State Senator Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) said of Gov. Pritzker, “He’s not even following his own rules. How does he choose which scientifically valid tests he uses and ignores? It’s the most arbitrary and ridiculous thing ever. Instead, thousands of people are out of work because he won’t adhere to the rules he created.” Rose says Pritzker is refusing to count 10,000 tests a day by excluding the University of Illinois results.

He called IDES to report the problem. “I can’t even leave a message to them to say ‘hey, you guys sent me other people’s Social Security number.’ You can’t speak to a human being,” recipient Joe Urbauer said.

Hinz blames the population loss on Bruce Rauner and the Illinois Policy Institute.

“So tell us again, Democratic power brokers who rule Illinois. Tell us what great jobs you’re doing. Tell us that these worsening annual population losses aren’t an indictment of anti-jobs, high-spending policies. Tell us it’s just snowbirds fleeing the weather here. Tell us you need to keep raising taxes…And tell us that as budgets continue to bloat, Illinois will have enough taxpayers to cover the enormous debts that you’ve created — and that you’re expanding in their name.”

The new order sets forth the process for eviction actions during this time and includes a certification form that all landlords must append to any eviction complaint filed until the moratorium expires.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said there’s an ongoing inspector general investigation, but it could be months before any determination is released about the outbreak from early November that has killed 34 residents of a Veterans’ home. On Friday, a law firm announced on behalf of victims’ families it is conducting its own investigation.

“If it’s money for transit and highways, it’s going to be helpful to them as well, so there is assistance in this bill,” U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said. “So there’s money for bus lines and for as I mentioned Amtrak transit, all of these are going to get a helping hand and that will help the states out.”

Those on the Nice List include former Legislative inspector General Julie Porter and Michael Shakman and Paul Lurie.

Even subtracting COVID-19 deaths, Illinois still suffered its largest population drop in modern history in the first year of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s fiscal policies, including 20 new tax and fee hikes, as well as his pandemic response.

A 2010 law established minimum hours of direct daily care for residents who need skilled nursing. Lawmakers did not enact the fines until 18 months ago. That measure says “monetary penalties shall be imposed beginning no later than Jan. 1, 2021.”

David Webber, associate professor emeritus of political science at the University of Missouri-Columbia: “Obama explained that it wasn’t that legislators ‘didn’t know the difference between good and bad policy. It just didn’t matter. What everyone in Springfield understood was that 90% of the time voters back home weren’t paying attention.'”

“The former president should thank the current one for helping him build in Chicago…. Judge—now Justice—Barrett wasn’t necessarily endorsing Mr. Obama’s idea of clearing treasured green space to realize his vision of a self-tribute in stone and glass. She was simply applying the law as written, without regard to politics.”

“They’d rather spread deliberately exaggerated fears about the coronavirus so they can exercise power over local governments, encouraging teachers to walk out of the classroom if their schools reopen and threatening strikes if government officials buck their demands. Now, almost unbelievably, a teachers union in Chicago is suggesting widespread vaccination won’t be enough to convince teachers to return to the classroom.”