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Ill. leads U.S. with 100K COVID vaccinations
Pritzker praises process on Pfizer shot, awaits reinforcements from Moderna vaccine
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois Coronavirus, J.B. Pritzker, Ngozi Ezike, Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine, Moderna, Moderna Vaccine, SSM Health Illinois, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, CCAP, Child Care Assistance Program, Grace Hou, Illinois Department of Human Services, Maricela Garcia, Gads Hill Center
Pritzker preps child care to reopen with Phase 3
Governor ‘very disappointed’ legislators won’t act on COVID scofflaw citations
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Ted CoxCoronavirus Testing, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Ngozi Ezike, Child Care Assistance Program, CCAP, Illinois Nazis
State of the State: 'Growing stronger each day'
Pritzker blasts doomsayers, touts achievements, looks ahead to ethics reform, clean energy, lower property taxes
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Pritzker State of the State, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Childhood Development, CCAP, Bonnie Brackett, Heartland Kids Early Learning Center, Illinois Ethics Reform, Illinois Criminal Justice Reform, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Ann Williams, Jack Darin, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Illinois Property Taxes
Gov. Pritzker: The first year
A balanced bipartisan budget, legal weed, $15 minimum wage, $45B capital plan, RHA, pension consolidation, education funding, fair tax…
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Kelly Cassidy, CCAP, Illinois Teacher Shortage, Donald Trump, Illinois Minimum Wage, Illinois Minimum Teacher Salary, Bill Brady, Reproductive Health Act, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Marijuana Legalization, Illinois Sports Betting, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Gun Control, Illinois Smoking Age, Illinois Pension Reform, Sterigenics
J.B. claims $40M in fed funds for early childhood
Guv follows through on pledge to make Illinois ‘best state in the nation for families raising young children’
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Pritzker commits to young kids
Governor boosts CCAP in pledge that ‘Illinois will become the best state in the nation for families raising young children’
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Illinois Early Childhood Development, Carole Robertson, Carole Robertson Center for Learning, CCAP, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Commission on Equitable Early Childhood Education and Care Funding, Barbara Flynn Currie, Andy Manar, Jesse Ruiz, George Davis
Pritzker grants union home workers overdue raise, back pay, rips Rauner
New guv charges predecessor with ignoring raises approved by legislators for the Home Services Program and CCAP
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Parents just can't buy a break
Save for college? How when child care costs just as much?
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Ted CoxChild Care Aware of America, Illinois Child Care, Illinois Tuition, Illinois Working Families, CCAP, Bruce Rauner, Money Magazine, Zillow, HotPads, Working Families
Child-care union rips Rauner
Guv signs CCAP bill, but SEIU Healthcare Illinois says 'the damage has been done'
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Child-care chaos
Government waffling on state CCAP program prompts parents to pull out
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Ruth Kimble, Channing's Childcare, CCAP, Obamacare, Julie Morrison, SEIU Healthcare Illinois, Maricarmen Macias, Working Families, Child Care