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Lester Buckley early votes inside of the Lake County Courthouse on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020 in Waukegan. People waited about a half hour to cast their ballot this morning. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

Where does Illinois early voting and vote-by-mail stand? Here is the latest data

October 26, 2020 at 4:22 p.m.

With early voting locations across Illinois open and a record number of people having applied for mail-in ballots, the Nov. 3 election is underway. Nationally, more people already have cast...

Illinois income tax calculator: How would Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed graduated income tax affect you?

September 18, 2020 at 1:25 p.m.

On Nov. 3 Illinois voters will consider whether to change the state constition to allow for a graduated income tax as a way to fix Illinois' shaky finances. The proposal...

Overnight on the Magnificent Mile: Timeline of what Tribune reporters saw

August 10, 2020 at 9:28 p.m.

More than 100 people were arrested early Monday following looting and vandalism through the Magnificent Mile and other parts of downtown Chicago. City officials said the seeds for the violent...

How will Illinois reopen? Three charts breaking down Pritzker’s plan

July 18, 2020 at 8:14 p.m.

In need of a haircut or a shopping trip? There are glimmers of hope that much of the state could move from phase 2 to phase 3 of Gov. J.B....

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Where do Illinois regions stand on positivity rate, hospitalizations and other key coronavirus metrics?

July 14, 2020 at 8:13 p.m.

With each of the state's four regions in Phase 3 of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's Restore Illinois plan, the clock starts on moving on to Phase 4, where more businesses and...

27,412 Illinois companies got PPP loans of more than $150,000: Search our database

July 9, 2020 at 11:30 p.m.

More than 200,000 Illinois companies received loans through the federal government's Paycheck Protection Program. The U.S. Department of Treasury is only releasing the names of companies that received loans of...

Sammy Sosa vs. Mark McGwire: A game-by-game — and home run by home run — timeline of their race in 1998

September 8, 2025 at 12:47 p.m.

Chicago Cubs fans were grieving the death of longtime announcer and "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" crooner Harry Caray on Opening Day in 1998. Soon, they would have...

How much PPE did Illinois ask for and what did the feds send? Here’s a day-by-day account

April 10, 2020 at 6:22 p.m.

Reports this week that the federal stockpile of N95 respirators, surgical masks, face shields, gowns and other personal protective equipment are nearly depleted put a cap on a public back...

Traffic, air pollution, cookies and video calls: Life during coronavirus in 6 charts

April 3, 2020 at 1:09 p.m.

As the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic intensifies each day with a flood of data about increasing cases, deaths and soaring jobless claims, virtually every aspect of how people in...

FILE - N95 masks in the supply area at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Fla., March 10, 2020. President Donald Trump on Saturday sought to assure an anxious American public that help was on the way to overwhelmed hospitals, and that private companies had agreed to provide desperately needed medical supplies to fight the fast-spreading coronavirus. (Eve Edelheit/The New York Times)

What are PPEs, N95 masks and ventilators?

April 6, 2020 at 1:08 p.m.

As hospitals and medical workers in Illinois and across the country man the front lines in the battle to control and treat novel coronavirus, a constant theme is the shortage...

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