Mayor says overnight looting downtown had nothing to do with First Amendment protesting

Calls on witnesses to step forward in cases of street gang retaliation murders like this week’s brazen Gold Coast shootout on Oak St.

Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady says households are 10 times riskier for COVID and so she says those in hi-risk categories at least consider wearing a face mask at home

Professional sports exempted, but high schools, youth groups & adult recreational programs are getting various restrictions Aug 15th.

Meantime, Mayor Lightfoot says Wisconsin will be added to Chicago’s quarantine list later this week.

Gov Pritizker & Mayor Lightfoot join top officials of the U.S. Dept of Energy and Argonne & Fermi labs for announcement at U of Chicago

but she say she wouldn’t put anything past Trump

The utility is admitting it hired political allies of House Speaker Mike Madigan in order to get favorable treatment from the legislature

says she may go back to Phase 3, closing bars and perhaps restaurants and gyms too because of a jump in new Covid cases among those 18-29.

She says she’s very concerned about rising COVID-19 cases among those 18-29

Mayor says CPS will re-open with “cautious conditioning”

also in committee, a ban on flavored cigarettes stalled

Says everyone needs not only to wrap their arms around the victims, “but the shooters as well.”