Marni Pyke
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Smaller, but lots of swagger: Chicago Auto show vrooms back with focus on electricsFeb 10, 2022 12:00 am - The Chicago Auto Show is back indoors at McCormick Place with some major changes reflecting pandemic and market uncertainties, but enough eye-catching chrome and tire-ki...
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Pritzker to drop mask mandate indoors by Feb. 28, but not yet for schoolsFeb 09, 2022 12:00 am - If COVID-19 metrics continue to improve, Illinoisans can cast off their masks indoors in most public spaces on Feb. 28, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday, but schools wi...
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Cook County offers $100 incentive for getting a COVID shotFeb 09, 2022 12:00 am - The state's positivity rate for COVID-19 cases dipped below 5% for the first time since Dec. 18, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Wednesday. New cases of...
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State poised to relax indoor masking rules, but maybe not so fast with schools, Pritzker saysFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - Illinoisans should expect easing in COVID-19 rules regarding masking indoors soon, but it's unclear if that will affect schools, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Tuesday. An ann...
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With supply low and demand high, Chicago Auto Show is the place to be for car buyersFeb 07, 2022 4:30 am - Combine a meager supply of vehicles with pumped-up consumer demand, and the Chicago Auto Show is more relevant than ever, organizers think. "Inventory is still tight, an...
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Focus on expressway shootings after 2021 spike results in 20 arrestsFeb 07, 2022 12:00 am - Charges include first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated fleeing and eluding. The crackdown began Oct. 1, 2021, after an u...
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School mask decision by judge 'cultivates chaos,' Pritzker saysFeb 07, 2022 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker Monday blasted a downstate judge's order temporarily lifting face mask restrictions at numerous school districts as sowing "chaos" amid the COVID-19 p...
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DuPage Republican strategist joins Sullivan ticket as lieutenant governor candidateFeb 04, 2022 12:00 am - GOP gubernatorial candidate Jesse Sullivan has chosen Republican strategist and communications expert Kathleen Murphy of Warrenville as his running mate for lieutenant g...
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'The proof's in the details': Suburban mayors, business leaders react to Pritzker budgetFeb 03, 2022 4:00 am - Suburban officials and experts had mixed reactions to Gov. J.B. Pritzker's budget proposals Wednesday. In his speech, Pritzker advanced an "Illinois Family Relief Plan" ...
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'It's not just teachers in front of kids': How suburban schools have dealt with the omicron surgeFeb 02, 2022 4:00 am - By the fall of 2021, parents and teachers had the COVID-19 playbook down — masking, social distancing, vaccinations. Then came omicron. The super-infectious COVID-19 var...