In Illinois, we are three months into governance by Executive Order.
40 Executive Orders are already on the books since the beginning of the Coronavirus or COVID-19 outbreak. [Read more...]
Guest Column Opinion: Reports of Oil’s Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated
By Seth Whitehead
A familiar narrative has gained traction in the wake of the oil demand shock brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. According to one pundit, “The inexorable decline of oil has begun.” Reports that “the world may never recover its thirst for oil” have been widely echoed as well. [Read more...]
Rich Gurka: FAKE-MASKS
By the time you read this, you may already be aware that millions of fake/counterfeit face masks are flooding the market. So many face masks now being sold are fakes...those not meeting the NIOSH standards for N95 face masks. Most of these are coming from China, to no one’s surprise. Who is going to check? Does it matter? Probably not. [Read more...]
Opinion: Governor’s Lockdown Disregards Parts of Public Health Preparedness and Response Plan
By Kathy Sands
The state of Illinois has a plan for pandemic influenza preparedness and response. There are some who might seize on the word "influenza" and state that COVID-19 is not that. [Read more...]
OPINION – Oil and Gas Indeed ‘Essential’ to Combating Coronavirus
Some Illinoisans may be surprised to learn that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s shelter-in-place executive order aimed at slowing the spread of the Coronavirus designates the oil and natural gas industry under the “essential” business and services category. [Read more...]
