* Secretary of State Jesse White’s spokesperson Dave Druker just called to say all Statehouse tours have been canceled. This includes the traditional school trips to the state capital. Tour guides won’t be laid off, he said.
Druker said the office has “put a hold on lobbying days, association gatherings, rallies.” He said they’re reaching out to lobbyists to ask them to ask their clients to limit or even eliminate their gatherings.
“We’re not closing the building,” Druker said. “I want to stress that. It’s large groups we want to limit.”
Druker said has office has consulted IDPH and the General Assembly and they’re both “comfortable with this.”
The SoS is also doing a deep-cleaning of the building, by the way.
…Adding… Press release…
The Illinois Secretary of State’s office is taking a number of precautionary measures to limit the possibilities for the exposure of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) at the State Capitol.
Permits for all scheduled tours of the Illinois State Capitol Building and all events scheduled to take place at the Capitol Building have been canceled. In addition, lobbyists who have lobby days or other events at the Capitol Building are being encouraged to alert them to these cancellations.
…Adding… Press release…
After careful consideration due the COVID-19 virus the following events hosted by nursing organizations have been cancelled: Illinois Association of Nurse Anesthetist Lobby Day on March 24th, ANA-ILlinois annual Student Nurse Political Action Day on March 30th, the Illinois Coalition of Nursing Organization’s legislator reception scheduled for the evening of March 30th, and Illinois Society for Advanced Practice Nursing and ANA-Illinois Nurses Lobby Day on April 1st.
…Adding… Press release…
The Illinois Gaming Board meeting at the Bilandic Building in Chicago scheduled for March 12, 2020 at 9AM is postponed. More information regarding rescheduling will be forthcoming.
- Wylie Coyote - Wednesday, Mar 11, 20 @ 3:57 pm:
Don’t worry about the 3rd floor. It’s already cold and sterile.
- Todd & Margo - Wednesday, Mar 11, 20 @ 3:58 pm:
Hopefully CMS will do a deep clean of the Stratton Building.
- Anyone Remember - Wednesday, Mar 11, 20 @ 4:01 pm:
IF this policy prevents the gun owners from their lobbying effort, will they call this policy a violation of their 2nd Amendment rights? /s
- Lt Guv - Wednesday, Mar 11, 20 @ 4:03 pm:
== Hopefully CMS will do a deep clean of the Stratton Building. ==
That is many decades overdue.
- Lurker - Wednesday, Mar 11, 20 @ 4:11 pm:
So I am guessing the Tumblers will not be performing in Peoria at the IHSA this year?
- Todd - Wednesday, Mar 11, 20 @ 4:14 pm:
why don’t we just set up sprayers like those misting machines at the amusement parks and fill them with alcohol and have everyone walk through them
- Ron Burgundy - Wednesday, Mar 11, 20 @ 4:20 pm:
If they fumigate the vermin in the Statehouse the death toll could be far higher than anything coronavirus could do. /s
- Ed Sullivan - Wednesday, Mar 11, 20 @ 4:27 pm:
===IF this policy prevents the gun owners from their lobbying effort, will they call this policy a violation of their 2nd Amendment rights? /s===
In cooperation with Sec. White, ISRA cancelled IGOLD scheduled for April 1st. Tentatively re-scheduled for May 13th.
- Some Anonymous Dude (S.A.D.) - Wednesday, Mar 11, 20 @ 4:32 pm:
NCAA basketball tournaments to be played without fans in attendance.
- Been There - Wednesday, Mar 11, 20 @ 4:41 pm:
=== The SoS is also doing a deep-cleaning of the building, by the way.===
So I have seen other locations announce they are doing this also. But I also read that the virus probably only lasts a couple of hours on a surface. If the later is true what good would the deep clean do?
- bogey golfer - Wednesday, Mar 11, 20 @ 5:15 pm:
=NCAA basketball tournaments to be played without fans in attendance.=
And IHSA?
- Hank - Wednesday, Mar 11, 20 @ 5:37 pm:
How large is a large crowd? Been to a SOS facility lately? Was there last week and between the normal license business and the Real ID applicants it was shoulder to shoulder and out into the parking lot. Well run, but a whole lot of folks breathing on each other from 12 inches away. Just asking