Dan Petrella

Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain at a news conference in St. Charles in September.

Suburban police were asked to help Chicago during vaccine reporting stalemate if needed, but Kane, DuPage and Kendall county sheriffs say no

October 19, 2021 at 7:12 p.m.

Despite a call to suburban law enforcement agencies seeking potential help in Chicago with emergency police services during the ongoing stalemate between the city and police union over vaccines, three...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker leaves a news conference at the Thompson Center in Chicago on March 18, 2021.

If COVID-19 cases keep dropping, Pritzker wants to ‘remove certain mask mandates’ in time for the holidays

October 19, 2021 at 3:50 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Tuesday that a continued decline in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Illinois could lead him to lift "certain mask mandates" in time for the holiday season....

The Illinois State Capitol building May 20, 2020, in Springfield.

Congressional maps at center of Illinois legislature’s fall session but action also possible on abortion notification, vaccine mandates

October 18, 2021 at 7:15 p.m.

The fall session of the Illinois General Assembly begins Tuesday with much of the focus on new congressional boundaries drawn by Democrats and aimed at retaining the party's control of...

The Interstate Highway 80 bridge over the Des Plaines River on April 1, 2021, in Joliet.

Gov. Pritzker lays out 6-year timeline for $1.2B I-80 reconstruction project through Will County

October 19, 2021 at 11:03 a.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday unveiled a six-year timeline for the $1.2 billion reconstruction of Interstate Highway 80 through Will County, including work on aging bridges over the Des Plaines...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a press conference on Oct. 18, 2021, updating the status of the city's vaccine requirement.

Judge issues restraining order to stop Chicago police union boss from public talk against vaccine mandate

October 18, 2021 at 5:29 p.m.

A judge late Friday issued a temporary restraining order against the Chicago police union president, prohibiting him from making public statements that encourage members not to report their COVID-19 vaccine...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker outside Sundling Junior High School in Palatine on Sept. 21, 2021.

As unions continue to balk, Gov. J.B. Pritzker extends vaccine deadline for workers in state prisons and other facilities to Nov. 30

October 15, 2021 at 6:38 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday again pushed back the deadline for state workers in prisons, veterans homes and other congregate facilities to get vaccinated against the coronavirus as negotiations with...

Democratic Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker and his wife M.K. Pritzker talk with attendees during an open house at the Old State Capitol in Springfield in 2019.

Biden’s HUD secretary visits Chicago as eviction moratorium ends, touts president’s agenda as way to bring more affordable housing

October 5, 2021 at 6:49 p.m.

Two days after Illinois' eviction moratorium expired, Joe Biden's secretary of housing and urban development was in Chicago to promote the president's "Build Back Better" agenda and tout city and...

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