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The chief of staff to newly-elected Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch tested positive for COVID-19 while lawmakers were in Springfield this week for the lame duck session and the inauguration of the new Illinois General Assembly.
Parents and teachers in the 25th Ward are calling the CPS reopening plan poorly conceived. One parent said it's even affecting her son's remote learning.
President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled his $1.9 trillion coronavirus economic relief package, an ambitious plan that includes a drive to vaccinate 100 million people in his first 100 days in office.
One of the biggest problems faced by the Illinois Department of Employment Security continues to be skyrocketing fraud claims.
Two police sources tell CBS2 Investigator Brad Edwards at least a dozen officers and command staff will face multi-week suspensions.
Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is being charged with two counts of willful neglect of duty stemming from the Flint water crisis, according to online court documents.
A man was arrested on the Northwest Side Wednesday in connection with the assault on the U.S. Capitol last week.
Sources told CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov that Welch has secured the necessary votes from House Democrats to win the speakership when the new Illinois General Assembly is sworn in Wednesday afternoon.
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois) announced Tuesday that he will be voting to impeach President Donald Trump following the assault on the U.S. Capitol last week.
Hundreds of Chicago firefighters who got COVID-19 said they were stunned when they were told it is not considered an on-the-job illness.
If President Donald Trump is impeached a second time and convicted, there is a call for the sign bearing his last name on Chicago's Trump Tower to come down.
Welch joined the race for Speaker on Monday after Madigan suspended his own campaign and challenged the House Democratic Caucus to "work to find someone, other than me, to get 60 votes for Speaker."
Schneider blasted "the selfishness and arrogance of the anti-maskers who put their own contempt and disregard for decency ahead of the health and safety of their colleagues and our staff."
The Chicago Public Schools on Monday said 145 school employees were classified as "absent without leave" as in-person classes for some students resumed.
According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, as of Monday, there have been 209 coronavirus cases at the Illinois Veterans Home in LaSalle, including 36 deaths.
