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Uncertainly on COVID rules mounts ahead of school year

As parents begin to plan for the new school year this fall, uncertainty continues to mount, especially following the latest CDC mask recommendation, which states that masks should be worn indoors in all K-12 schools, including teachers, staff, students, and visitors, regardless of vaccination status. However, earlier this month, the CDC issued guidance that stated that vaccinated teachers and students

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Here we go again, Illinois adopts new CDC mask recommendation for vaccinated people

This week, the Centers for Disease Control announced new guidance, which recommends that all individuals, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks indoors in public settings in areas that are considered to have “substantial” or “high” transmission rates of COVID-19. The Illinois Department of Public Health adopted those recommendations shortly after the announcement. Substantial and high transmission areas are determined by

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Audit of Governor's unemployment office confirms what everyone already knew, it is a mess 

Audit of Governor’s unemployment office confirms what everyone already knew, it is a mess 

State Senator Dave Syverson is calling for a complete audit of Governor Pritzker’s management of the state’s unemployment program following the release of a financial audit of the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). On July 28 the Auditor General released a financial audit of IDES that detailed the Pritzker Administration’s failures regarding the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program. While

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