Governor Pritzker Activates Illinois National Guard at Request of City of Chicago

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Governor Pritzker Activates Illinois National Guard to Help Protect Communities

4/19/2021

At the request of the City of Chicago, Governor JB Pritzker is activating 125 personnel from the Illinois National Guard to stand by to support the Chicago Police Department with a verdict expected in the trial of Derek Chauvin. Members of the Guard will deploy to Chicago beginning tomorrow, April 20, to pre-position and support the Chicago Police Department as needed. The Illinois National Guard will carry out a limited mission to help manage street closures and will not interfere with peaceful protestors exercising their First Amendment rights, much the same role as Guard members played in previous deployments.

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Governor Pritzker Activates Illinois National Guard to Help Protect Communities

4/19/2021

At the request of the City of Chicago, Governor JB Pritzker is activating 125 personnel from the Illinois National Guard to stand by to support the Chicago Police Department with a verdict expected in the trial of Derek Chauvin. Members of the Guard will deploy to Chicago beginning tomorrow, April 20, to pre-position and support the Chicago Police Department as needed. The Illinois National Guard will carry out a limited mission to help manage street closures and will not interfere with peaceful protestors exercising their First Amendment rights, much the same role as Guard members played in previous deployments.

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$110 Million in Rebuild Illinois Funding Announced for Public Ports Across Illinois

4/12/2021

On April 12, 2021, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced $110 million in funding from the bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital plan is available to improve public ports across the state of Illinois. The Department is seeking project proposals to improve public ports and help modernize and revitalize the state’s marine transportation system. Applications are due June 11 to be eligible for a total of $110 million in funding to be released later this year.

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State of Illinois Launches Two Additional State-Supported Mass Vaccination Sites in Rockford and Collinsville

2/23/2021

On February 22, Governor JB Pritzker announced the launch of two additional state-supported mass vaccination sites in Rockford and Collinsville. The sites will launch on Tuesday, February 23 and each will ramp up to provide up to 1,350 doses per day at full capacity. Governor JB Pritzker is also activating additional members of the Illinois National Guard to support Winnebago and Madison counties in standing up additional mobile vaccination sites to reach rural and underserved communities.

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News and Views for Tuesday, April 20, 2021

4/19/2021

This week's Illinois State Association of Counties (ISACo) News and Views e-newsletter requests that county officials contact their state legislators to discuss county board reapportionment, shares information about an expected proposal restricting local control over wind and solar facilities, urges county officials to advocate against proposed cuts to an important source of state-shared county revenue and reminds county officials to visit ISACo's "Protect County LGDF Revenue" page, provides a list of bills of interest that passed the Illinois House last week, summarizes new amendments filed last week that are of relevance to counties, announces upcoming NACo webinars, spotlights ISACo corporate partner Comcast and invites counties to join ISACo.

News and Views for Monday, April 12, 2021

4/12/2021

This week's Illinois State Association of Counties (ISACo) News and Views e-newsletter includes our 2021 Spring Legislative Advocacy Toolkit and urges county officials to contact their state legislators about these key issues, shares an update about ISACo's efforts to address the delay in federal census data and how this will impact counties, requests opposition to legislation allowing the state to assume control over local health departments during declared statewide emergencies, summarizes new amendments filed last week that are of relevance to counties, provides a link to a recording of last week's National Association of Counties (NACo) national membership call discussing the State and Local Fiscal and Recovery Funds and proposed American Jobs plan, includes a link to new ISACo resource pages about the State and Local Fiscal and Recovery Funds and COVID-19 vaccine, discusses Governor Pritzker's extension of the statewide disaster declaration and previously issued executive orders, announces a Virtual Local Government Workshop hosted by The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR), announces upcoming NACo webinars and an upcoming national membership call, shares information from GoRail about rail sustainability, spotlights ISACo corporate partner Christopher B. Burke Engineering and invites counties to join ISACo.

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