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Gulls occupy the 31st Street Beach in Chicago on Monday, May 25, 2020, where on a typical Memorial Day thousands of people would flock. The city's lakefront continues to be closed as some COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Pritzker: All Illinois regions have met conditions to reopen

By JOHN O'CONNOR and KATHLEEN FOODY - Associated Press

Illinois State Sen. Paul Schimpf, R-Waterloo, asks questions of Illinois State Sen. Julie Morrison, D-Deerfield, during debate on SB1863, a bill dealing with vote by mail and other changes for the 2020 election, on the floor of the Illinois Senate during session at the Illinois State Capitol, Friday, May 22, 2020, in Springfield, Ill. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP, Pool)

Illinois budget plan needs $6B in federal aid to balance

By JOHN O'CONNOR - Associated Press

A protester holds a sign during a rally calling for the state to reopen the economy, Saturday, May 16, 2020, outside the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

GOP: Graduated tax ‘cash grab’ will stifle pandemic recovery

By JOHN O'CONNOR - Associated Press

In this March 19, 2020 photo, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker listens to a question during a news conference in Chicago. Amid an unprecedented public health crisis, the nation’s governors are trying to get what they need from the federal government – and fast. But often that means navigating the disorienting politics of dealing with President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Illinois governor a mind-boggling blot to religious freedom

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Tulip boom in downtown Chicago, Thursday, May 7, 2020. Summer heat waves could be deadlier because of COVID-19, health officials warn. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Illinois governor says state making progress on jobless aid

By KATHLEEN FOODY - Associated Press

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks during his daily coronavirus news conference at the Thompson Center in Chicago, Friday, April 17, 2020. (Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

J.B. Pritzker, Illinois governor: Stay-at-home order stands despite judge’s ruling

By John O'Connor - Associated Press

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, along with other health officials, gives a daily update on the coronavirus outbreak in Illinois, Monday, April 13, 2020, in Chicago. (Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

J.B. Pritzker, Illinois governor, to appeal ruling that stay-at-home order violates Constitution

By John O'Connor - Associated Press

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces an extension of the stay at home order for Illinois as well as a mandatory face covering order at his daily Illinois coronavirus update at the Thompson Center, Thursday, April 23, 2020, in Chicago. (Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Illinois Republicans demand details on inmates released during coronavirus

By Sophia Tareen - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 30, 2020, file photo, a public service message reminding people to Stay Home Save Lives is seen on a billboard near the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday, April 23, 2020 extended his stay-at-home order through May 30 as the highly contagious COVID-19 continues its rounds. Pritzker's first decree was to expire April 30. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Pritzker extends stay-at-home order amid COVID-19 spread

By JOHN O'CONNOR - Associated Press

A man wears mask as he carries shopping bags in Skokie, Ill., Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Three more Chicago suburbs now require masks in public, bringing total to at least 11 during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Pritzker offers tepid response to GOP re-opening proposal

By JOHN O'CONNOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 7, 2020 file photo, amid fears of the coronavirus pandemic, dozens of protesters drive around Cook County Jail and the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago, honking their horns and chanting to demand the &quot;mass release&quot; of detainees at the jail. A federal judge has ordered Cook County Jail on Thursday, April, 9, 2020, to take steps to protect inmates from coronavirus. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP File)

Pritzker says Illinois won’t hit COVID-19 peak until mid-May

By JOHN O'CONNOR and DON BABWIN - Associated Press

Lakewood Chapel Pastor John Elleson, right, waits for people at the church in Arlington Heights, Ill., Saturday, April 18, 2020. The church is giving away faces masks during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Northern Illinois mayors ask governor to allow reopening

Associated Press

FILE - In this April 13, 2020, file photo, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, gives a daily update on the coronavirus outbreak in Illinois, in Chicago. In the fight against COVID-19, one of the more visible faces nationally, and definitely the top presence in Illinois, is Pritzker. His daily briefing Wednesday, April 15, 2020, on the spread of the potentially deadly virus and the state's response marked his 39th straight. (Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

Pritzker fights COVID-19 from Chicago, and downstate notices

By JOHN O'CONNOR - Associated Press

A woman waits at a Chicago Transit Authority bus shelter during the coronavirus pandemic on the city's West Side Wednesday, April 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Illinois could face $7B deficit over 2 years after COVID-19

By KATHLEEN FOODY and JOHN O'CONNOR - Associated Press

A long standing memorial to victims of gun violence, on the Saint Sabina Catholic Church grounds, is joined with a message of hope during the current pandemic crisis on the church's marquee sign in the Auburn-Gresham neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Illinois COVID-19 response price tag $174M, records show

By JOHN O'CONNOR - Associated Press

House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, criticizes Gov. J.B. Pritzker's budget proposal after the Democratic governor presented it to a joint session of the General Assembly on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo by John O'Connor)

Republicans, Pritzker spar over unemployment system overload

By JOHN O'CONNOR - Associated Press

A woman walks on the sidewalk in front of NorthShore Skokie Hospital sign in Skokie, Ill., Friday, March 27, 2020. Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a stay-at-home order for the entire state, which went into effect on March 21, 2020 and lasts through at least April 7. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Illinois infant with COVID-19 dies, cause of death unknown

By SARA BURNETT - Associated Press

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, along with elected and health officials give their daily update to Novel Coronavirus in Illinois, Friday, March 13, 2020. (Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Illinois governor orders schools closed due to coronavirus

By KATHLEEN FOODY - Associated Press

State Rep. Avery Bourne, R-Morrisonville, tells reporters that Gov. J.B. Pritzker's budget proposal for education funding will hurt schools during a state Capitol news conference Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2020, in Springfield, Ill. Pritzker proposed a $350 million increase for K-12 schools, but says only $200 million will be provided if voters don't approve a constitutional amendment to overhaul the income tax structure in November. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)

GOP: Pritzker tying school funding to tax vote ‘shameful’

By JOHN O'CONNOR - Associated Press

Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivers his first State of the State speech before a joint session of the Illinois House and Senate at the State Capitol Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, in in Springfield, Ill. Behind Pritzker is House Speaker Michael Madigan and new Senate President Don Harmon, right. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Pritzker: ‘Root out the purveyors of greed and corruption’

By JOHN O'CONNOR - Associated Press