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Posts tagged Lori Lightfoot
Three regions leave Tier 3, ease COVID bans
Northwest, southern Illinois join Quad Cities, Bloomington-Normal in reopening museums, allowing low-risk sports, group fitness
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Ted CoxCoronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccine, COVID-19 Testing, Illinois COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Restore Illinois, Lori Lightfoot, Ngozi Ezike, J.B. Pritzker, Joe Biden, Mahatma Gandhi, Illinois Department of Public Health
Lightfoot: COVID compromise 'unacceptable'
Chicago mayor blasts ‘heartless’ McConnell in pursuit of relief for cities, states
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Lori Lightfoot, Mitch McConnell, Joe Biden, Heroes Act, CARES Act, Dick Durbin, Nancy Pelosi, J.B. Pritzker, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Paycheck Protection Program
Electoral College seals Biden victory
Congressmen Bost, LaHood backed Trump bid to subvert election results
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Ted Cox2020 Presidential Election, Electoral College, Illinois Electoral College, Mike Bost, Darin LaHood, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Lori Lightfoot, J.B. Pritzker, Jesse White, U.S. Supreme Court, Proud Boys
Opinion: Mayor Lightfoot, support Indian rights
International Human Rights Day offers opportunity to bolster India’s democracy against Prime Minister Modi
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Don't blame the gatekeepers
As COVID surges anew, small businesses deserve — and public health requires — the same sort of bailout already secured by big business
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Negative TV ads on corruption swayed tax vote
UIC Prof Simpson says GOP also benefited from door-to-door canvassing in pandemic
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Ted CoxDick Simpson, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Michael Madigan, ComEd Bribery, 2020 Presidential Election, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Lori Lightfoot, Political Polarization, Political Divide, Illinois Political Divide
Southern Illinois sees COVID rollback
Restaurants, bars to be closed for indoor service; Pritzker warns of ‘new wave’ of infections
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Testing, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19 Testing, J.B. Pritzker, Ngozi Ezike, Restore Illinois, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Craig Davis, Donald Trump, Lori Lightfoot, Allison Arwady
Daily Debunk: Table scraps from billionaires
We don’t need the occasional bike path; we need billionaires like Ken Griffin simply to pay their fair share
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Ted CoxFair Tax Amendment, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Fair Tax, Kenneth Griffin, Citadel Investments, Rahm Emanuel, Lori Lightfoot, Illinois State Board of Elections, Coalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment, Daniel Biss, SEIU Healthcare Illinois, Corporate Subsidies, Corporate Welfare, Martin Luther King, AIG, Great Recession
Where will cities, states find COVID relief?
The federal government is the only source of economic aid, so why is the Federal Reserve charging penalties for critical funding?
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois COVID-19, Lori Lightfoot, J.B. Pritzker, Laurence Msall, Civic Federation, Heroes Act, CARES Act, Federal Reserve, Municipal Liquidity Facility, Amanda Kass, Martin Luther King, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Reconstruction Finance Corporation
CPS to open school year online
Parent, teacher worries build on science to sway mayor; governor details IDES fraud
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Ted CoxChicago Public Schools, Illinois State Board of Education, Chicago Coronavirus, Coronavirus Testing, Coronavirus Unemployment, Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, Chicago COVID-19, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois COVID-19, Lori Lightfoot, Janice Jackson, Allison Arwady, Chicago Teachers Union, IDES, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Ngozi Ezike, Illinois Department of Public Health
If you don't hear the dog whistle, dogs do
Trib columnist’s anti-Semitism is deliberate and intentional, just like Trump’s racism
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Ted CoxDog Whistles, Anti-Semitism, Donald Trump, John Kass, Steve Chapman, Mike Royko, George Soros, Invisible Hand, Law and Order, Kim Foxx, Aviya Kushner, Chicago Tribune Guild, Matt Martin, Social Justice Warriors, Richard Nixon, George Wallace, Ronald Reagan, War on Drugs, Welfare Queens, Silent Majority, Jane Byrne, Harold Washington, Gary Rivlin, Lori Lightfoot, Lauren Underwood, Sean Casten, Bruce Rauner, Racist Politics, Trump Racist, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
If you're not wearing a mask, 'the enemy is you'
Pritzker warns Metro East on rising positivity rate on testing as new daily COVID cases approach 1,600 statewide
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Testing, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Ngozi Ezike, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Restore Illinois, IDES, Lori Lightfoot, Donald Trump
Congressman to Trump on troops: Don't even think about it
Sens. Duckworth, Durbin introduce bill to block deployment
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Ted CoxJesus "Chuy" Garcia, Donald Trump, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Lori Lightfoot, Portland Protests, Portland Moms, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration, Illinois Immigrants, Chicago Immigrants, Chicago Sanctuary City, DACA, ICE
Fed thugs not wanted in Chicago
Lightfoot says camouflaged troops operate ‘unlawfully,’ ACLU threatens action amid reports of Trump deployment
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COVID cases continue uptick
But state positivity rate for coronavirus testing holds steady at 3 percent
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Testing, Chicago Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Chicago COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois COVID-19, Illinois Department of Public Health, Allison Arwady, J.B. Pritzker, Lori Lightfoot
Pritzker, Ezike say Trump politicizing pandemic
‘He’s acted irrationally all along,’ says guv, as doc frets about CDC data
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, Donald Trump, J.B. Pritzker, Ngozi Ezike, CDC, Robert Redfield, Lori Lightfoot
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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Ted CoxLori Lightfoot, Allison Arwady, Chicago Coronavirus, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Testing, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Chicago COVID-19, COVID-19 Disparities, Illinois COVID-19
Collegiate conduct key to curbing COVID on campus
UIUC, Loyola lead confab on preparations for fall semester
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Ted CoxUIUC, Loyola University Chicago, Michigan State University, University of Wisconsin, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Testing, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Chicago COVID-19, COVID College, Robert Jones, Samuel Stanley, Rebecca Blank, Jo Ann Rooney, Lori Lightfoot, Donald Trump, Illinois Chinese Students, ICE, Big Ten Conference, RapidVent, UIUC Enrollment
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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Ted CoxCoronavirus Testing, Chicago Coronavirus, Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Chicago COVID-19, COVID-19 Disparities, Illinois COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Donald Trump, CDC, Andre Perry, J.B. Pritzker, Ngozi Ezike, Lori Lightfoot
Juneteenth is busting out all over
Chicago skirts holiday issue as competing bills mandating state celebration remain sidetracked in General Assembly
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Ted CoxJuneteenth, Juneteenth Holiday, Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation, U.S. Civil War, 13th Amendment, U.S. Constitution, Gordon Granger, Juneteenth National Registry, George Floyd, Leslie Hairston, Lori Lightfoot, J.B. Pritzker, La Shawn Ford, Thaddeus Jones, Illinois Department of Human Services, Juliana Stratton, Taylor Bennett, Chance the Rapper, Maudlyne Ihejirika, Marishonta Wilkerson
