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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.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker shuts down schools for rest of academic year as state reports new single-day high in coronavirus cases

April 17, 2020 at 8:57 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday ordered schools to remain closed through the end of the academic year as his administration reported the largest single-day number of known cases of the...

In this file photo, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot tours a construction of the new McCormick Place alternate care facility in Chicago on Friday, April 10, 2020.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to seek retroactive City Council approval for budget powers to deal with coronavirus pandemic

April 17, 2020 at 4:54 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot will ask aldermen next week to retroactively bless her executive order that gives her additional power to spend city money and make changes to the 2020 budget...

Ald. Raymond Lopez, 15th, during a baiduhai interview at La Cecina restaurant in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood on Dec. 10, 2019.

Chicago alderman proposes benefits fund for essential city workers who die in a disaster, such as coronavirus pandemic

April 17, 2020 at 12:55 p.m.

A Chicago alderman wants to create a fund to pay benefits to the families of city workers who die because they're required to work during a disaster such as the...

Chicago Park District pushes back summer camp sign-up

April 16, 2020 at 4:31 p.m.

The Chicago Park District still plans to go ahead with summer camps and other programs — or at least with the annual high stakes ritual of letting families fight for...

Chicago police Superintendent David Brown speaks during an interview with the baiduhai on May 13, 2020.

David Brown takes post as Chicago’s acting top cop

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

Former Dallas police Chief David Brown took over the reins Wednesday afternoon as Chicago's acting police superintendent, city officials said, days before the job is expected to become permanent. At...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot prepares to lead the first-ever online City Council meeting from her City Hall office, April 15, 2020.

Chicago City Council meets virtually amid worldwide coronavirus pandemic

April 15, 2020 at 6:02 p.m.

Chicago's aldermen joined the ranks of the stay-at-home workforce during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic Wednesday, logging in remotely for the city's first-ever online City Council meeting. Members of the public...

Attendees walk near the main entrance as the sun sets during the first day of the 2019 Lollapalooza Music Festival in Grant Park Aug., 1, 2019, in Chicago.

Chicago’s summer festivals still in play as Mayor Lori Lightfoot says it’s too early to decide

April 10, 2020 at 5:49 p.m.

It's too early to decide whether headliners such as Lollapalooza and Taste of Chicago, as well as other summer festivals, will be canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Lori...

As coronavirus hits Chicago’s African American community, South Side aldermen call on residents to take social distancing rules more seriously

April 10, 2020 at 6:32 p.m.

Citing the high prevalence of the coronavirus in Chicago's African American community and parts of their wards in particular, three South Side aldermen on Friday called on residents to take...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks during his daily news briefing on COVID-19 in the James R. Thompson Center on April 6, 2020.

Summer festival organizers should ‘think carefully about canceling,’ says Gov. J.B. Pritzker

April 9, 2020 at 8:46 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker began his daily coronavirus briefing Thursday on an optimistic note, saying trends in the increase of cases across the state seem to be signaling that Illinois is...

Crystal Castles singer Alice Glass dives into the crowd at Lollapalooza in Grant Park.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker casts doubt on future of 2020 summer festivals

April 9, 2020 at 5:55 p.m.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday cast doubt on this year's warm weather festivals, saying that people should "think carefully about canceling large summer events." "From my perspective today, I...

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