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Chicago police watch as activists gather in Federal Plaza on July 20, 2020, before marching through the Loop to protest the rumored deployment of federal agents.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Chicago expects influx of federal agents to help city fight violence, ‘but we do not welcome dictatorship’

July 21, 2020 at 8:02 p.m.

After a frenzied 24 hours during which Mayor Lori Lightfoot threatened to sue if President Donald Trump tried to send federal agents into Chicago without her permission, she acknowledged Tuesday...

Kanye West makes his first presidential campaign appearance, July 19, 2020, in North Charleston, S.C. Rapper Kanye West, in his first event since declaring himself a presidential candidate, delivered a lengthy monologue Sunday touching on topics from abortion and religion to international trade and licensing deals.

Kanye West files paperwork to get on Illinois ballot as an independent presidential candidate

July 21, 2020 at 11:27 a.m.

Chicago native and world-famous rapper Kanye West filed petitions this week to appear as an independent presidential candidate on the Illinois ballot in November. West's campaign filed 412 sheets with...

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan speaks after a House Democratic caucus meeting at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on Nov. 12, 2019.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Illinois House progressives say Speaker Michael Madigan should step down if allegations involving ComEd are true

July 20, 2020 at 4:28 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said if allegations involving Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, who for decades has been at the controls of whether legislation lives or dies inside the State...

Yashika Hill, right, gives a coronavirus test to Senise Thomas at Coles Elementary School on July 8, 2020.

Illinois’ daily new coronavirus case count tops 1,000 for second day in a row; Chicago orders bars and restaurants that sell booze to close by midnight

July 10, 2020 at 6:03 p.m.

Two weeks after Illinois reopened a bit more under Gov. J.B. Pritzker's five-phase plan, the state's reported tally of newly confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday again climbed to a level...

A pedestrian passes the closed Chicago Workforce Center on May 1, 2020. A sign on the window stated that "in order to protect everyone through social distancing, IDES offices are closed to the public until further notice.

Inundated with unemployment claims since pandemic began, Illinois agency implements callback system to reduce time on hold

July 10, 2020 at 5:12 p.m.

The agency charged with handling Illinois unemployment claims this week implemented a new callback system that's aimed at eliminating with lengthy wait times or the need to call back multiple...

Brad Cole, of the Illinois Municipal League, speaks to the media in 2019 as Gov. J.B. Pritzker looks on.

Illinois Municipal League says new state rule could deprive some municipalities of federal coronavirus aid

July 9, 2020 at 6:19 p.m.

The Illinois Municipal League is calling on the state to change a new rule governing how federal coronavirus aid money is distributed, arguing it's burdensome and unnecessary and could result...

Joshua Hahn, 6 of Flossmoor, looks at a statue of the late U.S. Sen. Stephen A. Douglas, as he waits to meet then-Gov. Bruce Rauner and his wife Diana, at a reception at the Old State Capitol Building in Springfield on Jan. 12, 2015.

House Speaker Michael Madigan calls for replacement of Stephen Douglas portrait in Illinois Capitol with one of Barack Obama

July 9, 2020 at 5:19 p.m.

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday called for a portrait of the late U.S. Sen. Stephen Douglas that hangs in the Capitol's House chamber to be removed and replaced...

In this file photo, Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks to the media on Thursday, June 18, 2020.

Despite President Donald Trump’s push for nation’s schools to reopen this fall, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says the decision should be local

July 8, 2020 at 3:38 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday said the question of whether schools should reopen this fall must be a local decision, and she doesn't put much thought into what President Donald...

Members of Illinois National Guard walk back to their hotel from their convoy parking in the Rivers Casino parking lot.

Illinois National Guard coronavirus testing mission to wind down, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces

July 8, 2020 at 3:40 p.m.

More than 500 Illinois National Guard members will end their missions this month at 11 state-run testing sites after administering more than 200,000 tests since being called up in March,...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker puts on a mask during his daily coronavirus briefing at the Illinois Capitol in Springfield in May.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker calls for national mask mandate and COVID-19 containment strategy in congressional testimony

July 8, 2020 at 1:10 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker called for a national mask mandate, a national containment strategy for COVID-19 and additional federal aid for states to offset large revenue losses created by the pandemic...

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