Category Archives: State News
Illinois unemployment applications see record spike in first week of COVID-19 shutdowns
Illinoisans applied for unemployment benefits last week at a rate ten times higher than the week before. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Illinois Radio NetworkSPRINGFIELD – Unemployment claims in ...
Mar 26, 2020 (Photo courtesy: Getty images/file)
IDPH reports 673 new COVID-19 cases
Gov. JB Pritzker (left) and Dr. Ngozi Ezike gave the daily briefing on coronavirus in Illinois. (WJBC file photo) By Neil DoyleSPRINGFIELD – State health officials with the daily update on ...
Mar 26, 2020
Twin-Cities coalition calls for freeing inmates awaiting trial
Organizers plan another virtual meeting April 1. (Photo courtesy: HOI/ABC)By Heart of Illinois ABCNORMAL – A coalition of community activists are forming a coalition in the Twin-Cities to help r...
Mar 26, 2020
U of I employment professor: “There is no playbook” for who is classified as a essential worker
LeRoy says you do have the right to refuse without it costing you your job. In practicality, he adds, you'd better have a lawyer beside you or a union behind you if you are invoking that rule. (Photo ...
Mar 26, 2020
State commission says ‘COVID-19 Recession’ could be $8 billion hit
A new report from the state government's forecasting group says determining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the state's tax revenues is "virtually impossible" right now, but it says there could...
Mar 26, 2020
More Illinois cities considering beer delivery, pick-up from restaurants during pandemic
In Bloomington, the mayor had to sign a couple of emergency orders allowing curbside package alcohol sales for off-premise consumption after the governor issued his order prohibiting dine-in service a...
Mar 26, 2020
COVID-19 hits Illinois prisons
Three new programs to help Illinois businesses total $90 million in aid. (Photo courtesy: CDC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – The coronavirus crisis has hit Illinois prisons. The Illinois Department...
Mar 25, 2020
COVID-19 hits Illinois prisons
Three new programs to help Illinois businesses total $90 million in aid. (Photo courtesy: CDC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – The coronavirus crisis has hit Illinois prisons. The Illinois Department...
Mar 25, 2020
Memorial Health professional advises virtual watch parties to stay connected with friends
Diane Knaebe, system administrator for Memorial Behavioral Health in Springfield, says one creative way to beat isolation during these "stay at home" days is to have a virtual get-together. (Photo cou...
Mar 25, 2020
State health officials report 330 new coronavirus cases, Illinois total now 1,865
Gov. JB Pritzker and state health officials give the daily update on COVID-19. (WJBC file photo) By Neil DoyleSPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health on Wednesday announced 3...
Mar 25, 2020
