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Englewood resident Fannie Peeples gets a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Friend Health nurse Syreetta Stinson at the Peace House of I Grow Chicago, March 26, 2021. I Grow Chicago teamed with Friend Health to provide 150 vaccines, coffee and doughnuts at the event.

Chicago mulls proof-of-vaccine entry rules as COVID-19 surges again and first omicron case reported

December 7, 2021 at 6:18 p.m.

Chicago might mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for access to certain public spaces as the omicron variant arrived in a city still grappling with an existing surge that has blown up caseloads...

A casino location in the 28-acre city-owned Fountain Square site bordered by Lakehurst Road and Northpoint Boulevard on Dec. 17, 2019, in Waukegan.

Judge rejects attempt to block state regulators from proceeding with vote on Waukegan casino license

December 8, 2021 at 8:22 a.m.

A Cook County judge on Tuesday denied a request from a rejected bidder to block state gambling regulators from proceeding with a vote on the license for a long-sought Waukegan...

Claudette Bush stands besides a photo of her and late son, jonL Bush, in the backyard of her son's Chicago home Monday. The younger Bush, who died of COVID-19 last month, worked at Carnegie School in Woodlawn, which has reported 20 cases of COVID-19 in the past two weeks. Flowers from Bush's memorial this past weekend were placed in the family's backyard.

A CPS classroom aide has died of COVID-19. His co-workers at Carnegie School, where cases have spiked, want more safety protections.

December 6, 2021 at 5:25 p.m.

Longtime Chicago Public Schools employee jonL Bush had been working toward becoming a special education teacher before he died last month of coronavirus at the age of 44. "He's friendly....

Registered nurse Tiffany Robles gives a COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine booster shot to Johnnie Adams, at Atlas Senior Center on East 79th Street in Chicago on Oct. 27, 2021.

Illinois reports highest daily coronavirus count of 2021, and officials say some infections tied to Thanksgiving gatherings and travel

December 2, 2021 at 6:47 p.m.

A week after Thanksgiving, Illinois on Thursday reported this year's highest daily total of new coronavirus cases, while COVID-19 hospitalizations have risen higher than any point since last winter. The...

About 15% of Illinois residents have gotten COVID-19 booster shot, as Omicron enters U.S. and Illinois faces surge

December 2, 2021 at 6:19 a.m.

More than 1 in 7 Illinoisans have gotten a COVID-19 booster shot, in a vaccination push that continues as a new variant arrives in the U.S. and an old one...

Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady, left, talks with Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike in May.

Illinois prepares for ‘likely’ arrival of omicron variant, but for now delta remains top COVID-19 concern

December 1, 2021 at 6:13 a.m.

Chicago's top public health official said Tuesday she's more concerned about the delta variant of the coronavirus than omicron, which has not yet been detected in the United States, because...

House Majority leader Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago) on the Illinois House floor at the State Capitol in Springfield on Jan. 29, 2020.

Illinois House Majority Leader Greg Harris, a driving force behind legalizing same-sex marriage, won’t seek reelection next year

November 29, 2021 at 5:44 p.m.

In May 2013, state Rep. Greg Harris choked back tears on the floor of the Illinois House when he told supporters that he wouldn't be calling for a vote on...

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