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ROUNDUP: As Illinois reopens, pandemic response leaves hardest hit behind
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Here’s what we’re reading as Illinois and Chicago prepare to advance into the next phase of reopening businesses and public spaces.
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What’s open in your region of Illinois’ coronavirus plan?
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Search by address to track stages of the four regions created under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s reopening plan to phase out stay-at-home orders as the pandemic unfolds.
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ROUNDUP: Resistance in Chicago and Illinois as stay-at-home order extended
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As COVID-19 deaths spike and another month of shutdown kicks in, residents across the state are demanding more from officials.
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ROUNDUP: Power plays in COVID-19 fight as peak remains out-of-sight in Chicago and Illinois
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With the state stay-at-home order extended through May, officials spar over how best to manage relief and respond to the still escalating pandemic.
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ROUNDUP: Little room to breathe as Chicago and Illinois fight to bend the COVID-19 curve
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The costs of containing the pandemic continue to escalate especially among vulnerable populations and communities of color across the city and state.
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ROUNDUP: Race takes center stage ahead of Illinois’ anticipated COVID-19 peak
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Stark disparities in the impact of the crisis emerge as the state marks one month of staying at home and officials are pressed to do more to protect the most vulnerable, including essential workers and the incarcerated.
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Black people across Illinois are dying from COVID-19 at 3.4 times the rate of the white population
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The impact of the coronavirus on Latinx and Hispanic communities is likely underreported due to incomplete demographic data, authorities say.
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ROUNDUP: Chicago and Illinois brace for mounting COVID-19 deaths, adjust to new normal
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Here’s everything you might have missed in week three of the pandemic as conditions remain dire on numerous fronts while promised federal aid may offer some relief.
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ROUNDUP: Chicago and Illinois take more drastic measures in week two of COVID-19 crisis
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As confirmed coronavirus cases climb into the thousands for Illinois, state and city officials, businesses and communities rally to fight the disease as questions remain about protecting the most vulnerable residents and workers.
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ROUNDUP: How the Chicago region is grappling with the coronavirus pandemic
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Here’s your summary of the latest in how local residents and officials are dealing with the strictest social distancing orders yet as jobless claims soar and local healthcare systems brace for the worst.