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Pritzker Taps Fed Cash To Promote Pet COVID-19 Testing Operation

UpdatedTue, May 18, 2021 at 9:12 pm CT
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker s administration earmarked $225 million in federal COVID=19 relief for SHIELD Illinois coronavirus testing in schools. So far, 10 of nearly 860 school districts have signed on with the SHIELD. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
CHICAGO Gov. J.B. Pritzker keeps pushing to make sure his pet coronavirus saliva testing operation at the University of Illinois cashes in on federal pandemic relief money.
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Illinois school districts already are eligible for federal reimbursement for coronavirus testing in an effort to get some kids back in schools amid pandemic shutdowns.
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But last week, Pritzker announced his plan to set aside $225 million in funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and American Rescue Plan to entice school districts to sign contracts with SHIELD Illinois for coronavirus testing when kids are expected to fully return to in-p ....

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Is Pritzker Steering School COVID-19 Testing Contracts To U of I?

UpdatedWed, Apr 7, 2021 at 9:05 pm CT
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SafeGuard Surveillance owner Ed Campbell wants to know what s driving Gov. J.B. Pritzker s administration to block school districts from being reimbursed through federal COVID-19 relief funding for using his company s coronavirus surveillance testing. (Provided by SafeGuard Surveillance)
CHICAGO This story about coronavirus saliva tests might make you mad enough to spit.
It boils down to this question: Is Gov. J.B. Pritzker s administration trying to rig the market for coronavirus testing in public schools to favor University of Illinois budding COVID-19 testing operation, Shield Illinois?
That s difficult to answer, apparently.
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Pritzker s administration didn t respond to queries related to the very interesting timing, as one school district administrator put it, of a policy change on surveillance testing in schools. The change effectively made districts ineligible for reimbursement throu ....

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