-19

The biennial report, The State We’re In 2025, tracks 15 years of data on funding, enrollment, staffing, affordability, and student outcomes from early childhood through higher education. #mentalhealth

Alvi caused tens of thousands of claims to be submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for Covid-19 tests that were not performed as billed.  #covid

Crawford Measure Studying Effects of COVID-19 on Chronic Absenteeism Heads to House Floor (Springfield, IL) – State Rep. Mike Crawford, D-Chicago, passed a measure...

“Mark Ethan Jermain fraudulently applied for and received PPP loans for businesses that didn’t exist anywhere but on paper. Furthermore, he used the identity of a former business partner, unbeknownst to the partner, to defraud the taxpayer funded program out of nearly three quarters of a million dollars,” said FBI St. Louis Special Agent in Charge Ashley Johnson. #loan

IDPH’s Seasonal Respiratory Illness Dashboard indicates that emergency department (ED) visits for Acute Respiratory Illness topped 21% in the week ending December 28, up from 17% the previous week. #health

In addition, the CDC has created a new Respiratory Illness Data Channel that provides nationwide county specific information that would valuable for anyone planning to travel out of state. #seasonalillness

The state's overall respiratory illness level decreased from Low to Minimal... #covid #cold #flu

Some children are 3 to 5 years behind where they should be if the pandemic had not kept them out of in-person classrooms. #tutoring

“You can’t imagine my business. $50-80,000 a day, I did $1 million in the last couple weeks.” #covidfraud #n95masks #pricegouging

McCarthy’s election was the 15th time it took multiple votes to elect a speaker of the House, with the most contentious taking 133 votes over two months. #speakerofthehouse