(The Center Square) – A rideshare driver in Chicago who has a complaint against the Illinois Department of Public Health over mask mandates is giving state officials notice of depositions as the case continues.

(The Center Square) – A recent study shows the health care workers who perform most of the direct care for nursing home residents are lagging in vaccination rates.

(The Center Square) – A leading Latino civil rights group alleges the legislative maps Illinois Democrats enacted this spring were malapportioned and the revised maps Democrats sent the governor earlier this month aren’t any better.

(The Center Square) – Illinois Republicans are pushing for a constitutional amendment they say empowers voters to deal with corrupt elected officials up and down the ballot.

(The Center Square) – A new analysis shows that Illinois ranks 41st in the country in unemployment recovery, with unemployment down 40% from this time last year.

Pritzker issues new executive order

(The Center Square) – As the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, the return of jobs in much of the public workforce continues to lag.

(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate is now in effect for college students, educators and most health care workers.

(The Center Square) – Illinois is tapping into more American Rescue Plan Act funds to help needy families with energy bills and other costs.

(The Center Square) – On top of his most recent 30-day COVID-19 disaster proclamation, Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued his 90th executive order, which is about who can be excluded from schools, such as those with possible exposure to COVID-19.

Some educators, staff exempt from vaccine mandate for medical, religious reasons