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Posts tagged Chicago Coronavirus
CPS to open school year online
Parent, teacher worries build on science to sway mayor; governor details IDES fraud
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COVID cases continue uptick
But state positivity rate for coronavirus testing holds steady at 3 percent
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Lightfoot threatens to kick COVID culprits to curb
Pritzker echoes concerns, especially on young adults, alters state regions for ‘surgical’ approach to stem surges
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COVID-19 racial disparities span nation
But New York Times has to sue CDC to get data, as Trump spreads lies on coronavirus
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New job losses persist at 1.5M
Illinois unemployment claims rise slightly after weeks of decline from peak of pandemic’s impact
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Chicago reopens Lakefront Trail
Illinois keeps lid on new COVID-19 cases, leading to Phase 4, as other states see spikes
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Planned Parenthood reopens health centers
After shutting down to just six statewide in COVID-19 pandemic, nine reopen
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No fair!
Continued decline in new COVID-19 cases can’t salvage state’s summer celebrations
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Lightfoot backs cash assistance for those excluded by COVID relief packages
Chicago Resiliency Fund to allot $5M to 300,000 residents
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Lightfoot: 'We will reopen tomorrow'
Chicago mayor rebuffs Trump on deploying military against looters: ‘That’s not gonna happen’
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Police protests exploited by looters
Chicago locks down Loop, Aurora joins in overnight curfew; Pritzker clashes on call with Trump
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Lightfoot to Trump: 'FU'
‘He’s a racist, a misogynist, a homophobe, a xenophobe,’ says Gov. Pritzker
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Pritzker rips Trump, GOP on mail-in voting
Citing ‘enormous ideological difference,’ guv says, ‘I believe in democracy and the right to vote’
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HEROES Act awaits action
Congressional Dems back $3T COVID-19 relief package as Senate Republicans resist
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Pritzker: Stay home in Illinois
‘The virus knows no boundaries,’ says governor, discouraging trips out of state
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Entire state poised to move on to Restore Illinois
Chicago area lowers positivity rate on testing; governor unveils jobs site while again warning scofflaws
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New one-day high for COVID-19 deaths: 192
Pritzker targets nursing homes for tests, PPE, renews threats to stay-at-home scofflaws
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Almost 30k COVID-19 tests yield new one-day high for cases
Guv urges General Assembly to reconvene, pass state relief package
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Slower rise means later peak on COVID-19
Although some may find that ‘disheartening,’ Pritzker insists state seems headed to next recovery phase at end of May
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State tops 20k COVID-19 tests in a day
‘We definitely have hit a peak in deaths,’ says Dr. Ezike, with another 130 bringing toll to 3,241
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