AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneApr 22, 2021 at 3:43 pmCiting a long-awaited increase in COVID-19 vaccine supply, Chicago’s public health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady on Thursday said all city mass vaccination sites will accept walk-in appointments starting Friday.The locations, which include the United Center site that is run in conjunction with the federal government, will open up access in order to accommodate residents who don’t want to or cannot schedule appointments ahead of time, Arwady said during a Thursday question-and-answer session. The announcement comes after three Cook...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneApr 22, 2021 at 3:43 pmCiting a long-awaited increase in COVID-19 vaccine supply, Chicago’s public health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady on Thursday said all city mass vaccination sites will accept walk-in appointments starting Friday.The locations, which include the United Center site that is run in conjunction with the federal government, will open up access in order to accommodate residents who don’t want to or cannot schedule appointments ahead of time, Arwady said during a Thursday question-and-answer session. The announcement comes after three Cook...WW…

AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneApr 16, 2021 at 7:05 pmA proposal from Mayor Lori Lightfoot to add a handful of elected seats to the Chicago Board of Education was introduced in the Illinois Senate on Thursday, just as the state House approved a measure to create a fully elected board.Lightfoot supported an elected board for Chicago Public Schools during her successful 2019 mayoral campaign, but has shifted her stance since taking office. She’s called the 21-member board in the House proposal “unwieldy,” and her office and CPS officials argue that the structure could jeopardize the improved...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneApr 16, 2021 at 7:05 pmA proposal from Mayor Lori Lightfoot to add a handful of elected seats to the Chicago Board of Education was introduced in the Illinois Senate on Thursday, just as the state House approved a measure to create a fully elected board.Lightfoot supported an elected board for Chicago Public Schools during her successful 2019 mayoral campaign, but has shifted her stance since taking office. She’s called the 21-member board in the House proposal “unwieldy,” and her office and CPS officials argue that the structure could jeopardize the improved...WW…

AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneMar 29, 2021 at 5:17 pmWhile almost 70% of Illinois residents 65 and over have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, an increase in COVID-19 cases, positivity rates and hospitalizations will keep the state from cracking the door any further under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s gradual reopening plan.And it could be a while before Pritzker’s “bridge” phase — an in-between period before full reopening — kicks in. State officials will be looking for a sustained decrease in measures of virus transmission over the course of at least 10 days before considering...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneMar 29, 2021 at 5:17 pmWhile almost 70% of Illinois residents 65 and over have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, an increase in COVID-19 cases, positivity rates and hospitalizations will keep the state from cracking the door any further under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s gradual reopening plan.And it could be a while before Pritzker’s “bridge” phase — an in-between period before full reopening — kicks in. State officials will be looking for a sustained decrease in measures of virus transmission over the course of at least 10 days before considering...WW…

AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneMar 05, 2021 at 11:34 amIn the Land of Lincoln, it might be hard for some to imagine what could tarnish the legacy of “Honest Abe,” the nation’s 16th president, who led the country through perhaps its most challenging moral and political crisis. Or that of Ulysses S. Grant, who helped win the Civil War and whose monument towers above, yes, Lincoln Park.Yet five statues of Abraham Lincoln, as well as the one of Grant, were among 41 “problematic” monuments flagged by Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration as part of a review following last year’s late-night...…AdvertisementBy Chicago TribuneMar 05, 2021 at 11:34 amIn the Land of Lincoln, it might be hard for some to imagine what could tarnish the legacy of “Honest Abe,” the nation’s 16th president, who led the country through perhaps its most challenging moral and political crisis. Or that of Ulysses S. Grant, who helped win the Civil War and whose monument towers above, yes, Lincoln Park.Yet five statues of Abraham Lincoln, as well as the one of Grant, were among 41 “problematic” monuments flagged by Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration as part of a review following last year’s late-night...WW…