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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.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker set to loosen rules gradually before full reopening of Illinois — but Dr. Ngozi Ezike says for now, ‘we’re not getting rid of masks’

March 15, 2021 at 6:31 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration is set to add steps that will more gradually move the state from the coronavirus restrictions now in place to a full reopening, officials said Monday....

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza talks during the One Chicago for All forum at UIC on Jan. 12, 2019, when she was a candidate for Chicago mayor.

Pandemic prompts state to offer break on overdue traffic fines and other fees for low-income residents

March 15, 2021 at 2:55 p.m.

Low-income Illinois residents who owe outstanding fines or fees in Chicago and many suburbs won't have the money taken out of their state income tax returns this year under a...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks at a press conference announcing a new healthcare and hospital transformation bill at Loretto Hospital on Friday, March 12, 2021 in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

El 1 de mayo todos los adultos en Illinois serían elegibles para la vacuna, confía el Gobernador

March 12, 2021 at 5:02 p.m.

El gobernador J.B. Pritzker dijo el viernes que Illinois no debería tener problemas para cumplir con la fecha límite del 1 de mayo del presidente Joe Biden para abrir la...

Pritzker says he’s confident Illinois can meet Biden’s May 1 deadline for making all adults eligible for a coronavirus shot

March 12, 2021 at 7:04 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday said Illinois shouldn't have a problem meeting President Joe Biden's May 1 deadline for opening up vaccine eligibility to all adults. "I am confident that...

Half of Illinois residents 65 and up have now received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, state officials say

March 9, 2021 at 5:13 p.m.

Half of Illinois residents age 65 and over have now received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, state public health officials reported Tuesday. Officials said 75,372 doses were...

Final preparations are underway for the United Center COVID-19 vaccination site March 8, 2021, in Chicago.

Lightfoot defends decision to limit United Center mass vaccination site to Chicago residents

March 8, 2021 at 6:06 p.m.

A day before the mass vaccination site at the United Center is set to open, Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday defended a last-minute policy shift that led to some confusion...

Wrigley Field campus could become city’s next COVID-19 mass inoculation site, as United Center poised to open early and Biden says US will have enough adult vaccines by end of May

March 7, 2021 at 6:57 p.m.

As public health officials scramble to more quickly inoculate people against the coronavirus, plans surfaced Tuesday that Advocate Aurora Health is working to host a mass vaccination site at the...

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