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  Reform advocates hope change in IL Speaker's office brings more than just new tone

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, Jan 14, 2021 @ 4:45pm

  Those who represent businesses and employers in Illinois say they hope the switch from former Speaker Madigan to Speaker Chris Welch will help create opportunities for cooperation and reform, despite Welch's lockstep support for Madigan through his legislative career.

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  'Need a better way forward': Furor erupts over Pritzker emergency rule criminalizing business reopenings

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Monday, May 18, 2020 @ 6:18pm

  Opposition demands state lawmakers block Gov. JB Pritzker's attempt to amend public health rules to deem business owners who reopen sooner than the governor would like with a Class A misdemeanor, subject to fines and potential jail time.

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  'A real mess': IL businesses, cities, counties mull dilemma of resisting Pritzker COVID orders

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, May 14, 2020 @ 8:00am

  Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has threatened to use state resources to punish rogue businesses, communities, or just step back and let them be sued by politically allied trial lawyers, should any continue to resist his emergency orders.

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  Springfield judge blocks Pritzker's COVID workers' comp rule changes; Employers say are illegal, could cost billions

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, Apr 23, 2020 @ 7:02pm

  A judge has granted a temporary restraining order to business groups who accused the Pritzker administration of illegally enacting new workers' comp rules to leave employers to "pick up the tab" for COVID illness

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