Illinois forums up home windows at state Capitol, turns on

SPRINGFIELD — In a sobering signal of the days, plywood went up over home windows of the Illinois State Capitol on Friday, and Gov. J.B. Pritzker activated every other 250 contributors of the Illinois National Guard. Unlike the sooner Guard contributors that the governor activated for responsibility in Washington, D.C., the most recent contingent shall be charged with conserving the peace right here within the central Illinois town the place Abraham Lincoln gave his well-known “House Divided” speech. It all stems from an FBI intelligence briefing caution of armed protests deliberate in all 50 state capitals in a country divided within the week main as much as the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. “Following the violent siege at our

State Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch to get Latinx Caucus

SPRINGFIELD — State Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch collected a very powerful reinforce in his bid to be the following speaker of the Illinois House on Tuesday, selecting up backing from the Latinx Caucus and seeing two of his competitors go out the race. And in a vote overdue Tuesday, 50 House Democrats voted for Welch for speaker, and 15 voted for downstate state Rep. Jay Hoffman, assets instructed the Chicago Sun-Times. Another 18 voted provide. Sixty votes are had to develop into speaker. The reinforce from Hispanic legislators comes an afternoon after the Black Caucus selected the Hillside Democrat as its candidate, assets instructed the Chicago Sun-Times. Three assets — one in every of them throughout the House Latinx Caucus

Indiana State Trooper injured in crash on I-80/94

An Indiana State Trooper used to be hospitalized Christmas morning after a crash on Interstate 80/94 in Hammond, Indiana. The crash used to be considered one of a number of that came about prior to 8:30 a.m. within the westbound lanes of I-80/94 close to Indianapolis Boulevard, in step with Indiana State Police Sgt. Glenn Fofield. A state trooper used to be taken to Munster Community Hospital, the place their situation used to be stabilized, Fofield mentioned. Details in regards to the crash, together with whether or not somebody else used to be injured, weren't straight away identified. All lanes on I-80/94 have been reopened by means of 10 a.m., Fofield mentioned, and crews have been laying down salt

Big Ten: Northwestern-Ohio State leads the way in which on

How ordinary and topsy-turvy has this pandemic season in school soccer been? So ordinary, playoff berths are at the line Saturday and the most productive bets to get into the four-team box are Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Notre Dame. Wait, that isn’t ordinary in any respect. But the entirety else has been extra three-sheets-to-the-wind than your Uncle Earl at after-hours karaoke, OK? Conferences opening play on utterly other schedules. Countless recreation postponements and cancellations, together with no less than 3 of the latter (Purdue-Indiana, Michigan-Iowa, Michigan State-Maryland) within the Big Ten all through this newfangled “Champions Week.” Star avid gamers opting out. Star coaches checking out certain. On and on, but right here we're. Before the playoff variety committee

COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Illinois as state publicizes

Illinois on Monday won its first COVID-19 vaccine shipments and staff hit the bottom working to start out distributing doses to hospitals across the state, with vaccinations starting Tuesday for frontline well being care staff. About 109,000 doses had been anticipated to be dropped at Illinois between preliminary shipments Monday and any other spherical of deliveries anticipated Wednesday, Pritzker mentioned. Chicago won an instantaneous cargo of about 23,000 doses, with the primary pictures anticipated to be administered to staff at Loretto Hospital, 645 S. Central Ave., Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. The procedure that will probably be streamed survive the mayor’s social media accounts, in step with the Chicago Department of Public Health. The ultimate 86,000 are earmarked for the

State prisoners must be amongst those that get pandemic

I agree that medical institution and different well being care staff and citizens of long-term care amenities must get precedence for receiving the brand new COVID-19 vaccine. But allow us to now not put out of your mind the 40,000 other folks filled into Illinois prisons and the jail body of workers, plus the 1000's extra in county jails far and wide the state. Illinois has abolished the loss of life penalty however those women and men are going through loss of life from this pandemic; it's raging thru amenities the place social distancing isn't a call they are able to make, and the place checking out, overlaying and cleansing provides aren't readily to be had. SEND LETTERS TO:

AIDS activism sharpened state and native reaction to

Lessons realized many years in the past from the activism spawned by way of the anemic govt reaction to the AIDS pandemic helped sharpen the state and native reaction to the coronavirus, Mayor Lori Lightfoot mentioned Tuesday. Lightfoot drew what she known as a “straight line” between the 2 pandemics throughout a “virtual conversation” with different mayors to commemorate World AIDS Day 2020. The discussion board was once subsidized by way of the National AIDS Memorial and integrated New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Robert Garcia, their counterpart in Long Beach, Ca. Chicago’s first openly-gay mayor recalled having traveled to New York City for a Pride Parade in a while after popping out to her oldsters. She