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The
Peoria County Health Department is blaming spring high school
sports and St. Patrick’s Day gatherings for the surge.
State investigates sale of fake vaccine cards
Illinois authorities are investigating the sale of bogus
vaccination cards.
The fake vaccination cards are being sold on eBay and Craigslist
for prices from a few dollars to a few hundred dollars.
They are often described as “novelty items” and one ad in
Winfield included a disclaimer, “I am not liable for any illegal
use.”
Illinois lawmakers could expand lockbox-restricted road fund
uses
Illinois lawmakers are seeking to expand how state
transportation tax revenue should be spent.
Members of the Illinois House Revenue and Finance Committee have
advanced a bill that would allow suburban Chicago counties to
spend tax revenue that is protected by the state constitution’s
lockbox amendment on “nonvehicular public travel, sidewalks and
bicycle paths.”
Republicans fear the expanded use of the protected funds will
lead to the neglect of ailing roads and bridges.
Pritzker vetoes prejudgement interest litigation bill
Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a rare veto Thursday.
He struck down a bill that would grant prejudgment interest in
personal injury cases. Another bill that does nearly the same
thing passed in the state Senate moments after the veto
announcement.
Business and health care groups opposed the measure.
State transportation revenue falls amid pandemic
Illinois came up $1 billion short in expected transportation tax
revenue last year.
Due to COVID-19, the Illinois Economic Policy Institute
estimates the state's travelers did so up to 40% less compared
to 2019.
Taxes on things like fuel pay for infrastructure spending.
Unemployment numbers decline
Illinois' jobless numbers are improving.
The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the
unemployment rate decreased -0.3 percentage point to 7.4
percent.
Nonfarm payrolls are up +21,100 jobs in February.
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