
Illinois officials announced Monday the state now has more than 5,000 cases of COVID-19 spread across 52 counties, which includes 73 deaths. Governor JB Pritzker announced that before the end of the […]
Illinois officials announced Monday the state now has more than 5,000 cases of COVID-19 spread across 52 counties, which includes 73 deaths. Governor JB Pritzker announced that before the end of the […]
Community groups and faith leaders in Chicago are calling for more people to be released from Cook County Jail after a corrections officer tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend. A small […]
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced an order Thursday that all residents confirmed to have the COVID-19 virus, along with anyone experiencing symptoms, may not leave their place of residence, save for a […]
Update (3:30pm): Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has ordered all bars and restaurants to close through at least March 30th, beginning Monday night, March 16th. “There are no easy decisions to left to […]
Chicago and Illinois, along with the rest of the nation and world, are seeing massive closures of public buildings and cancellations of public events due to the continued attempts to contain the […]
Officials announced Wednesday morning that Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day parades—scheduled to take place this weekend—are now cancelled due to the worsening outbreak of novel coronavirus. We know what the St. Patrick’s Day […]
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced he was making a “disaster declaration” Monday for the state of Illinois as administration officials confirmed an 11th coronavirus case in the state. Pritzker told reporters in […]
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders will hold a rally in Chicago on Saturday, 10 days before Illinoisans head to the polls. Saturday’s afternoon rally in Grant Park will be the first of at […]
Recreational marijuana sales generated more than $10 million for the State of Illinois, according to figures released Monday by the Department of Revenue. Adult-use sales generated more than $7.3 million in taxes […]
President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of disgraced former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. “Yes, we commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich,” Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One at Joint […]
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Chicagoans will not be “bullied” by the Trump administration’s latest move to send militarized teams of border patrol agents into sanctuary cities. “To all our neighbors and friends, […]
Harriet Tubman is back in the news as the first feature-length movie chronicling the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad is now available on DVD. Star Cynthia Erivo is nominated for […]