pandemic

Bennett: 'I ask Gov. Pritzker to help our small businesses now' (Springfield, IL) - Veteran state Rep. Tom Bennett (R-Watseka) is pushing the governor to help small businesses that are still struggling across the state.

Preckwinkle Details COVID-19 Financial Impact and Recovery with Preliminary Budget Forecast (Cook County, IL) - Outlining an optimistic budget recovering from the financial strain of the coronavirus pandemic, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today released the preliminary forecast for the County’s Fiscal Year 2022 showing a projected gap of approximately $121.4 million.

DePaul College Prep's Stanton-Anderson: No decision yet on mandatory vaccines (Chicago, IL) - DePaul College Prep Principal Dr. Megan Stanton-Anderson recently responded to a parent’s concern that the school would make COVID-19 vaccinations for students mandatory.

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. is holding a press conference to welcome President Biden’s efforts to send vaccines overseas and to urge the Biden administration to expedite vaccines to India.

Court actions by hospitals to collect patient debt dropped sharply during the pandemic. But a new study says some of the nation’s largest hospital systems kept filing lawsuits, liens and garnishments — and most were nonprofit.

A factory worker didn’t want to call in sick or catch COVID-19, so she tried to ignore the pain. Now she has stage 4 cancer.

DuPage County lawmaker who predicted Pritzker's shutdown would last about a year says re-opening news is 'great' (Springfield, IL) - A collar county lawmaker who predicted that Gov. J.B. Pritzker's pandemic-driven shutdown of Illinois would last about a year, says he's pleased about the news that he was almost right.

Rezin calls for ‘a more complete picture’ following 76 COVID-19 deaths across three veterans homes (Springfield, IL) - With the Illinois General Assembly holding...

Renters Receive Additional Protection During Ongoing Economic Hardship Due to the Pandemic (Springfield, IL) - House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch congratulates Assistant Majority Leader...

An online lending platform called Kabbage sent 378 pandemic loans worth $7 million to fake companies (mostly farms) with names like “Deely Nuts” and “Beefy King.”