Lawmakers propose adding state to multistate licensing pact to ease nursing shortage
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 14, 2021
Illinois Senate Bill 2068, sponsored by state Sen. Sarah Feigenholtz (D-Chicago) would add Illinois to a multistate nurse licensure compact, allowing registered nurses and LPNs licensed in any of the 34...
State lax in nursing home funding during pandemic: study
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 12, 2021
A new study concludes that Connecticut health officials were lax in their funding and regulation of nursing homes during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic.