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Chicagoans vote for mayor and members of City Council on Feb. 24, 2020.

The Spin: Pandemic, politicians make Jan. 1 reset difficult | An ‘inflection point’ for police reform? | Illinois’ minimum wage goes up $1 next month

December 30, 2020 at 6:35 p.m.

That take-a-breath, start-a-diet, pause-the-boozing, figure-out-a-way-to-make-some-money New Year's reset we're all looking for feels lost to a pandemic and the exhausting partisan bickering in Congress over aid to Americans feeling the...

Chicago Department of Public Health nurse Anna Esquivel gives the COVID-19 vaccination to Chicago Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady at Malcolm X College in Chicago on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020.

The Spin: Kinzinger not ruling out bid for governor | Why Lipinski voted against $2,000 payments | Chicago’s surge in homicides tied to COVID-19, Mayor Lightfoot says

December 29, 2020 at 4:21 p.m.

Illinois U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger may have shown a willingness to publicly criticize President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican. But don't take that as a calculated move to appeal to...

Adam Kinzinger, then-congressman-elect, reads his email as he walks along Michigan Avenue on Nov. 3, 2010.

The Spin: Kinzinger ‘concerned’ Trump’s election claims could spur violence | Talks crumble for Lightfoot, Anjanette Young meeting | Former Ald. Moreno charged with DUI

December 28, 2020 at 6:19 p.m.

As President Donald Trump's term winds down, Republican U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger says he's "concerned" about "people being driven to violence" as the commander in chief and his allies continue...

Empty voting booths at the Round Lake Magee school.

The Spin: Duckworth pushes back on Trump’s threat to hold up COVID-19 relief package | Two on Trump clemency list have Chicago ties | Pritzker: 100K vaccinated so far in Illinois

December 23, 2020 at 5:44 p.m.

President Donald Trump is blasting the latest COVID-19 relief package Congress approved this week that is now sitting on his desk. He says the $600-per-person checks that would be sent...

Rickey Hendon, left, a retired state senator, speaks at City Hall's fifth floor in Chicago as then-Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson listens on Monday, Oct. 29, 2018.

The Spin: ‘Hollywood’ Hendon talks about music video ‘Rona Money’ | Ken Griffin backs GOP Sen. Loeffler in Georgia runoff | Lightfoot enlists former judge in Anjanette Young case

December 22, 2020 at 6:06 p.m.

Crisis management continues over at City Hall. Today, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that former federal judge Ann Claire Williams, a Ronald Reagan appointee to the federal bench who was once...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot departs after speaking about the Anjanette Young raid and other issues Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, at City Hall.

The Spin: Lightfoot working to rebuild trust after wrongful police raid, video scandal | Cops reassigned, city’s top lawyer given the boot | Congress prepares to OK relief bill

December 21, 2020 at 5:31 p.m.

The shoes are starting to drop. Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she "sought" and received the resignation of her good friend and head of the City Law Department Mark Flessner. His...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks Dec. 15, 2020, at Loretto Hospital.

The Spin: Lightfoot’s ‘sorry’ for raid on innocent woman’s home | Buttigieg calls O’Hare ‘romantic’ | Pritzker ‘disappointed’ vaccine shipments cut in half

December 16, 2020 at 6:01 p.m.

During a news conference today, Mayor Lori Lightfoot offered up an apology to social worker Anjanette Young for Chicago police raiding her home and handcuffing her while she was naked....

Democratic presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden, left, and former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg engage during a Democratic presidential primary debate on Feb. 19, 2020, in Las Vegas.

The Spin: Pritzker, Lightfoot hail first vaccines here | Pritzker announces $711M in budget cuts | Biden to tap Buttigieg as Transportation secretary — not Rahm

December 15, 2020 at 7:29 p.m.

Just minutes and roughly 165 miles apart, Mayor Lori Lightfoot in Chicago and Gov. J.B. Pritzker in Peoria looked on as the first COVID-19 vaccinations were administered to health care...

Jon Horton, Sentara director of pharmacy operations, unpacks boxes of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccination Dec. 14, 2020, morning in Norfolk, Virginia.

Hope at a historic moment: First COVID-19 vaccinations scheduled to be given in Illinois on Tuesday

December 15, 2020 at 9:26 a.m.

The first COVID-19 vaccinations in Illinois are scheduled to be administered Tuesday, bringing a sense of hope along with the most significant action yet to blunt a pandemic that has...

Mayor Lori Lighfoot and Gov. J.B Pritzker attend a news conference July 23, 2020, in Chicago.

The Spin: Vaccinations begin in U.S. today – Chicago, rest of state tomorrow | Electoral college firms up Biden victory | Ex-Northwestern lecturer blasted over Jill Biden essay

December 14, 2020 at 5:59 p.m.

Images of Americans receiving their first government-approved COVID-19 vaccines today were beamed across the world. But not in Illinois. While shipments to Chicago and the state arrived today the first...

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