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IL COVID workers comp rule changes could leave employers asking: Close the doors or 'pick up tab'?

By Jonathan Bilyk | Monday, Apr 13, 2020 @ 8:22pm

Illinois' Workers' Compensation Committee has changed workers' comp rules, forcing employers to prove workers infected by COVID weren't infected at work.
Businesses along the border can’t afford cigarette or gas tax increases

By The Madison County Record | Tuesday, Mar 26, 2019 @ 10:38am

With Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed 32-cent increase on the cigarette tax as well as lawmakers’ proposal to double the current gas tax, the situation would only get worse.
Illinois' decreased lottery ticket sales impact small businesses in border communities

By Vimbai Chikomo | Friday, Nov 20, 2015 @ 3:58pm

Small businesses in Illinois are also falling victim to the state’s budget impasse affecting lottery winners. Since announcing in August that prizes over $600 would not be paid immediately due to state budget problems, the Illinois lottery has seen a significant decrease in ticket sales in subsequent months.