Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 1,617 new known COVID-19 cases and 32...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot considering up to $200 million in Chicago city worker...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot is considering possible cuts of up to $200 million in Chicago’s city government workforce to help fill an estimated $1.2 billion budget deficit for 2021, sources told the Tribune....
View ArticleChicago residents ‘strongly advised’ to avoid Indiana, which may make next...
Indiana is again in danger of being added to Chicago’s quarantine travel order next week, officials announced Tuesday. While the neighboring state is still just at a warning level, Chicago residents...
View ArticleGirlfriend of alleged River North hotel rape mastermind accused of trying to...
Prosecutors allege the friend who invited the victim to the hotel called the victim’s mother and asked her to pass along a message: Recant your rape claims and tell police that you lied.
View ArticleColumn: Trump’s COVID-19 antics are appalling. They might just win him...
As ridiculous as it seems, catching the coronavirus might be the best thing that could have happened to Trump, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleJudge sides with Chicago local in Teamsters union spat, finds Hoffa ally ‘not...
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that James P. Hoffa, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, had improperly put a trustee in charge of running a local union last year after ousting its...
View ArticleColumn: Do you find yourself hating Trump and hating that you’ve become a hater?
Hate is a contagious virus that easily infects people afflicted by the preexisting conditions of ignorance and fear.
View ArticleColumn: Why are Trump and Republicans the ones getting COVID-19? Must be a...
I don’t mean to sound conspiratorial, but I think godless DEMONcrats infected President Trump, Republican senators and other leaders with COVID-19.
View ArticleSenior groups backing graduated-rate income tax say opponents' warning that...
The specter of a tax on retirement benefits in Illinois being raised by opponents of a proposed graduated-rate income tax amendment has prompted an outcry from leading seniors' groups that are backing...
View ArticleDaywatch: Lightfoot considers $200M worker cuts, Second City for sale and all...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleMarijuana ads are here and largely unregulated, as the industry acts to set...
Illinois law allows marijuana advertising on the airwaves — but the federal prohibition on pot effectively limits ads to within the states where it’s legal.
View ArticleMan fatally shot in struggle over gun during state police traffic stop in Harvey
A man died early Wednesday after his gun discharged during a struggle over the weapon as troopers were conducting a traffic stop in south suburban Harvey, Illinois State Police said.
View ArticleIllinois annual gambling tax revenues fell $200 million due to pandemic shutdown
Illinois gambling tax revenue fell 13.4% in FY 2020 due to pandemic shutdown, with casino revenue the hardest hit, according to the state.
View Article900 children in suburban Cook County public housing to get free laptops as...
Hundreds of school-age children in suburban Cook County public housing will get free laptops paid for by federal coronavirus stimulus money starting Wednesday, as part of an ongoing effort to ensure...
View ArticleWatch live: Mayor Lightfoot holds press conference after presiding over...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot is expected to hold a press conference following a virtual meeting of the City Council. Watch live here.
View ArticleUncle: Jacob Blake, shot 7 times by Kenosha police, is released from...
Jacob Blake, the 29-year-old Black man left paralyzed after he was shot in the back by a Kenosha police officer in August, was discharged from a Milwaukee hospital and is now undergoing treatment at an...
View ArticleTwo stabbed at Park Ridge apartment building near hospital, police say
Two people were hospitalized in a reported stabbing incident that occurred at a Park Ridge apartment building near the Niles border Wednesday.
View ArticleCook County Health board chooses New York hospital executive to be its next...
An executive who presided over one of New York’s worst-hit hospitals during the height of the coronavirus pandemic was selected by Cook County’s public hospital system to be its next CEO.
View ArticleGov. J.B. Pritzker says state’s recent progress on COVID-19 has ‘cooled off a...
The gains that most regions in Illinois had been making in bringing down COVID-19 positivity rates in recent weeks have “cooled off a bit," Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday, noting specifically that...
View ArticleOur Lady of Angels school, site of devastating 1958 fire, has fire sprinkler...
Our Lady of the Angels, sIte of Chicago devastating fire gets fire sprinkler system
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