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Illinois stay-at-home order ends as state begins to reopen; 1,622 new coronavirus cases reported
Posted: May 29, 2020 / 03:07 PM CDTUpdated: May 29, 2020 / 09:30 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.CHICAGO — Friday marked the end to Gov. JB Pritzker’s stay-at-home order as amid the coronavirus pandemic.“Illinois, today you have officially entered the next phase of our path forward,” he said. In the stay-at-home order’s place is new executive order dealing with the stages of recovery.According to health officials, there were 1,622 new COVID-19 cases and 86...…Posted: May 29, 2020 / 03:07 PM CDTUpdated: May 29, 2020 / 09:30 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.CHICAGO — Friday marked the end to Gov. JB Pritzker’s stay-at-home order as amid the coronavirus pandemic.“Illinois, today you have officially entered the next phase of our path forward,” he said. In the stay-at-home order’s place is new executive order dealing with the stages of recovery.According to health officials, there were 1,622 new COVID-19 cases and 86...WW…
‘It’s just ridiculous’: Some Chicagoans frustrated by lack of mail service
Posted: Dec 2, 2020 / 06:41 PM CSTUpdated: Dec 3, 2020 / 05:54 AM CSTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.CHICAGO — Some Chicagoans are growing aggravated and frustrated waiting for mail by the Postal Service.Tired of waiting at home, this week, Dionne Bostic went to the Auburn Park post office.“Every time I put in my tracking my number, it shows it’s at the post office,” said Bostic. “I stood in line 45 minutes, just to find out I’m not getting my packages.”And she’s not...…Posted: Dec 2, 2020 / 06:41 PM CSTUpdated: Dec 3, 2020 / 05:54 AM CSTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.CHICAGO — Some Chicagoans are growing aggravated and frustrated waiting for mail by the Postal Service.Tired of waiting at home, this week, Dionne Bostic went to the Auburn Park post office.“Every time I put in my tracking my number, it shows it’s at the post office,” said Bostic. “I stood in line 45 minutes, just to find out I’m not getting my packages.”And she’s not...WW…
Applicants say Illinois’ budding marijuana industry not living up to promise of promoting diversity
CHICAGO — Some aspiring marijuana retailers who applied for licenses under Illinois’ social equity program say the state’s budding cannabis industry is not living up to its promise of promoting investment in under-resourced communities.A group of applicants and lawmakers said Tuesday the state’s process of using a lottery to give out the 75 dispensary licenses is unjust because it doesn’t give enough weight to the social equity applicants. Two rejected applicants are suing the state to delay the lottery.“It’s a knife through the heart of the black and brown community,” former state...…CHICAGO — Some aspiring marijuana retailers who applied for licenses under Illinois’ social equity program say the state’s budding cannabis industry is not living up to its promise of promoting investment in under-resourced communities.A group of applicants and lawmakers said Tuesday the state’s process of using a lottery to give out the 75 dispensary licenses is unjust because it doesn’t give enough weight to the social equity applicants. Two rejected applicants are suing the state to delay the lottery.“It’s a knife through the heart of the black and brown community,” former state...WW…
Chicago police board president says he was hit with batons by officers at protest
Posted: Jun 5, 2020 / 09:16 PM CDTUpdated: Jun 5, 2020 / 09:16 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.CHICAGO — Protestors have filed hundreds of complaints against Chicago police for use of force, and one of those was filed by the president of the Chicago police board who alleges at least one officer attacked him during a Sunday protest.Ghian Foreman did not want to talk about specifics of what happened, but said the focus should be on solutions.Every night on Foreman’s...…Posted: Jun 5, 2020 / 09:16 PM CDTUpdated: Jun 5, 2020 / 09:16 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.CHICAGO — Protestors have filed hundreds of complaints against Chicago police for use of force, and one of those was filed by the president of the Chicago police board who alleges at least one officer attacked him during a Sunday protest.Ghian Foreman did not want to talk about specifics of what happened, but said the focus should be on solutions.Every night on Foreman’s...WW…
‘It’ll be an adjustment for Catholics’: Cupich on Chicago Archdiocese’s plan to slowly reopen parishes
Posted: May 13, 2020 / 08:56 PM CDTUpdated: May 14, 2020 / 10:02 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.CHICAGO — The Archdiocese of Chicago has announced a plan to begin reopening parishes in the coming weeks.since Illinois’s stay-at-home order was put in place due to coronavirus on March 21.“We can’t be naïve about the fact that people are afraid, and expect that people are busting down our doors to get into the church in great mobs,” Cardinal Blase Cupich told WGN....…Posted: May 13, 2020 / 08:56 PM CDTUpdated: May 14, 2020 / 10:02 PM CDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.CHICAGO — The Archdiocese of Chicago has announced a plan to begin reopening parishes in the coming weeks.since Illinois’s stay-at-home order was put in place due to coronavirus on March 21.“We can’t be naïve about the fact that people are afraid, and expect that people are busting down our doors to get into the church in great mobs,” Cardinal Blase Cupich told WGN....WW…
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