
Cook County Plans To Resume Jury Trials In February, But Will Jurors Show Up?
Thousands have been waiting in limbo because of the pandemic, but employees are scared that resuming trials could put them in danger.
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Thousands have been waiting in limbo because of the pandemic, but employees are scared that resuming trials could put them in danger.
Los vendedores temen que el plan de reurbanización los va a eliminar. Pero el concejal dice que hay lugar para todos en el Discount Mall de La Villita: “Target no va a vender un vestido de quinceañera”.
The variant, which was first discovered in the U.K., was found in a person who had traveled overseas. The news comes as Gov. JB Pritzker rolls back restrictions in some areas of the state.
The governor says he’ll activate 250 soldiers to protect the Springfield Capitol from the potential for armed violence ahead of Wednesday’s presidential inauguration.
While some families were relieved to be back, opposition continues as the first COVID-19 cases crop up in reopened schools.
Even when controlling for politics, research shows rural residents are less likely to want a vaccine than urban and suburban dwellers.
At a Martin Luther King Day event, Mariame Kaba, known for her work on prison abolition, said students are “taking up King’s struggle.”
“Everywhere in life, everywhere in the world, there has to be bosses.” From the garbage truck to the king of patronage, the legacy of Michael Madigan.
The legislation, opposed by law enforcement groups, is in response to protests this summer over police violence.
Welch replaces Michael J. Madigan as House Speaker, ending Madigan’s decades-long grip on power.