Jamie Munks

Margaret Orozco pushes her bike to get tested for coronavirus outside Loretto Hospital in Chicago on April 27, 2020.

Illinois’ COVID-19 death toll in the last seven days is highest in nation at 957

December 4, 2020 at 1:01 a.m.

Illinois has recorded more COVID-19 deaths than any other state over the last seven days, and the seven-day average of COVID-19 deaths in Illinois climbed to a new high of...

Dr. Allison Arwady, Chicago's public health commissioner, talks Sept. 14, 2020, about the city's contact tracing efforts.

Chicago could get vaccines in December, give to lower-risk residents and children by next spring and summer

January 5, 2021 at 2:19 p.m.

In the most promising update yet on plans for an eventual return to normalcy, Chicago officials said Tuesday they expect to begin rolling out coronavirus vaccines for health care workers...

Illinois coronavirus daily case tally jumps back above 12,000, with 125 more deaths also reported

December 2, 2020 at 12:06 a.m.

Illinois public health officials on Tuesday announced 12,542 newly confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, a significant jump after several days of lower numbers. Officials have voiced cautious optimism over...

A ComEd headquarters building in the 3400 block of North California Avenue in Chicago in 2020.

Watchdog group says 2011 smart grid legislation cited in federal bribery case put ComEd interests over public good

December 1, 2020 at 10:37 a.m.

Legislation at the heart of the bribery scandal that has ensnared House Speaker Michael Madigan as well as former Commonwealth Edison executives enhanced the utility's bottom line but failed to...

Illinois’ plan for COVID-19 vaccine distribution puts front-line health care workers first, but many details still up in air

November 27, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.

The state of Illinois' plan for distributing a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available puts front-line health care workers first in line to be inoculated, but shifting projections on how...

Lobbyist Mike McClain, center, appears outside House Speaker Michael Madigan's office at the State Capitol in Springfield on May 25, 2012.

New cache of ComEd documents shows indicted Madigan confidant pressing utility for jobs and contracts

November 26, 2020 at 7:44 p.m.

A cache of emails released Wednesday in the Illinois House probe of Speaker Michael Madigan provides a deeper look into how a close confidant pressed Commonwealth Edison on positions ranging...

Illinois VA requests probe of deadly COVID-19 outbreak in LaSalle as Senate committee launches hearings

November 24, 2020 at 11:52 p.m.

The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs is requesting an independent investigation of a coronavirus outbreak that has torn through the state-run veterans home in LaSalle this month, infecting nearly 200...

COVID-19 death toll in Illinois again above 100 as 7-day average rises to 115

November 21, 2020 at 12:43 a.m.

The seven-day average for deaths of people with COVID-19 in Illinois has risen to 115, more than double where it stood two weeks ago, as the entire state moves into...

Supporters board a bus at Lincoln Land Community College for a short ride to the 32nd annual Democratic Evening on the Lake fundraiser May 8, 2012, at Island Bay Yacht Club in Springfield.

Madigan’s 36-year grip on House speaker’s post in doubt as corruption probe erodes once solid support from Democrats

November 20, 2020 at 4:46 p.m.

House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, long undisputed in his role as Illinois' most powerful politician, now finds his leadership hanging on the precipice as the state faces one of the...

COVID-19 now third-leading cause of death in Illinois, officials say, as toll surpasses 11,000

November 18, 2020 at 11:58 p.m.

Illinois' COVID-19 death toll since the pandemic began topped 11,000 on Wednesday, and the disease is now the third-leading cause of death in the state, behind heart disease and cancer,...

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