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Justin Reyes administers a COVID-19 test to Maria Suarez outside Heartland Health Centers in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood on July 10, 2020.

Chicago teachers plan for remote learning in anticipation of coronavirus closures

March 16, 2020 at 7:08 a.m.

With one final day of classes before Illinois schools are closed in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, educators throughout Chicago are cobbling together materials for students...

Voters cast their ballots March 14, 2020, during early voting for the Illinois state primary election in Chicago.

Chicago breaks World War II-era record for vote-by-mail applications; sets new high for primary early voting

March 15, 2020 at 7:23 p.m.

Voter turnout in Tuesday's primary may be low if voters are reluctant to stand in line due to concerns about the new coronavirus, and Chicago election officials on Sunday continued...

Governor cancels Illinois schools statewide until March 30 to slow the spread of coronavirus

March 13, 2020 at 8:51 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker ordered all Illinois schools closed by Tuesday, sending parents scrambling to make alternative arrangements for the roughly 2 million children affected by the state's latest attempt to...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, front, is joined by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, from left, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and public health experts to provide an update on COVID-19 at the Thompson Center on March 12, 2020.

Will Chicago Public Schools stay open? Mayor Lori Lightfoot tells faith leaders she’s expecting Gov. J.B. Pritzker to take action.

March 13, 2020 at 3:45 p.m.

In a conference call with religious leaders, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she's expecting Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday to take some action regarding public schools, according to a source. The...

Students from William Finkl Academy in Chicago line up for lunch on May 10, 2016.

Schools plan for providing student meals amid closures due to coronavirus

March 14, 2020 at 11:19 a.m.

In a city where three-quarters of public school students are economically disadvantaged and they all get free breakfast and lunch, Chicago Public Schools has a big void to fill in...

The coronavirus toll in Illinois: working from home, tough calls and St. Patrick’s revelers without a parade

March 11, 2020 at 10:22 p.m.

As the global coronavirus crisis was declared a pandemic, markets plunged, cancellations grew and new cases of COVID-19 announced Wednesday by Illinois officials brought the total number in the state...

No plans to close more CPS schools because of coronavirus as of now; no new cases found at Vaughn High

March 10, 2020 at 5:48 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools officials said more tests for the coronavirus have been completed and though more screenings are still pending, no new cases had been identified at Vaughn Occupational High...

Vaughn High School aide infected with coronavirus ‘worked while symptomatic,’ but no other new cases yet linked to school

March 10, 2020 at 7:52 a.m.

No students or other employees have tested positive so far for the new coronavirus at Chicago's Vaughn Occupational High School, where a classroom assistant is hospitalized with the illness. However,...

CPS special education classroom assistant tested positive with coronavirus, marking Illinois’ 6th patient

March 6, 2020 at 9:46 p.m.

A Chicago Public Schools special education classroom assistant has tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in Illinois to six and ratcheting up local anxiety over a...

Jill Biden highlighted her credentials as a community college instructor and former public schoolteacher as she campaigned for her husband, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, in the Chicago area Friday.

Joe Biden’s wife, Jill, courts teachers’ votes in Chicago ahead of Illinois presidential primary, touts her credentials as an educator

March 6, 2020 at 6:52 p.m.

Standing before rows of Illinois educators wearing "red for ed," Jill Biden, a community college instructor and former public schoolteacher, offered assurances that her husband has what it takes to...

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