Author: Kevin Bessler | The Center Square, Washington Examiner

Illinois schools will likely play a role in delivering COVID-19 vaccines to kids aged 5 through 11. A Pfizer vaccine will likely be approved for that age group in the coming weeks. Federal regulators will meet over the next two weeks to weigh the benefits of giving shots to young kids. The White House reportedly…

As COVID-19 transmission rates fall in Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said his mask mandate may come to an end before the holidays. At a COVID-19 briefing Tuesday, Pritzker said lifting the mask mandate before Thanksgiving is an important marker for his administration. “We have three holidays coming up, especially Thanksgiving and Christmas, where people spend…

A new study ranks Illinois drivers among the best in the nation. QuoteWizard ranked Illinois 5th in the country for the best drivers, scoring well in the least amount of accidents and DUI’s, but losing points for the number of speeding tickets that are issued. “Your drivers like to go a little bit too fast,”…

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider a petition from some Illinois teaches seeking to end “escape period” schemes that kept them from cutting off union dues. The Supreme Court ruled in its 2018 Janus decision that employees of state and local governments cannot be forced to pay union dues or fees, and that government workers…

Illinois lawmakers plan to take up a measure allowing municipalities to hold remote meetings at any time – pandemic or not – during the fall veto session this week. Currently, the governor or the state health department must issue an emergency proclamation before a city can conduct any business remotely. The Illinois Municipal League (IML)…

The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office is going after uninsured drivers with a new system of random checks. Nearly 2,700 Illinois license plates have been suspended in the past two months since the program went into effect. The state’s new system, called the Illinois Insurance Verification System, automatically verifies a vehicle owner’s insurance status at…

The state of Illinois has introduced several childcare initiatives in an effort to assist parents who want to go back to work. The Department of Human Services is expanding the Child Care Assistance Program to includes free coverage for unemployed parents so they can find a job. Currently, 93,406 children are served through the CCAP.…

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Wednesday his office’s first investigation of policing practices in the state under the authority of a state law that went into effect in July. The investigation is the first undertaken by the office under investigative powers provided under a package of police reform laws passed earlier this year as…