Chicago Public Schools will return to in-person learning Wednesday.
Lightfoot said she started to experience cold-like symptoms Tuesday. She said she feels "fine" and will work from home in isolation.
It was a seller's market in Illinois real estate last year, with low inventories and rising home prices.
Several Illinois communities are debating whether to install license plate cameras to fight crime.
By Feb. 24, employers must establish a policy on vaccination, determine the status of each employee with proof, and maintain records.
The Illinois Department of Labor filed emergency rules requiring vaccine or testing mandates on employers with more than 100 employees.
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The University of Illinois will require booster shots for students, faculty and staff.
The Illinois legislature is cancelling session dates for next week.
Feds said in an intelligence assessment to state and local police in Illinois that “threat actors” may exploit the anniversary.
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Pritzker’s office said the governor tested negative as recently as Wednesday morning and is fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19.
Tuesday and Thursday sessions were canceled to the COVID-19 surge.
Chicago Public School teachers voted in their union to go to remote learning.
Chicago Public Schools officials said the union vote to stop in-person learning amounts to an "illegal work action."
December cannabis sales broke monthly sales records with $137.9 million sold.
"Some are getting sick … they’ve been exposed and having to stay out of work," Gov. Pritzker said this week of healthcare workers.
The primary is set for June.
Illinois lawmakers will return to the state capitol in Springfield Wednesday for one day this week.
Bobby Rush, the Democrat who represented Chicago's South Side and south suburbs, says he isn't retiring but returning to his ministry.
The mandate has not come without a bit of pushback from restaurants, in both the city and some in the suburbs.
The legislative session is scheduled to start on Jan. 4 and end on April 8.
About 10,000 state employees will be required to get their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Jan. 31
Last week, the state reported a record 30,386 new coronavirus infections, and officials say the surge will likely get worse.
The lieutenant governor said she is experiencing only mild symptoms after having gotten vaccinated and boosted.
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The state museum is seeking items that help illuminate Route 66's history.
"Our response to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve as does the virus," IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said.
Vaccine rules are set to go into effect in Cook County.
Chief Judge Tim Evans said he expects discussions with unions representing some of his 2,600 employees to begin by next week.
Rush, 75, who is fully vaccinated and recently received a booster shot, currently has no symptoms.
"If you must travel during this time, please make sure you are fully vaccinated – and that includes a booster shot," Chicago top doc says.
U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush announced that he has tested positive with a breakthrough case of COVID-19, encourages constituents to get vaccinated.
"If you are choosing not to be vaccinated for some non-medical reason," the governor said, "please change your mind."
Governor J.B. Pritzker is scheduled to give a COVID-19 update Monday.
Illinois had the 13th worst economic contraction in the country, with gross output shrinking by more than 11 percent during the pandemic.
Demographers blamed the loss on people leaving the state, coupled with low birth rates and the pandemic's mounting death toll.
Former Ald. Ricardo Munoz pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges related to embezzling nearly $38,000 from a campaign fund he controlled.
Moran-West said her golden retriever puppy was a perfect match the moment she saw him. She's suing Chicago Animal Control.
The suit accuses police of showing up at the wrong address and needlessly traumatizing the boys at their Rogers Park home.