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Board members were unanimous in the decision to put Steve
Sandvoss on leave out of an abundance of caution after he
reported the scheme to the police.
An investigation is ongoing, but the board said there’s no
evidence any election data or information has been compromised.
Illinois House hears ethics proposals, including ‘revolving
door’ prohibition for lawmakers
Illinois state lawmakers are reviewing various measures some say
would clean up ethics in state government.
A House committee heard proposals to require more financial
disclosures of elected officials, to prohibit lawmakers from
immediately becoming lobbyists after leaving office, and how to
define what a lobbyist is.
No such measures have yet advanced.
Illinois only state in region requiring a state-issued permit
to buy firearms
Illinois is now an island in the region requiring residents to
have a state-issued permit to purchase and own a firearm.
Iowa’s governor Friday signed a measure dropping the requirement
in that state. All Illinois neighboring states no longer require
a state-issued firearms permit.
Thousands of Illinois residents continue to wait for their
Firearm Owner Identification card applications to be processed.
Pritzker signs Chicago firefighter pension bill into law
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a measure he says provides a path of
stability for Chicago firefighter pensions.
Pritzker said that to meet the increased obligations, he’s
working to sell the James R. Thompson Center and return it to
the city’s property tax rolls for a possible impact of $45
million annually for the city.
Republican state Rep. Tom Demmer criticized the announcement,
saying it makes property tax hikes inevitable.
Mobile vaccination teams head to rural Illinois
Illinois public health officials will be out in six rural
counties this week with mobile vaccination teams.
The Pritzker administration said they’ll be able to administer
more than 8,000 with the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
They’ll be in Kankakee County with 2,100 and Vermillion County
with 1,000 Tuesday. Websites for appointments are
KankakeeHealth.org or VCHD.org.
COVID-19 metrics continue to increase
There were 2,100 new positive COVID-19 cases reported in the
latest daily report.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday warned hospitalizations are going
up and also raised concern over COVID-19 variants. Since
tracking such cases beginning in early February, state officials
report about 500 cases of variants.
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