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Ken Lowe / State Senate Democrats An Illinois lawmaker is proposing a measure to create a state income tax credit as high as $600 dollars per child.  The measure is one of the first pieces of legislation filed by newly appointed Democratic Senator Mike Simmons of Chicago.  Simmons said the bill would create “a once-in-a-generation opportunity to bring economic relief to struggling parents.” “Prior to the pandemic, they were already trying to navigate an economy that is structurally stacked against them, where you can be working 40 hours a week and still not be able to live a di...

POLITICO Get the Illinois Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by the Coalition for Affordable Prescription Drugs With help from Maria Carrasco Good Thursday morning, Illinois. It’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, and the issues of extremism and domestic terrorism feel uncomfortably relevant. ...

Pritzker's latest COVID-19 executive order expires Sunday Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s latest COVID-19 executive order expires Sunday. The governor has issued 13 orders over the past year, limiting the state’s economy with months of a stay-home order, then months of limiting capacity for businesses and activities. It’s unclear if the governor will file a new 30-day order. State Sen. Sue Rezin said a year into the pandemic, the governor needs to be more transparent and involve the legislature. Mendoza calls for plan to reopen Comptroller Susana Mendoza is pushing for more clarity on when the sta...

(The Center Square) – State agency officials responsible for giving out business aid grants said they had yet to punish any business for noncompliance with Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 mitigation orders. Agency officia...

After seven months of giving out millions of dollars to thousands of Illinois businesses, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity released information detailing how it helped businesses fight economic losses from COVID-19. In front of a Senate committee Thursday, DCEO staff said the Business Interruption Grant program, known as BIG, helped almost 9,000 businesses with $276 million. More than 42,000 businesses applied for assistance. The program was rolled out in two rounds. The first round gave out small grants between $10,000 and $20,000 to almost 3,000 businesses. The second r...