Able-bodied people without dependents must work 20 hours a week or be in job training to qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). But during the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress suspended the work requirement. Eighteen states and territories have kept the work waiver across the entire state. They are Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Guam, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington.

A divided Illinois Supreme Court on Friday ruled that claims under the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act accrue with each alleged violation of the law, a decision that may expose businesses using fingerprint-based sign-ins to computers or timekeeping machines to stiff penalties. The court ruled 4-3 in support of the interpretation of the law by a manager at a White Castle System hamburger outlet, Latrina Cothron, who says the chain did not obtain her consent before requiring her fingerprint

A detailed look at Illinois’ economy prepared by Moody’s Analytics for the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability.

Employers in Illinois could face potential financial devastation under Illinois’ biometrics privacy law, the state Supreme Court has ruled, with little recourse but to appeal to judges’ sense of equity or to persuade lawmakers to rewrite the law to reduce the potential dire economic consequences.

On Thursday evening, Pritzker put out a statement on his Twitter account, denouncing DeSantis and his visit, saying the Florida governor’s “dangerous and hateful agenda has no place in Illinois” and that every candidate in Illinois should “condemn this event.”

“I wholeheartedly agree with (Illinois Gov. J.B.) Pritzker that there is simply no place in Chicago for a right-wing extremist like Ron DeSantis, and I am disappointed in FOP leadership for inviting him to speak to officers,” Vallas said in a statement.

Analysis of state tax burden rates and the change in population from 2021 to 2022, as estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau, shows that taxes and population growth are related in some states.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled a $49.6 billion general fund fiscal 2024 budget that banks on still-healthy economic trends to allow deposits into the budget and pension stabilization funds while lifting spending for education and other areas.

“The Pritzkers have a history of legally skirting tax payments.”