Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker
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Recent News About Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker
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Pritzker's Illinois prep sports ban excepts his equestrian daughter, Teddi
While Gov. J.B. Pritzker has used his executive authority to cancel high school sports for kids across the state this fall, apparently this rule does not apply to his daughter.
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Pritzker misrepresents Frontier CC Covid "outbreak" to justify banning Illinois prep football
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is bucking the trend of Midwestern states allowing prep football season to continue in some form or fashion, but are some are questioning his use of a Covid outbreak at Frontier Community College as a device.
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Cook County activist Dabrowski: Fed inquiry into Pritzker needed for transparency
Federal prosecutors have requested 5 months’ worth of files from the Cook County assessor’s office related to Gov. Pritzker property
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Illinois Republicans want answers for IDES data breach, seek system audit
Illinois House Republicans are asking questions about a potential massive data breach that occurred last month with the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) web portal.
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Gov. Pritzker's banning of radio host is 'double standard', former Champaign Board spokesperson says
Ban on radio host Amy Jacobson by Gov. Pritzker is perceived as a double standard by some
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Illinois House Republicans want General Assembly to discuss safe reopening plans
House Republicans want the right to discuss and vote on Governor J.B. Pritzker's Restore Illinois plan, saying he has overstepped his authority in issuing orders without giving the legislature a say.
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ILLINOIS GOVERNOR'S OFFICE: Gov. Pritzker Statement on Passage of Bill Supporting Hospitals Across Illinois
Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement on the passage of SB 2541 from the Illinois General Assembly.
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ILLINOIS GOVERNOR'S OFFICE: Gov. Pritzker Statement on Passage of SB1863, Expanding Vote by Mail
Gov. Pritzker issued the following statement on the passage of Senate Bill 1863, ensuring all recent voters receive a vote by mail application for the November election.
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House Republicans oppose Pritzker's plan, press for expedited regional reopening
Several House Republicans called for a change of Gov. J.B Pritzker's policies for reopening Illinois during a May 14 press conference, instead advocating for a quick and safe regional reopening plan.
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OPINION: "Perhaps I am too simple to understand the machinations of the great J.B. Pritzker"
The fact that a citizen of Illinois would ever find himself in such circumstances as to warrant a letter of this nature is both disturbing and deeply depressing.
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Pritzker bans AM 560’s Jacobson from daily press conferences, claims she isn’t “impartial”
Three days after she broke the news that his family was spending his statewide lockdown at an equestrian estate in Wisconsin, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker revoked longtime Chicago reporter Amy Jacobson’s access to his daily press briefing, claiming she is not an “impartial journalist.”
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REEDER: We can smell a hypocrite a mile away -- even with our masks on
Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should do it.
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Pritzker education chief signals Illinois K-12 schools will stay closed in fall
Illinois State Board of Education Chairman Carmen I. Ayala said parents should be prepared to continue homeschooling their children in the fall, as the state's K-12 schools could remain closed.
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State Capitol protesters voice opposition to Pritzker's orders, ignore face mask and social distancing precautions
A small group of Illinoisans gathered in Springfield on May 1 to protest Gov. J.B. Pritzker's recently extended stay-at-home order, and some observers noted that many protesters gave little thought of social distancing or mask-wearing during the event.
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Rep. Darren Bailey wins restraining order against Pritzker's latest stay-at-home order extension
A second extension of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order has been blocked by a Clay County judge.
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Wirepoints founder Mark Glennon takes state to task on its reporting of COVID-19 data
Mark Glennon, Wirepoints founder, took Illinois to task over its reporting of hospitalizations and resource availability information related to the COVID-19 outbreak in his April 6 article "Illinois Finally Starts Collecting Key Coronavirus Hospitalization Info. The Backstory is Shameful."
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Rep. Butler urges Governor Pritzker to communicate better during COVID-19 crisis
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says that he and his office are doing a good job of talking with downstate legislators during the COVID-19 crisis, and regularly updating people on the state’s response.
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Pritzker stay-at-home order followed by state and federal response to crisis
With the issuing of a stay-at-home order by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, residents are restricted from any travel outside the home except for essential tasks such as acquiring essential supplies, and other changes and adjustments are going into effect, including state and federal financial responses to the crisis.
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Some states may use federal stimulus funds to prop up public pension systems, Wirepoints says
The leaders of states financially distressed prior to the coronavirus pandemic may siphon off a portion of the stimulus money now gushing out of Washington, warns the fiscal watchdog group, Wirepoints.
