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17,200 people in Illinois file for unemployment benefits Around 1,000 fewer Illinoisans filed for unemployment last week than the week before, but there were still more than 17,200 initial claims filed. .
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May 19, 2021 | 1:55 PM
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s emergency rule requiring businesses to mandate masks has been repealed and a leading retailers association says they are not being asked to check your vaccine status, but they could if they wanted.
Pritzker first issued a mask mandate on May 1, 2020. He then filed consecutive 150-day emergency rules requiring businesses to post the mask mandate on their entrances and to enforce the mandate. The latest emergency rule that was set to expire in early June was repealed Wednesday.
After the new mask guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Pritzker administration updated its guidance that fully vaccinated people don’t need to wear masks indoors in most instances.
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by Greg Bishop, The Center Square | April 15, 2021 05:00 PM Print this article
Associations representing employers throughout Illinois asking urging lawmakers to use some of the $7.5 billion the state is getting in federal funds to replenish the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund.
Following the beginning of the pandemic and the government s restrictions on economic activity, there have been historic levels of unemployment. Billions have been paid in benefits and benefits have been extended and enhanced.
Illinois Manufacturers Association President Mark Denzler gave a ballpark figure of how much debt has been generated from the ongoing unemployment payouts, saying it’s double the debt the unemployment trust fund suffered in the Great Recession more than a decade ago