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Thursday, September 24, 2020
Cannabis sales in Illinois to out-of-state residents nearly doubles
Legislators (former) (58)
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Recreational Marijuana
(The Center Square) – Despite the pandemic, cannabis sales in Illinois
continue to increase. But it’s not just in-state sales. Sales to out-of-state
consumers in Illinois has nearly doubled since January.
Of the nearly $64 million in total adult-use cannabis sales in Illinois for
August, $17.2 million was in “out-of-state resident sales.” That’s nearly
doub...
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Thursday, September 24, 2020
Pritzker says Illinois better than neighbors in positivity rates
Governor (44)
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Health (49)
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker is warning one region of the state
of rising positivity rates, but says Illinois is now in the forefront when it
comes to testing.
During his COVID-19 briefing Wednesday, the governor said Region 1, the
northwest corner of the state, has a positivity rate of 7.5 percent. If that
raises above 8 percent for 3 straight days, additional restric...
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Thursday, September 24, 2020
Some Illinois mail-in ballot request reminders sent to out-of-state addresses
Election Issues (not candidates) (39)
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Secretary of State (80)
(The Center Square) – The Illinois State Board of Elections couldn’t
immediately say how many out-of-state addresses were part of the 5.4 million
reminders sent out to request an Illinois ballot to mail in for the November
election, but elections authorities are working to keep the vote secure.
Early voting begins in Illinois Thursday. That’s also when local elections
...
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Thursday, September 24, 2020
Yelp releases dismal report on business closures in Illinois
Business (10)
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Governor (44)
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Health (49)
(The Center Square) – An economic
report from Yelp paints a dire picture for businesses in Illinois and the rest
of the country.
More than 160,000 businesses listed on Yelp’s online directory have indicated
they have closed since the pandemic began. In monitoring closed businesses,
Yelp also takes into account the permanent closures. That numb...
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Thursday, September 24, 2020
14th Congressional District: Lauren Underwood
Candidates--Federal (13)
Oberweis, Jim--State Senate, 25
In making his appeal
to voters for election to Congress from the 14th Congressional District,
Republican state Sen. Jim Oberweis of Sugar Grove attempts to paint...
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Thursday, September 24, 2020
McHenry County releases finalized plan for when kids may return to in-person school
Education--Elementary and Secondary (36)
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Health (49)
The McHenry County
Department of Health officially released countywide metrics Wednesday designed
to give area school districts concrete data and statistics to c...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2020
GOP forms coalition to oppose Illinois Supreme Court Justice Kilbride, a longtime Madigan ally
Candidates--Judicial (27b)
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Ethics, Campaign Reform, Transparency (12a)
Madigan, Michael--State House, 22
(The Center Square) – With early voting fast approaching, one of the more
contentious ballot issues this election year is the retention of a member of
the Illinois Supreme Court.
Judge Thomas Kilbride is seeking another 10-year term on the bench, but a
newly formed coalition ...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2020
S&P warns delayed spending cuts could push Illinois into 'non-investment grade' territory
Bonds, Bonding, Borrowing, Debt, Credit Rating
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Budget--State (8)
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Governor (44)
(The Center Square) – Illinois’ chances of balancing its state budget
without additional borrowing or a “sizable increase” in the state’s bill
backlog “are looking slimmer as congressional agreement on further federal
assistance remains elusive,” analysts for credit rating agency S&am...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Schimpf and Plummer call on Pritzker to reopen Metro East citing 'major issues' with Covid data
Governor (44)
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Health (49)
Plummer, Jason--State Senate, 54
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Schimpf, Paul--State Senate, 58
State Senators Paul Schimpf
(R-Waterloo) and Jason Plummer (R-Edwardsville) are calling on Governor
Pritzker to immediately remove the increased restrictions on IDP...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Illinois, federal proposals would give parents of virtual students more than $20,000
Education Funding (36a)
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Education--Elementary and Secondary (36)
(The Center Square) –
Proposals at the federal level and in Springfield would net the average
Illinois parent of a student learning remotely more than $20,000 in cash and
tax breaks.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Report: 39 states ill-prepared for economic crisis resulting from coronavirus-related state shutdowns
Bonds, Bonding, Borrowing, Debt, Credit Rating
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Budget--State (8)
(The Center Square) – Only 11 states
reported a taxpayer surplus at the end of the fiscal year 2019, the 11th annual
Financial State of the States report published
Tuesday by Truth in Accounting (TIA) found. The majority, 39 st...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
State Senator demands Illinois COVID-19 mitigations be lifted immediately because of incomplete data
Governor (44)
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Health (49)
Schimpf, Paul--State Senate, 58
(The Center Square) –
The state of Illinois has the third-best COVID-19 testing capacity of the
country and is doing the most testing of other states in th...
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Monday, September 21, 2020
• (The Center Square) – State and federal lawmakers from some of Illinois’ neighboring states say taxpayers there, many of who
Budget--State (8)
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Federal Bailout
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Governor (44)
(The Center Square) – State and federal lawmakers from some of Illinois’
neighboring states say taxpayers there, many of whom left Illinois, should not
be on the hook for a federal bailout of the state’s budgetary mess.
On Tuesday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced he ...
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Monday, September 21, 2020
Moratorium on utility shutoffs winding down
Utilities (94)
(The Center Square) – Illinoisans unable to pay their utility bills during
the coronavirus pandemic may soon be out of luck.
The shutoff moratorium for many state-regulated electric, water, sewer and
natural gas utility companies – such as Illinois American Water, Nicor...
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Monday, September 21, 2020
Our View: Marian Central should be transparent with community about COVID-19 cases
Education--Elementary and Secondary (36)
Private and public schools should be
transparent about COVID-19 cases among their students and staff – and what
they’re doing about it.
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Friday, September 18, 2020
How will consumer spending rebound? Experts differ
Economy (34)
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Health (49)
(The Center Square) – Experts
expect consumer spending to play a big role in how Illinois' economy recovers
from the COVID-19 pandemic, but predicti...
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Friday, September 18, 2020
Pension expert says diversity measures in investing could cost Illinois taxpayers
Minorities (66)
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Pensions (70)
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