Push to audit Pritzker’s handling of veterans’ home outbreak has bipartisan support

By Washington Examiner

Published March 3, 2021 1:00am ET

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Push to audit Pritzker’s handling of veterans’ home outbreak has bipartisan support — While Gov. J.B. Pritzker has said there’s an ongoing inspector general investigation of the handling of the LaSalle Veterans’ Home COVID-19 outbreak, there’s bipartisan support for a separate investigation. There is also legislation to require state public health officials to visit the site of a disease outbreak at a state-run facility as “soon as practical.” […]

While Gov. J.B. Pritzker has said there’s an ongoing inspector general investigation of the handling of the LaSalle Veterans’ Home COVID-19 outbreak, there’s bipartisan support for a separate investigation.

There is also legislation to require state public health officials to visit the site of a disease outbreak at a state-run facility as “soon as practical.”

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