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The governor announced increases in SNAP benefits, funding to support the homeless and a stipend to child care providers who have provided child care to essential workers during the pandemic.
The Illinois COVID-19 Response Fund is a joint effort between the United Way of Illinois and the Alliance of Illinois Community Foundations, in collaboration with the Office of the Governor.
That brings the total number of confirmed cases within the department to 11, police said Thursday.
The Coronavirus is a terrible crisis that threatens everyone, but the silver lining for many will be the clarity that only structural solutions can fix Illinois’ problems.
We need daily hospitalization numbers and we need them now, on both people currently in hospitals and those who have been released. There’s no excuse for not having them.
Comment: Good for Lightfoot. Outrageously irresponsible for so many people in Chicago and other places to be ignoring simple distancing rules.
Meanwhile, Illinois saw the highest growth in reported cases in a single day since COVID-19
patients in the state have been tracked.
Illinois’ liquidity is being tested as the state grapples with revenue losses, emergency spending and delayed income tax payments that have muddled the budget picture and prompted worries of longer term fiscal strains due to COVID-19.
Before they were ordered closed, Illinois Secretary of State facilities had reported large crowds and long wait times in recent months as residents tried to upgrade their ID before the Oct. 1 deadline.
Stimulus dollars are more likely to buy businesses a little extra time than they are to save them outright, business owners and industry groups say. And while a massive federal stimulus package passed by the Senate Wednesday appears poised for approval, it’s yet to be seen how much Illinois businesses will benefit.
If severe control measures including strict social distancing are not put in place, coronavirus infections could top 1 million in Cook County by early May — 21 percent or more of the population.
That’s the conclusion of Columbia University researchers as reported by the New York Times, which compiled maps showing the estimated spread of the virus in every county in America under varying scenarios for control measures.
Locally, Ford employs 5,810 workers at the Chicago Assembly Plant on the banks of the Calumet River and 1,290 at the Chicago Stamping Plant in Chicago Heights.
“That’s why moving the filing deadline to July 15 doesn’t elicit much excitement. If it helps some people, fine. But it’s not a big deal by any stretch. Unless, of course, you’re the revenue-hungry governor of Illinois.”
“If that’s not bad enough, Wirepoints financial analyst Mark Glennon said there are scenarios under which economic circumstances for everyone — individuals, business and government at all levels — could get even worse.”
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