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All police officers in Illinois would be required to wear bodycams by 2025 as part of legislation awaiting Gov. J.B. Pritzker's signature.

The Spin: State buys Near West Side building as part of Thompson Center exit plan | Lightfoot mum on chat with Vice President Kamala Harris | City landmarks Emmett Till house

January 27, 2021 at 6:31 p.m.

The state of Illinois is buying a $73.3 million Near West Side office building as part of its long-term plan to consolidate offices and leave the controversial Thompson Center in...

Dusk settles over the White House in Washington on Jan. 23, 2021.

The Spin: White House news of more vaccine doses ‘heartening,’ Gov. Pritzker says | Lightfoot, teachers union hit stalemate | Pritzker administration facing federal probe after approving scrap shredder on Southeast Side

January 26, 2021 at 6:43 p.m.

The White House is vowing to boost the number of vaccine doses to states starting next week with the aim of inoculating 300 million Americans by summer's end. President Joe...

Rep. Kelly Cassidy, front, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other lawmakers speak May 4, 2019.

The Spin: Mayor Lori Lightfoot gets first dose of COVID-19 vaccine | President Biden asked about battle over Chicago teachers returning to classrooms | Line grows for Kelly Cassidy’s state rep seat

January 25, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.

The impending break from wall-to-wall news about politics is brought to you by a foreboding prediction of a nasty Chicago snowstorm. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the first Black woman to...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker takes off his mask to speak while giving a coronavirus update from the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago on Dec. 1, 2020.

The Spin: Biden, Fauci offer COVID-19 warnings as Chicago bars, restaurants set to reopen | CPS announces teacher vaccination plan | $31M in pot revenues go to communities hurt by war on drugs

January 22, 2021 at 5:42 p.m.

With COVID-19 cases and hospitalization numbers improving, Chicago and suburban Cook County are poised for limited indoor restaurant and bar service to resume. That's good news for eateries, bars and...

Chicago Teachers Union member and CPS teacher, Karen (did not want to give last name) holds up her sign on teacher's choice as she and supporters gather outside Jungman Elementary School in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood for a press conference and march for safety. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

The Spin: Biden’s climate platform faces challenges from Illinois coal-fire plant, Downstate congressmen | Cupich balks at Catholic Bishops president criticizing Biden | CTU vs. Lightfoot as strike threat looms

January 21, 2021 at 5:41 p.m.

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich publicly criticized the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for an Inauguration Day statement saying President Joe Biden, a practicing Catholic, "has pledged to...

Outgoing President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. Trump was en route to his Mar-a-Lago Florida resort.

The Spin: Biden calls for unity, end to ‘uncivil war’ | Twitter captivated by Obama-Harris picture on historic day | Trump bows out, vows ‘we’ll be back’

January 20, 2021 at 5:49 p.m.

President Joe Biden's swearing-in ceremony was historic in more ways than one — and that's not counting Lady Gaga's golden bird brooch. When Kamala Harris took her oath today, she...

A view of the stage on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 19, 2021, ahead of the 59th presidential inauguration.

The Spin: Heather Steans resigning from Illinois Senate, Madigan moves out of Springfield digs | Illinois GOP, Democrats on Biden’s inauguration tomorrow | Chicago Teachers Union mulls another strike

January 19, 2021 at 5:43 p.m.

Outgoing Republican President Donald Trump hands off the baton to incoming Commander-in-Chief Joe Biden tomorrow. Of course it's not a Team USA relay in our age of bitter partisan politics....

U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger speaks during a hearing Oct. 3, 2019, in Chicago.

The Spin: Kinzinger says he was armed during Capitol riot | Illinois National Guard mobilized amid security threats | Pritzker, Lightfoot aren’t attending inauguration

January 15, 2021 at 6:20 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, an outspoken critic of fellow Republican President Donald Trump, said he anticipated violence could ensue during Congress' Jan. 6 consideration of the Electoral College vote securing...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth speaks on the West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in 2017.

The Spin: Lightfoot vs. Pritzker on bars, restaurants | Biden expected to pick Duckworth for a DNC post: source | Harold Washington’s story to be TV series

January 14, 2021 at 6:01 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot this morning said she wants Gov. J.B. Pritzker to lift the COVID-19-related ban on indoor service at bars and restaurants in Chicago. The governor's office shut that...

Pedestrians walk near Trump Tower in Chicago on June 12, 2017.

The Spin: Bye, bye, Chicago Trump Tower sign? | Kinzinger says he’ll vote for Trump impeachment | Speaker intrigue in Illinois House continues

January 12, 2021 at 7:39 p.m.

Amid calls for his ouster for encouraging the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week, President Donald Trump gave his first comments to the news media since it happened...

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