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State Rep. La Shawn Ford and others raise fists after he speaks at a protest outside Chicago City Hall for equal funding for early child care education on June 16, 2020.

Saying their white colleagues are ‘now uncomfortable,’ Illinois Legislative Black Caucus call hearings on criminal justice, education and economic reform

September 1, 2020 at 6:20 p.m.

Amid a nationwide reckoning on race, the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus on Tuesday floated an expansive agenda for legislative action on police accountability, economic access and health care. Black caucus...

Illinois Sen. Terry Link, center, speaks at Waukegan City Hall on July 1, 2019.

State Sen. Terry Link leaves Lake County Democratic chairmanship more than two weeks early

August 30, 2020 at 3:33 p.m.

Longtime state Sen. Terry Link, the Vernon Hills Democrat who was charged earlier this month with federal income tax evasion, resigned as chairman of the Lake County Democratic Party on...

Margaret Orozco pushes her bike to get tested for coronavirus outside Loretto Hospital in Chicago on April 27, 2020.

Suburban Cook County at coronavirus ‘warning level,’ Illinois Department of Public Health announces

August 30, 2020 at 8:24 a.m.

Cook County is among the 30 counties the Illinois Department of Public Health sounded the alarm about Friday for a COVID-19 resurgence, and local public health officials said much of...

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

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces new statewide mask policy for bars and restaurants

August 25, 2020 at 7:52 p.m.

Bar and restaurant patrons across the state will be required to wear masks during "any interaction" with servers or other employees when they're dining or drinking out, starting Wednesday. The...

In this file photo, Gov. J.B. Pritzker steps up to speak during a news conference at the University of Chicago's Harper Center on July 23, 2020.

Illinois scales back reopening in Will, Kankakee counties after COVID-19 positivity rate threshold reached

August 24, 2020 at 6:03 p.m.

State officials announced Monday that a series of stricter regulations will be put in place this week in Will and Kankakee counties at restaurants, bars and casinos to slow the...

With late summer cases stubbornly high, Illinois faces a ‘perfect storm’ of COVID-19 risk this fall, researcher says

August 23, 2020 at 6:29 p.m.

If Illinois doesn't bring its steadily rising coronavirus numbers down quickly, it is among the areas of the country facing a "perfect storm" of risk factors for transmitting the highly...

Sen. Terry Link, D-Gurnee, on the Senate floor at the State Capitol in Springfield in 2013.

State Sen. Terry Link resigns as Lake County Democratic chair following federal income tax evasion charge

August 21, 2020 at 7:47 p.m.

Longtime state Sen. Terry Link, the Vernon Hills Democrat who was charged last week with a federal count of income tax evasion, is stepping down as chairman of the Lake...

A ComEd headquarters building in the 3400 block of North California Avenue in Chicago.

Amid ComEd scandal in Springfield, ethics reform front and center in Pritzker’s energy agenda

August 21, 2020 at 5:54 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration is proposing a series of "accountability" measures for utility companies as part of an energy policy agenda unveiled Friday, a month after federal prosecutors said the...

Nancy Markstahler collects a sample as COVID-19 saliva testing is conducted July 7, 2020, in a tent outside the Alice Campbell Alumni Center on the University of Illinois campus.

FDA approves U. of I.’s ‘potentially game-changing’ COVID-19 saliva test as state records 2,295 new cases and stares down ‘troubling trends’ in some regions

August 19, 2020 at 6:50 p.m.

A saliva-based COVID-19 test developed by the University of Illinois has received emergency authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, creating the potential for widespread use of a test...

State panel votes to remove statues of Stephen Douglas and a former lieutenant governor from Capitol grounds because of their ties to slavery

August 19, 2020 at 6:02 p.m.

Statues of two historical Illinois figures with ties to slavery, Stephen Douglas and Pierre Menard, are slated to be removed from the Illinois Capitol lawn after a panel voted Wednesday...

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