Gov. JB Pritzker Extends Lifeline To Bars And Restaurants With Outdoor Seating Concession
As Illinois moves toward Phase 3, Gov. Pritzker retools the COVID-19 reopening plan to aid an endangered hospitality industry.
As Illinois moves toward Phase 3, Gov. Pritzker retools the COVID-19 reopening plan to aid an endangered hospitality industry.
The City Council meeting focused on affordable housing, renter issues and approving the city’s second-tallest building plans.
Hoping to build on the party’s success in 2018, the Democratic Party will take aim at federal challengers who want to repeal Obamacare and state candidates who resist Medicare expansion. Plus, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that two-thirds of Americans do not expect their daily lives to return to normal for at least six months.This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional correspondent Susan Davis, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro. Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station
The Illinois General Assembly will convene Wednesday for a three-day special legislative session.
Lawmakers will convene for the first time during the pandemic. The state’s budget, COVID-19 relief and the fall elections are top concerns.
Despite 146 more deaths, a top public health official said the stay-at-home order and facial coverings factor into encouraging declines.
Members of the Senate Banking Committee squabbled Tuesday over how quickly the U.S. economy can rebound from the coronavirus shutdown and whether the federal government is doing enough to support struggling families and businesses in the meantime. This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional reporter Claudia Grisales, and chief economic correspondent Scott Horsley.
Wednesday marks the mayor’s one-year anniversary in office.
Governor’s new rule, opposed by Republicans, could subject defiant Illinois businesses to $2,500 fines and possible jail time.
Congressional Democrats announced Saturday they’re requesting all records and documents regarding President Trump’s decision to fire State Department Inspector General Steve Linick, the fourth government watchdog Trump has fired or sought to remove in the last six weeks. Plus, former President Obama addresses 2020 graduates and says the United States lacks the leadership to fight the pandemic. This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station