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Under the Dome Podcast: Gov. Pritzker signs $43B Illinois budget Jun 11, 2020

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On this week’s episode of the Under the Dome podcast the State Journal-Register’s Bernard Schoenburg and Doug Finke work remotely to bring you the latest updates on Illinois' response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week they talk about Gov. Pritzker signing the $43B Illinois budget which includes borrowing $5 billion from from a federal reserve program designed to help states during the pandemic and Pritzker calls for police accountability, more community investment at a roundtable in Springfield while visiting young organizers of Black Lives Matter protests.

Under The Dome Podcast: Gov. JB Pritzker's response to protests across Illinois Jun 03, 2020

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On this week’s episode of the Under the Dome podcast the State Journal-Register’s Bernard Schoenburg and Doug Finke work remotely to bring you the latest updates on Illinois' response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week they they talk about Gov. JB Pritzker's response to the protests throughout the state in response to the death of George Floyd by law enforcement and they also try break down what the Illinois General Assembly managed to pass in the budget while they were in session during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Under The Dome Podcast: Senior staff member in governor's office tests positive for COVID-19 May 11, 2020

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On this week’s episode of the Under the Dome podcast the State Journal-Register’s Bernard Schoenburg and Doug Finke work remotely to bring you the latest updates on Illinois' response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week they talk about how Gov. JB Pritzker and his Chicago office staff will be working from home after a senior staff member in the governor’s office tested positive for COVID-19 and they also break down what it means economically for Springfield after the governor announced that it was 'highly unlikely' that the Illinois State Fair would happen this year.

Under the Dome Podcast: Gov. Pritzker's five-phase regional plan to reopen the state May 08, 2020

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On this week’s episode of the Under the Dome podcast the State Journal-Register’s Bernard Schoenburg and Doug Finke work remotely to bring you the latest updates on Illinois' response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week they breakdown Gov. JB Pritzker's five-phase regional plan to reopen the state for business, education and recreational activities.

Under The Dome Podcast: Judge rules against Pritzker stay-at-home order Apr 28, 2020

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On this week’s episode of the Under the Dome Podcast the State Journal-Register’s Bernard Schoenburg and Doug Finke work remotely to bring you the latest updates on Illinois' response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week they the dive into the ruling from Clay County Circuit Court Judge Michael McHaney issuing a temporary injunction allowing Illinois State Rep. Darren Bailey, and only Bailey, to ignore the governor’s stay-at-home order and Gov. Pritzker's response to the ruling. The also take a look at the Workers' Compensation Commission repealing the emergency COVID-19 rule after a Sangamon County judge granted a temporary restraining order against the new rule that would have made benefits available to essential employees who contracted COVID-19 without having to prove the illness was contracted at the workplace.

Under the Dome Podcast: Gov. Pritzker considers regional approach to reopening the state Apr 22, 2020

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On this week’s episode of the Under the Dome podcast the State Journal-Register’s Bernard Schoenburg and Doug Finke work remotely to bring you the latest updates on Illinois' response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week they discuss Gov. JB Pritzker considering a regional approach to reopening the state during the pandemic while weighing factors like hospital capacity in the area and Illinois Senate President Don Harmon sends a letter to Illinois' Congressional Delegation requesting $41 billion to help the state recover from the damage done to Illinois' economy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Under the Dome Podcast: Workers' Compensation for some essential workers Apr 15, 2020

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On this week’s episode of the Under the Dome podcast the State Journal-Register’s Bernard Schoenburg and Doug Finke work remotely to bring you the latest updates on Illinois' response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week they take a look at Gov. Pritzker's announcement that the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission has approved new rules that will provide automatic workers’ compensation benefits to some essential workers, House minority leader Jim Durkin spoke on behalf of lawmakers receiving daily constituent calls about difficulties applying for unemployment benefits and lastly Comptroller Susana Mendoza issued a list of what the state has been spending on the COVID-19 pandemic that currently totals $174 million.

Under The Dome Podcast: Illinois acquires former Vibra hospital for COVID-19 care facility Apr 09, 2020

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On this week’s episode of the Under the Dome podcast the State Journal-Register’s Bernard Schoenburg and Doug Finke work remotely to bring you the latest updates on Illinois' response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week they dive into Gov. Pritzker's announcement that the state has acquired the former Vibra Hospital for an alternative COVID-19 care facility, Pritzker scoffs at the suggestion that the best way to fight the virus is to let people contract it and build up a herd immunity and lastly they jump into what the legislature might be able to accomplish and when they might actually come back in for session.

Under The Dome Podcast: Gov. Pritzker acknowledes budget and spendling plan will need revisions Apr 02, 2020

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On this week’s episode of the Under the Dome podcast the State Journal-Register’s Bernard Schoenburg and Doug Finke work remotely to bring you the latest updates on Illinois' response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week they dive into Gov. Pritzker extending the stay at home order to the end of April, he acknowledges his budget proposal is out the window at this point and the projected spending plan will need revisions, what will legislators focus on when they are able to come back to the Statehouse including the budget and ethics reforms, a US bankruptcy judge rules against Bill Brady and his brothers and lastly how is the COVID-19 pandemic going to effect the Census in 2020.</

Under The Dome Podcast: Tax deadline extended and aid programs for small businesses Mar 26, 2020

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On this week’s episode of the Under the Dome podcast the State Journal-Register’s Bernard Schoenburg and Doug Finke work remotely to bring you the latest updates on Illinois' response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This week they dive in to the latest numbers for Illinois cases of COVID-19, Gov. Prtizker's announcement that the state is extending the income tax filing and payment deadline and a new package of emergency assistance programs to benefit small businesses in need, totaling more than $90 million.

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