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Chicago joins Illinois in lifting COVID restrictions

Jun. 11, 2021 02:04 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago officials declared the city fully reopened on Friday, ending a requirement that people wear face masks in most indoor places and lifting...

Editorial Roundup: Illinois

By The Associated Press Jun. 07, 2021 03:38 PM EDT
Arlington Height Daily Herald. June 4, 2021. Editorial: Let’s give the vaccine lottery a try in Illinois Details are...

FILE - In this Monday, May 10, 2021, file photo, Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a news conference in Chicago. A white reporter for a conservative media outlet is suing Lightfoot over her decision to grant interviews at the midpoint of her first term only to journalists of color, saying she discriminated against him because of his race. Thomas Catenacci and his employer, the Daily Caller News Foundation, argue in the lawsuit filed Thursday, May, 27 that Lightfoot violated their First Amendment rights and Catenacci's right to equal protection. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)
Chicago to join Illinois in fully reopening June 11

Jun. 03, 2021 08:03 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 26, 2021, file photo, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown speaks during a news conference at police headquarters in Chicago. Police say the number of homicides dropped in May in Chicago compared with the same month last year. And police say the month that ended with 65 homicides compared with 84 in May 2020, culminated in a Memorial Day weekend with fewer homicides than any Memorial Day weekend in a decade. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, File)
Chicago police encouraged by drop in homicides in May

By Don Babwin Jun. 01, 2021 01:28 PM EDT

This May 3, 2021 photo shows an intentionally disabled slot machine next to a woman playing a different slot machine while wearing a face mask at the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City, N.J. On Friday, May 28, New Jersey dropped its indoor mask mandate and Atlantic City casinos turned slot machines that were disabled to create distance between players back on again. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
More states ease lingering virus rules as vaccine rates rise

By David Klepper May. 29, 2021 04:23 PM EDT

Waves up to 11 feet high crash into the lakefront trail near 31st Street Beach on the South Side of Chicago, Friday afternoon, May 28, 2021. The high waves closed most beaches to swimming Friday, the first day they were to be reopened since closing over a year ago because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
High waves wash out Chicago beaches as Lake Michigan reopens

May. 28, 2021 05:46 PM EDT

People gather to protest Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's policies near her home on the two-year anniversary of her inauguration, Thursday, May 20, 2021 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar)
Chicago mayor faces dashed hopes of her backers

By Sara Burnett May. 19, 2021 11:42 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2019, file photo, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot talks to reporters after meeting with House Democrats at the state Capitol, in Springfield, Ill. Lightfoot announced Wednesday, May 19, 2021, that she will grant one-on-one interviews to mark the two-year anniversary of her inauguration solely to journalists of color, saying she has been struck by the “overwhelming whiteness and maleness of Chicago media outlets.” (AP Photo/John O'Connor, File)
Chicago mayor: Reporters of color get 2-year mark interviews

By Don Babwin And Sophia Tareen May. 19, 2021 07:37 PM EDT

Lollapalooza returning this summer to Chicago lakefront park

May. 18, 2021 02:52 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Lollapalooza is returning to Chicago this summer, a year after the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of the music festival that...

Editorial Roundup: Indiana

By The Associated Press May. 11, 2021 02:00 PM EDT
KPC News. May 9, 2021. Editorial: Legislature not kind to unemployed When the Legislature was entering its final days,...

Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, discusses Chicago's vaccination efforts during a news conference at the Harris Bank Building in the Loop, Monday, May 10, 2021, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Illinois establishing office building vaccination clinics

May. 10, 2021 05:06 PM EDT

Chicago launches concert series for fully vaccinated people

May. 05, 2021 03:25 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago will see the return of cultural events this summer, including a concert series solely for people who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19,...

People sit among physical distancing markers as they wait for buses to go back to their home villages, at the Kalideres bus terminal in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. The mass exodus out of major cities in the world's most populous Muslim country is underway despite travel restrictions are imposed by the government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, as people are heading home to their villages to celebrate Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
The Latest: Fiji locks down hospital over coronavirus death

By The Associated Press May. 05, 2021 01:05 AM EDT

Governor J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot give an update on Chicago's reopening efforts at McCormick Place in Chicago on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. An announcement of auto show's return to McCormick Place was also made. (Jose M. Osorio /Chicago Tribune via AP)
Chicago Auto Show to return in July after coronavirus hiatus

By Don Babwin May. 04, 2021 12:56 PM EDT

Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson wipes away tears as she speaks about her time at CPS during a news conference, Monday, May 3, 2021 in Chicago. The leader of Chicago Public Schools announced that she is leaving the post later this year because it's time to “pass the torch to new leadership" of the nation's third-largest school district. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Chicago schools chief plans to leave post later this year

By Sophia Tareen May. 03, 2021 12:44 PM EDT

Officials say Illinois approaching 10M COVID-19 vaccines

May. 02, 2021 02:27 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois is approaching 10 million COVID-19 vaccines, public health officials said Sunday. The state has roughly 11.8...

A memorial is set up near the site where 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez was shot several weeks ago during a foot pursuit by Chicago police in Chicago's Portage Park on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 in Chicago. Chicago’s independent police review board has released video of the 22-year-old Latino man who was shot in the back late last month during a foot chase. (Jose M. Osorio /Chicago Tribune via AP)
Questions and anger over Chicago's lack of foot chase policy

By Don Babwin Apr. 29, 2021 05:36 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 15, 2011 file photo, Karen Lingermuth, of Niles, Ill., plays the slots during a special VIP event at the Rivers Casino in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines, Ill. Chicago is taking a big step toward building its long-awaited first casino. Starting Thursday, April 22, 2021, city officials are officially seeking bids from companies interested in what's being billed as a "world-class" resort scheduled to open by 2025. (Mark Welsh/Daily Herald via AP, File)
Chicago seeks developer to open city's first casino by 2025

By Sophia Tareen Apr. 22, 2021 11:53 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Illinois

By The Associated Press Apr. 20, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Arlington Heights Daily Herald. April 19, 2021. Editorial: Time to put aside politics and be ready to govern The end...

Chicago high schools to reopen Monday after union approval

By Sophia Tareen Apr. 18, 2021 06:01 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s public high schools were set to reopen Monday for the first time since the nation's third-largest school district went fully remote...