HOUSE REPUBLICANS FEAR THE LATEST RESTRICTIONS ON INDOOR DINING AND BAR SERVICES IN SEVERAL AREAS OF THE STATE WILL LEAVE BUSINESSES IN RUINS.

WITH THE ADDITION OF REGION NINE, LAKE AND MCHENRY COUNTIES, EIGHT OF THE STATE’S 11 REGIONS WILL NOW UNDER THE STRICTER RULES. HOUSE G-O-P LEADER JIM DURKIN SAYS THIS IS KILLING THE ECONOMY.

DURKIN BELIEVES THE GOVERNOR SHOULDN’T BE MAKING THESE DECISIONS WITHOUT INPUT FROM LAWMAKERS.

BAR AND RESTAURANT OWNERS SAY THEY HAVE BEEN TAKING PRECAUTIONS SUCH AS SOCIAL DISTANCING, WEARING MASKS AND SANITIZING FREQUENTLY. THEY QUESTION ASSERTIONS THAT THEIR BUSINESSES ARE HOME TO A GOOD DEAL OF COVID TRANSMISSIONS.