Masks – The Voice

Hospitals at three facilities require masks

On January 9, 2024January 8, 2024 By admin

A mask mandate is back for visitors, patients and staff at Rush Copley Medical Center in Aurora. Executives of the hospital system, with campuses in Aurora, Oak Park and Chicago, cited increased levels of COVID-19 and other illnesses, including flu and respiratory syncytial virus. The mask requirement is in place...

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Government HealthCapitol News Illinois COVID-19 Grace Kinnicutt Masks

Vote makes masks optional in State House meetings

On March 8, 2022March 8, 2022 By admin

By Grace Kinnicutt The Illinois House amended COVID-19 protocols Tuesday, March 8 to lift face covering requirements following weeks of pushback from Republican Party members who sometimes refused to wear masks and delayed the start of session on several occasions. In a 104-1 vote, the House passed House Resolution 717...

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Mask clash in State House

On February 22, 2022February 23, 2022 By admin

By Jerry Nowicki In the first half-hour of the House of Representatives session Tuesday, Feb. 22 at the State Capitol in Springfield, the leaders of each party made calls for civility, two lawmakers recounted their recollections of a House floor altercation, and three Republicans were removed from the floor for...

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Government HealthCapitol News Illinois COVID-19 Jerry Nowicki Masks

Governor seeks to ‘ratchet back’ mask mandates

On February 8, 2022February 9, 2022 By admin

By Jerry Nowicki Illinoisans should stay tuned for an announcement on the State’s indoor mask mandate, governor JB Pritzker said at an unrelated news conference Tuesday, although he declined to say specifically what changes might be coming. “I think I’ve said over the last few press conferences that I really...

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Mask mandate returns to Illinois

On August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 By admin

By Jerry Nowicki The statewide mask mandate indoors is back, and educators and health care professionals will be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, governor JB Pritzker announced last week amid an ongoing surge in the pandemic that first arrived in Illinois in March 2020. Beginning Monday this week, indviduals...

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Education Government HealthCapitol News Illinois COVID-19 Masks Peter Hancock

State mask mandate of schools draws mixed reactions

On August 24, 2021August 24, 2021 By admin

By Peter Hancock A capacity crowd packed into the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)) room Wednesday, Aug. 18 and many more stood outside the building in Springfield to protest the State’s new indoor mask mandate in all public and nonpublic schools. “I’m so tired of hearing how resilient our...

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HealthCOVID-19 Judy Siedlecki Masks Readers Voice School

Reader’s Voice: Applause for students’ wearing masks

On August 17, 2021August 16, 2021 By admin

August 13, 2021Dear editor; Thank you Shaw Media’s Shea Lazansky for focusing on the pro-mask attitudes of our high school students during the School District 308 Board meeting August 9 (Ledger, August 12). These students stressed the importance of wearing masks to protect themselves, their friends and family, while many...

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Government Health OpinionBela Suhayda COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccine Masks Reader's Commentary

Reader’s Commentary: Thoughts on need to wear masks

On August 17, 2021August 16, 2021 By admin

By Bela “Bill” SuhaydaSugar Grove After my first microbiology class in college, I realized there were at least a thousand ways I would come into contact with microbes on a daily basis. There is an inevitability to living with germs. They are all around us, on us, and inside of...

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Naperville, masks for government buildings

On August 3, 2021August 3, 2021 By admin

After consulting with health authorities and reviewing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) latest masking guidance, the city government of Naperville will reinstate the use of face coverings for all visitors to government buildings which was set to begin Tuesday, Aug. 3. Participants in board and Commission meetings,...

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Business HealthAunt Martha’s Health and Wellness Masks State representative Barbara Hernandez

Aunt Martha’s, Illinois representative Barbara Hernandez to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Chicago’s most vulnerable communities

On September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 By admin

In an effort to curb the resurgent spread of COVID-19, Aunt Martha’s Health and Wellness will be a partner with State representative Barbara Hernandez (83rd District) to distribute thousands of free protective facemasks on Thursday, Sept. 17 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 659 S. River Street, Aurora. The...

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Commentary Government HealthCOVID-19 Illinois Press Association Masks Newpapers Reader's Commentary Sam R. Fisher

Governor’s team missed newspapers’ capability in mask push

On August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 By admin

By Sam R Fisher Governor JB Pritzker hired a great deal of expert talent to guide his new $5 million “It Only Works if You Wear It” campaign to encourage Illinoisans to wear a mask. But the campaign apparently isn’t spending a dime on print advertising in newspapers. Instead, it’s...

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GovernmentCapitol News Illinois Masks Peter Hancock

Pritzker’s mask enforcement rule survives legislative panel

On August 11, 2020August 12, 2020 By admin

By Peter Hancock A legislative panel that oversees the State’s administrative rulemaking process voted along partisan lines to allow governor JB Pritzker’s emergency rule to enforce mask-wearing and other public health orders to move forward. That decision came from the General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, or JCAR, a...

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Chicago businessman Dr. Willie Wilson, center, joined Aurora mayor Richard C. Irvin, left, and reverend Dr. Peggy Hicks, right, president of the Fox Valley Christian Ministerial Alliance, in Aurora on Sunday to announce his donation of 500,000 face masks. City government of Aurora

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Willie Wilson Donates 500,000 Masks to Aurora

On August 4, 2020August 5, 2020 By admin

With a market value of $350,000, an order of a half-million face masks is a significant investment. When those masks are donated to a community for free, it’s more than just about the money. It’s about a mission to help stop the spread of COVID-19. The Chicago-based Dr. Willie Wilson...

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Feature HumorCOVID-19 Masks Wayne Johnson

In defense of wearing masks and sunken concrete boat

On July 21, 2020July 20, 2020 By admin

It’s hard for me to crack the writer’s block this week, because I’m constantly bombarded with the latest Trump idiocy and inanities. Let’s see if I can change the subject slightly. I can focus on face masks. It’s now confirmed by doctors and other science professionals, that wearing a face...

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Free face masks in Aurora

On May 19, 2020May 20, 2020 By admin

Mike Martinez, president of Boys II Men mentoring group, provides free masks to a driver Saturday at the Aurora Transportation Center in part of the Aurora City government's free distribution which provided 16,750 face masks to occupants of 2,412 cars which filled the parking lot. Dr. Willie Wilson of Chicago donated 100,000 face masks for the drive-thru.

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Donations of masks from Stephanie Kifowit

On May 19, 2020May 19, 2020 By admin

State representative Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, outside Alden Horizon Senior Living Facility holds a donation of masks for residents, recently.

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Kane County Circuit Clerk Protective Mask Giveaway Saturday, May 16

On May 16, 2020May 16, 2020 By admin

Thomas M. Hartwell, Kane County Circuit clerk along with other political and community leaders are planning to distribute more than 4,000 protective face masks and care packages to those in need this weekend. The free care packages will be available from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 16 at the...

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