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Mayor Lori Lighfoot and Gov. J.B. Pritzker at a news conference at the University of Chicago's Harper Center on July 23, 2020.

The Spin: Bars, restaurants don’t see Lightfoot’s looser restrictions as a Valentine | Mayor, CTU boss have different takes on deal | Durbin, Duckworth turn up heat on Biden over future of top federal prosecutor in Chicago

February 10, 2021 at 6:07 p.m.

Ahead of Valentine's Day, typically lucrative for eateries, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Wednesday that she will allow Chicago bars and restaurants to expand the number of people they serve indoors...

Gov J.B. Pritzker gives a press briefing at the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination location set up inside of the Lake County Fairgrounds on Jan. 27, 2021 in Grayslake.

The Spin: Pritzker won’t pitch income tax hike | Kinzinger won’t seek statewide office in 2022 | Duckworth, Durbin, GOP congressmen ask Biden to reconsider dumping U.S. Attorney Lausch

February 9, 2021 at 5:45 p.m.

Illinois' two Democratic U.S. senators, Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, plus a trio of Republican congressmen publicly called on President Joe Biden to reconsider the termination of Chicago's top federal...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Feb. 7, 2021, announces that a tentative agreement has been reached with the Chicago Teachers Union to reopen schools.

The Spin: Lightfoot vs. Sharkey on hammering out deal | Businessman Rabine to run as Republican for governor | Former CTU leader, mayoral hopeful Karen Lewis dies

February 8, 2021 at 4:53 p.m.

The Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union have a tentative agreement among leaders to return students and teachers to classrooms amid the pandemic. CTU's House of Delegates still...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot gives an update to the Chicago Public Schools reopening plan at City Hall in Chicago on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (Jose M. Osorio/ baiduhai)

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The Spin: Brinkmanship continues in Lightfoot vs. teachers union | State Republican party delivers Kinzinger mild rebuke | Evanston, Dolton to pick new mayors in Feb. 23 elections

February 5, 2021 at 4:58 p.m.

In what only feels like an endless game of brinkmanship, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her Chicago Public Schools chief issued a statement this morning saying they have made their...

PointsBet Sportsbook has opened its first satellite location at Club Hawthorne, a newly remodeled OTB parlor in southwest suburban Crestwood.

The Spin: Lightfoot’s ‘patience’ with teachers union has run out | Super Bowl shuffle: Chicago can legally bet on the game, but health officials say don’t take chance on party | Ex-state Sen. McCann indicted

October 13, 2022 at 11:09 a.m.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blasted the Chicago Teachers Union Thursday for not agreeing with the city on a deal to reopen public schools to in-person learning, saying her "patience for...

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the majority whip, pauses for reporters asking about the impeachment case against Donald Trump on Jan. 26, 2021.

The Spin: Cubs’ Todd Ricketts reappointed RNC finance chair | Groundbreaking on Obama center could begin in August | As Pritzker clears lawmakers to get COVID-19 vaccine, governor says he’ll wait

February 3, 2021 at 6:39 p.m.

Todd Rickets, one of the sibling co-owners of the Chicago Cubs, will continue in his role as chief fundraiser for the Republican National Committee. Groundbreaking for the controversial Obama Presidential...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Vice President Joe Biden following an event celebrating the opening of a domestic violence shelter in Chicago in 2013.

The Spin: Will President Biden appoint Rahm Emanuel ambassador to China or Japan? | Lightfoot blames Trump for CTU standoff | Ald. Michelle Harris replaces Ald. Gilbert Villegas as City Council floor leader

February 2, 2021 at 7:11 p.m.

Officials in President Joe Biden's administration are in talks with former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel about potentially making him a U.S. ambassador to China or Japan, NBC News is reporting....

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson talk with members of the press at CPS headquarters Jan. 26, 2021.

The Spin: CPS, CTU ‘cooling off,’ making progress | Kinzinger starts PAC aimed at returning Republicans to pre-Trump era | Rev. Jackson hospitalized, recovering from surgery

February 1, 2021 at 6:16 p.m.

They haven't inked a deal, but it sounds like Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Chicago Public Schools team and Chicago Teacher's Union negotiators are making progress on a deal aimed at returning teachers...

New Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch at the Bank of Springfield Center in Springfield on Jan. 13, 2021.

The Spin: Chicago aldermen launch ‘Operation Safe Pump’ amid carjacking spike | Kinzinger and Illinois’ fractured GOP | Lightfoot, Pritzker on what it means to govern after George Floyd’s death

January 29, 2021 at 6:10 p.m.

Chicago's spike in carjackings has prompted South Side Ald. Stephanie Coleman and other members of the City Council to form "Operation Safe Pump," in which private security works at gas...

Traffic moves on sloppy streets in the Loop as a snowstorm moves through the area on the morning of Jan. 26, 2021.

The Spin: Illinois population continues to drop, CMAP study finds | At Pentagon’s request, Pritzker sends Illinois guard to D.C. | Lightfoot, Pritzker to speak at racial healing virtual summit

March 11, 2024 at 1:49 p.m.

A study from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning has found that Illinois notched a seventh straight year of population loss, a trajectory it attributes to declining immigration and economic...

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