Illinois is still reeling from the COVID outbreak that occurred at the LaSalle Veterans' Home last fall, and the mismanagement by the Pritzker administration that is ultimately responsible for the loss of 36 veteran lives.
Partial data from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau brought disappointing news for Illinois: one congressional seat must go. Now downstate Republican congressmen are worried about who it will be as Democrats push forward with redistricting the state's legislative borders.
New state regulations as a result of slowing COVID-19 positivity rates in the Metro East Region 4 will allow the area to move to Phase 4 reopening rules, according to an October 14 release from the office of Senator Steve McClure (R—Dist. 50).
Illinois voters rejected a progressive income tax amendment that was criticized for having potentially devastating impacts on the state's taxpayers by removing the flat tax rate, skyrocket small business taxes by 47% and allow the possibility of taxing retirees.