Jamie Munks

Englewood resident Fannie Peeples gets a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Friend Health nurse Syreetta Stinson at the Peace House of I Grow Chicago, March 26, 2021. I Grow Chicago teamed with Friend Health to provide 150 vaccines, coffee and doughnuts at the event.

Patience urged as COVID-19 vaccinations open to millions in Illinois on Monday; limited indoor dining could resume in Chicago and suburban Cook County on Saturday

January 23, 2021 at 12:06 a.m.

Illinois officials are urging patience when the next phase of the massive COVID-19 vaccination effort launches Monday because while about a quarter of the state's population will be eligible to...

Indoor dining returns in Will and Kankakee counties as restrictions gradually eased in regions statewide

January 21, 2021 at 8:48 p.m.

Will and Kankakee counties and a downstate region that includes Champaign-Urbana saw restrictions on indoor dining loosened Thursday under Gov. J.B. Pritzker's coronavirus reopening plan. In addition, the Metro East...

Chicago entering next phase of Illinois’ COVID-19 vaccine program on Monday, as officials predict indoor dining could resume within days

January 20, 2021 at 12:00 a.m.

Chicago will join the rest of Illinois in advancing to the next phase of the state's COVID-19 vaccination program on Monday, opening up inoculations for residents age 65 or older...

The Chicago City Hall building Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, in the Loop.

Chicago City Hall, Cook County building closed Wednesday as ‘precautionary step’ because of Biden inauguration in Washington

January 19, 2021 at 11:55 p.m.

Chicago's City Hall and the Cook County building downtown will be closed Wednesday as a "precautionary step" because of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, officials said. Public officials across the country...

Illinois launches four new COVID-19 vaccination sites in Cook County

January 19, 2021 at 9:47 p.m.

Illinois residents began getting COVID-19 shots at four new mass vaccination sites in Cook County on Tuesday as the state readies for the next phase of immunizations. Two of the...

Members of the Illinois Air National Guard's 182nd Airlift Wing security forces sit on a C-130 Hercules aircraft on Jan. 14, 2021, in Peoria. They're deploying to Washington to provide security ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.

Pritzker mobilizes 250 National Guard members to protect state capital amid FBI warning of potential armed protests

January 15, 2021 at 11:35 p.m.

About 250 Illinois National Guard members will be mobilized to protect the state capital in light of recent warnings about the potential for armed protests across the country, Gov. J.B....

Emanuel "Chris" Welch speaks to the media after being elected as the new Illinois House speaker on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, at the Bank of Springfield Center in Springfield.

Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch says he’s Illinois House speaker because ‘my colleagues asked me to step up’

January 17, 2021 at 4:32 p.m.

Hours before a General Assembly was to be inaugurated and still short the votes he needed to be elected speaker, Emanuel "Chris" Welch intensified his campaign to persuade House Democrats...

An image of Frank Sinatra hangs above an empty table at Rosebud restaurant on Taylor Street on Sept. 29, 2020.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot pushing for Chicago bars and restaurants to reopen for indoor dining ‘as quickly as possible’

January 15, 2021 at 12:14 a.m.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Thursday she wants the city's bars and restaurants to reopen for indoor service "as soon as possible" and plans to discuss the issue with Illinois...

State Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch talks to lawmakers at the Capitol in Springfield on May 25, 2016.

Michael Madigan’s decadeslong grip on Illinois ends as House Democrats make Rep. Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch state’s first Black speaker

January 14, 2021 at 6:07 p.m.

An era in Illinois' political history came to a historic conclusion Wednesday when Emanuel "Chris" Welch was elected the state's first Black speaker of the House after Democrats rejected embattled...

With new General Assembly about to be inaugurated, House Democrats continue scramble to elect a speaker

January 13, 2021 at 4:30 p.m.

On inauguration day for a new legislature, Illinois House Democrats were back behind closed doors Wednesday in an effort to select a new leader, with state Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch...

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