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Illinois Air National Guard members work on a construction of the McCormick Place alternate care facility in Chicago, April 10, 2020.

An inside look at McCormick Place’s transformation into a Chicago coronavirus field hospital

April 8, 2020 at 10:29 p.m.

McCormick Place continued its dramatic transformation into a medical center Friday, as Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled the first 500 beds finished in anticipation of a possible crush of COVID-19 cases...

House Democratic Leader Greg Harris on the Illinois House floor at the State Capitol in Springfield on Jan. 29, 2020. "The numbers we have right now are March, where you don't really see the totality of the damage done by the emergency; April numbers may give us better guidance," he said.

Facing a hit that could be worse than Great Recession, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and lawmakers look to craft a post-pandemic budget

April 3, 2020 at 10:11 a.m.

With large portions of the Illinois' economy grinding to a halt as a result of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order, the chronically fiscally challenged state has yet to come up...

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

Coronavirus daily case count again nears 1,000; National Guard enlisted to fight spread at Stateville

April 1, 2020 at 8:27 p.m.

The daily count of new coronavirus cases again pushed 1,000 Wednesday as the Illinois National Guard's duties expanded to include a 30-member detail to Stateville Correctional Center, where one inmate...

A man walks past the empty square at the Louvre Pyramid in Paris on March 17, 2020, while a strict lockdown comes into in effect in France to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker to extend Illinois’ stay-at-home order, school closings through end of April

March 31, 2020 at 9:27 p.m.

April is canceled too, Illinois. Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Tuesday he's extending his stay-at-home order through April 30 as part of the state's effort to slow the spread of the...

Illinois tops 5,000 coronavirus cases as construction on a McCormick Place field hospital begins

March 30, 2020 at 8:11 p.m.

As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Illinois climbed to more than 5,000 on Monday, work began on converting McCormick Place into a medical facility that could handle a...

People crowd The 606 trail in the Wicker Park neighborhood on March 25, 2020.

As Illinois sees largest daily increase in coronavirus cases, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot bans contact sports; closes popular city parks, beaches and trails

March 27, 2020 at 7:36 a.m.

For nearly a week, Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been warning Chicagoans what would happen if they didn't heed a statewide order to stay at home. On Thursday, the repercussions started....

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An inside look at McCormick Place’s transformation into a Chicago coronavirus field hospital

Facing a hit that could be worse than Great Recession, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and lawmakers look to craft a post-pandemic budget

Coronavirus daily case count again nears 1,000; National Guard enlisted to fight spread at Stateville

Gov. J.B. Pritzker to extend Illinois’ stay-at-home order, school closings through end of April

Illinois tops 5,000 coronavirus cases as construction on a McCormick Place field hospital begins

As Illinois sees largest daily increase in coronavirus cases, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot bans contact sports; closes popular city parks, beaches and trails

Fundraising effort led by Penny Pritzker launched to help nonprofits responding to coronavirus pandemic

A rookie politician, Gov. J.B. Pritzker confronts the coronavirus pandemic: ‘A switch gets flipped when crises develop’

Illinois would have run out of hospital beds if not for stay-at-home order, Pritzker says

Officials report 46 people from DuPage nursing home have tested positive for coronavirus as Illinois cases spike to 288