Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker
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Recent News About Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker
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IL appeals panel: State doesn't need to pay business owners for shutdowns forced by Pritzker's COVID orders
Pike County bar and restaurant owners sought compensation for forced COVID closures -
Gov. Pritzker Announces Menard County Added to Federal Emergency Disaster Declaration
Gov. Pritzker Announces Menard County Added to Federal Emergency Disaster Declaration. -
Gov. Pritzker Signs Legislation to Further Protect Reproductive Rights
Gov. Pritzker Signs Legislation to Further Protect Reproductive Rights. -
IL Dems, challengers spar in court over whose map would result in more Latino, Black lawmakers elected
Republicans and Latino and Black advocates told a panel of federal judges that Illinois Democrats drew a new state legislative district map solely to protect Democratic incumbents and boost their party power, stepping on Black and Latino voting rights in the process. -
Gov. Pritzker Signs Law Empowering Local School Councils
Gov. Pritzker Signs Law Empowering Local School Councils. -
Gov. Pritzker Signs Law Adding Safeguards to Protect Students Against Sexual Abuse
Gov. Pritzker Signs Law Adding Safeguards to Protect Students Against Sexual Abuse. -
Gov. Pritzker Announces Three Appointments to Boards as of November 23, 2021
Gov. Pritzker Announces Three Appointments to Boards as of November 23, 2021. -
Department on Aging Announces 2021 Senior Illinoisan Hall of Fame Inductees
Department on Aging Announces 2021 Senior Illinoisan Hall of Fame Inductees. -
Gov. Pritzker Signs Law to Ensure COVID-19 Protections
Gov. Pritzker Signs Law to Ensure COVID-19 Protections. -
Republicans, Latino advocates file proposed map to 'correct constitutional defects' of Dems' state districts
The proposed new map, filed with federal judges, would nearly triple the number of majority Latino state House and Senate districts, compared to plan approved by Democrats and signed by Gov. JB Pritzker in September -
Devore sues Pritzker for defamation for calling him a 'grifter' for suing Pritzker over COVID mandates
Attorney Tom Devore has represented clients in a string of lawsuits vs Gov. JB Pritzker since May 2020 over Pritzker's use of executive powers and COVID-related mandates -
Challenges incoming to Dems' COVID vax-related changes to IL Right of Conscience Law?
Unusual bid by the current Democratic majority in Springfield to not only strip away conscience protections from COVID vaccine mandate objectors, but declare what lawmakers meant decades earlier when the IL Conscience Act was approved, may open those changes to the law up to legal challenges. -
'Trying to thread a needle': Changes to IL Right of Conscience law intended to 'provide cover' for Pritzker administration, lawyer says
Downstate attorney Tom Devore, who is behind a barrage of lawsuits vs Gov. JB Pritzker and others, says proposed changes to the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act are an 'absurd' attempt to legally justify past actions by Pritzker related to COVID vaccine mandates and COVID-related restrictions. -
IL Dems to strip any potential for vax mandate protection from IL Health Care Right of Conscience law
Gov. JB Pritzker and others have argued the law was never intended to protect anyone other than doctors, and certainly not people objecting to being forced to take COVID vaccines -
Nearly 2,100 State Workers Covered Under Vaccination Agreements with Unions After State Reaches Fifth Agreement
Nearly 2,100 State Workers Covered Under Vaccination Agreements with Unions After State Reaches Fifth Agreement. -
Massive parents' class action says Pritzker, schools overstepped authority by imposing mask, COVID quarantine rules
The lawsuit targets Gov. JB Pritzker, as well as nearly 150 school districts statewide, including at least 69 districts from throughout the Chicago area. -
Gov. Pritzker and U.S. Senators Durbin and Duckworth Break Ground on $86 Million Transportation Center in Sangamon
Gov. Pritzker and U.S. Senators Durbin and Duckworth Break Ground on $86 Million Transportation Center in Sangamon. -
Gov. Pritzker Announces Three Appointments to Boards and Authorities
Gov. Pritzker Announces Three Appointments to Boards and Authorities. -
Gov. Pritzker Announces 11 Appointments to Boards, Commissions, and Task Force
Gov. Pritzker Announces 11 Appointments to Boards, Commissions, and Task Force. -
Gov. Pritzker Signs Revised Legislative Maps that Preserve Minority Representation and Reflect Illinois' Diversity
Gov. Pritzker Signs Revised Legislative Maps that Preserve Minority Representation and Reflect Illinois' Diversity.