Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday signed into law a pledge to eliminate the state’s climate-damaging carbon emissions within a quarter-century, including money to keep clean-power nuclear plants running while shuttering coal-fired plants.
In 2019, Pritzker signed the Illinois reproductive health act into law which repealed an outdated abortion law and gave women the right to choose or refuse on such things as birth control and abortion.
As of Friday, Sept. 3, 8.4 million (66.2%) Illinois residents have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine and 6.5 million (51.4%) are fully vaccinated
“Shame on those Texas lawmakers for taking away, not just women’s rights, but women’s health,” Pritzker, a first-term Democrat, said at an unrelated news conference in Chicago. “Banning abortion does not keep women safe.”
The new law requires content available on any third-party online curriculum service used in all public and private K-12 schools to be WCAG 2.1 compliant and readily accessible to individuals with disabilities starting August 1, 2022.
Johnson County Sheriff Pete Sopczak said the two men, who lived next door to each other, argued over the COVID-19 vaccine before Cavitt allegedly took out a handgun and fatally shot Geyman in the head.
This time, Democrats used data from the 2020 Census instead of relying on outdated information from the 2019 American Community Survey. However, many advocates are still upset and the maps still face legal challenges.
Under the new bill, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) will hand out temporary professional license permits to dentists who work in states can continue their practice in Illinois if they get a permit and under certain measures.
The first bill requires insurance to cover medically necessary mental healthcare, the second bill establishes a protocol to coordinate 911 and 988 emergencies
Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin announced more than $2,563,000 in funding from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan to improve airports across Illinois.
Kinzinger sent a three-page letter to the Biden Administration to put emergency powers on both plants to keep them in operation until laws are put in place
According to the Allergy and Asthma Network, one in 12 children in the U.S. have a food allergy, but 25% of reactions in schools aren’t previously diagnosed.
Under the new law, students in sixth grade and up will have contact information for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line, and either the Safe2Help Illinois or a local suicide prevention hotline on their ID cards.
The mandate, which takes effect Friday for everyone over age 2, is similar to rules in place for much of last year. It will apply to gyms, stores, common areas of apartment buildings and in restaurants, though people will be allowed to remove face coverings while eating and drinking.
Chicago is averaging more than 400 new cases of COVID-19 per day, up more than tenfold over the past two months, reaching a point where public health officials have warned the city might be forced to reinstate some virus restrictions.
The announcements come as data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show the majority of counties across Illinois are experiencing substantial or high COVID-19 transmission.
A recent independent study found that Chicago is the deadliest city in the United States for migrating birds due to a combination of light pollution and geography.
Illinois regulators plan to warn the owner of Ben & Jerry’s to reverse the company’s decision to stop selling ice cream in the West Bank and east Jerusalem or face divestment by the state, an official said Wednesday.
The Carol Stream, Illinois woman faces charges of feeding, touching, teasing, frightening or intentionally disturbing wildlife and violating closures and use limits.
The legislation includes several provisions aimed at reducing the shortage of affordable housing and builds on efforts to support housing stability in areas disproportionally impacted by COVID-19.
The Illinois National Guard will have to cut training and force time-off if not reimbursed for providing security to the U.S. Capitol after the Jan. 6 attack, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Tuesday.
The oversight agencies’ recommendation came on the same day a federal judge ruled Indiana University can require its students and employees to get vaccinated before returning to campus for fall classes.
With residential electricity use projected to increase by 2.8 percent this year, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2021′s Most & Least Energy-Expensive States.
A central Illinois woman has been convicted of killing her 19-month-old son by smothering him in his bed one day after she did an internet search for “how do you suffocate?”
In its initial version, the BEER Act sought permanent craft beer delivery and direct-to-consumer shipping privileges for nearly 300 Illinois craft breweries.
