As undocumented worker hunger strike hits 3rd week, Murphy, lawmakers have no solution
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
Posted Apr 28, 2021
Faster Pedro Buitrigo and other protestors support undocumented immigrants who are excluded workers will begin hunger strike to protest not receiving any state or federal covid relief funds, outside the Statehouse Annex in Trenton, N.J. April, 7, 2021Ed Murray | NJ Advance Media for
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As the 22nd day of a hunger strike in search of relief for undocumented immigrants and excluded workers passed, Gov. Phil Murphy said it was a high priority to find a solution, but still hasn’t presented one.
Illinois Senate Minority Leader Dan McConchie, R-Hawthorn Woods, urges Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker to live up to his 2018 campaign promise to veto any legislative redistricting map drawn by politicians and instead support the creation of an independent commission to devise a “fair” map, on Thursday, April 28, 2021, in Springfield, Ill. As Democrats who control the General Assembly begin the once-a-decade redrawing, Pritzker said this week that he will veto any map that isn’t fair, but would not repeat his promise to approve only one drawn independent of politics. (John O’Connor/AP)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Illinois Republicans pounced on Gov. J.B. Pritzker Wednesday for his seeming change of heart on how legislative districts are drawn, urging the reform-minded governor to seize an opportunity to make a dent in the state’s long-reviled history of corruption.
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Cuomo Loses Another Key Aide as Vaccine Czar Steps Down
Larry Schwartz resigned from his volunteer post after the State Legislature amended a law that would have subjected him to a two-year ban from lobbying the state.
Mr. Schwartz served as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s top aide from 2011 to 2015 and is now the chief strategy officer at OTG, an airport concessions company.Credit.John Lamparski/NurPhoto, via Getty Images
April 29, 2021
Larry Schwartz, one of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s most trusted advisers, unexpectedly stepped down from his role as New York State’s vaccine czar, about five months after he was recruited by the governor to spearhead the state’s vaccine rollout.
Illinois Republicans pounced on Gov. J.B. Pritzker Wednesday for his seeming change of heart on how legislative districts are drawn, urging the reform-minded.