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An inspector general’s report on the deadly COVID-19 outbreak at the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs LaSalle Veterans’ Home is a maddening story of incompetence and chaos at every level. The IG report, released Friday, tells the story of an allegedly AWOL agency director; an in-over-his-head chief of staff; a crucial failure to fill an important upper management position; an unconscionably delayed IDVA management response at all levels to a clearly and rapidly deteriorating situation both in the surrounding communities outside the home and when the virus inevitably spread insid...

- Da Big Bad Wolf - Thursday, Feb 25, 21 @ 12:27 pm: Like Missouri with Right to Work. Present it over and over til the voters “get it right.” - Grandson of Man - Thursday, Feb 25, 21 @ 12:34 pm: Meh, as far as a big mistake by Welch. The austerity-only ILGOP is a super-minority party with bleak prospects and major image problems. Let’s have those spending and revenue conversations, and hear Republicans and their allies constantly calling for cuts. It’s like commenters always say. It’s about the rule of 60. Welch needs to show us the 60% of Illinois voters who will vote for a grad...

Brian Rich/Sun-Times file Illinois’ entry into the second phase of its COVID-19 vaccination plan means many more residents are eligible, but not everyone agrees the state is prioritizing the right groups as vaccine demand still outpaces supply. In an image shared on Facebook and Twitter, the Illinois Republican Party said Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s “Hierarchy of Vaccine Priorities” puts prisoners, politicians, and college students into Phase 1B — the current vaccination phase — ahead of “individuals with high-risk health factors, and everyone else.” Like other states, I...

Photo submitted by Illinois Republican Party The Illinois Republican Party Central Committee has named Springfield attorney Don Tracy as its new chairman, replacing Tim Schneider, who had held the post for more than six years. Tracy, a partner in the law firm Brown Hay and Stephens, also served as chairman of the Illinois Gaming Board during former Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration. “I ran for this position because I love Illinois--it’s my home--and I believe the ILGOP can be a tremendous catalyst for change in this state,” Tracy said in a statement after the election. “The upcom...