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SPRINGFIELD â As Illinois lawmakers continue to push for the passage of an energy overhaul this spring, the Illinois House Energy and Environment Committee discussed the latest proposal to enter the discussion â Gov. J.B. Pritzkerâs Consumers and Climate First Act. House Bill 4074, sponsored by Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, was brought before committee for discussion only. Pritzkerâs 900-page proposal was released at the end of April with the goal of transitioning Illinois to 100 percent carbon-free energy â including nuclear power â by 2050. âThis is the most important and pressing issue of our time,â Buckner said in the committee hearing. âWhile the past is not our fault, the future will be.â ....
The Moderna and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are authorized for those 18 and up. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has acknowledged fewer doses will be available as compared to other ages groups, emphasizing it s not under the state s control. We re at a point where the variants are rising, Pritzker said at a news conference Thursday, explaining his reason for lowering the age requirement. They re coming at the population so fast at every age, we need to make sure that we open this up to everybody. In the city of Chicago, however, 16- and 17-year-olds won t be able to sign up to receive the vaccine until the week of April 19. ....
SPRINGFIELD â One day after President Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package, Illinois House Republicans called for the General Assembly to oversee the appropriation of funds in order to support businesses and individuals most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a Friday news conference, state Reps. Tom Demmer, R-Dixon, Keith Wheeler, R-Oswego, and C.D. Davidsmeyer, R-Jacksonville, urged responsibility in the allocation of federal funding and warned against using the stimulus as a âmagic bailoutâ to fund new state programs. âThese are dollars that are designated by the federal government to provide relief to the governments, businesses and individuals and families across the country who have been impacted by COVID-19 and the related closures and restrictions of everyday life that we ve all been through,â Demmer said Friday. ....
In case you missed it this week: Gov. J.B. Pritzker s budget proposal, Michael Madigan s resignation, new teaching standards, winter storm news, COVID vaccine updates and more. ....