Good afternoon! It’s Tuesday, and I have to get ready for my second job of reading comic books on the couch and doing as little physical exercise as possible for the next five hours. Here’s what you need to know today.

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1. All American adults should be eligible for vaccines in two weeks, Biden says

President Joe Biden will direct states to open up vaccine eligibility to all adults by April 19, weeks sooner than the previous goal of May 1. In Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker last month announced that everyone 16 and over will be eligible on April 12. [NPR]

It’s not immediately clear if Chicago, which determines its own vaccine rules, will expand eligibility to meet Biden’s new target date. Mayor Lori Lightfoot has previously said the city would meet the original May 1 deadline.

Lightfoot and Pritzker met today with Vice President Kamala Harris, who toured a vaccination site in Chicago. [Chicago Tribune]

Both the governor and the mayor were expected to take questions from reporters after Harris’ visit, but neither showed up at a scheduled press conference, creating confusion and further raising questions about their relationship. Their absences happened to take place as a small but loud group of protesters demonstrated nearby over the police killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo.

You can find a minute-by-minute account of the bizarre situation on Twitter from Chicago Tribune reporter Gregory Pratt and Block Club Chicago Reporter Kelly Bauer.

Lightfoot’s office announced shortly afterward the mayor will appear at her own press conference. Lightfoot and Pritzker are rarely seen together.

Like many parts of the nation, Illinois is in a race to vaccinate residents as coronavirus cases increase. In Chicago, officials are reporting an average of 597 cases per day, up 24% from last week. The city’s positivity rate is 5.1% compared to last week’s 4.2%. [COVID Dashboard]

2. Is Preckwinkle pressing Lightfoot on an elected school board?

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Democratic ward bosses tomorrow will consider endorsing state legislation opposed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot that would create an elected school board.

Lightfoot campaigned on promises to create an elected school board, but last month she told The New York Times that grade schools wouldn’t have reopened this year if the school district was not under mayoral control.

“It definitely feels like [Cook County Board President Toni] Preckwinkle is trying to put the screws to Mayor Lightfoot to take action on an elected school board — or at least show that President Preckwinkle is standing in solidarity with teachers,” Chicago Ald. Ray Lopez, who is also a Democratic committeeperson, told the Sun-Times.

The newspaper reports that the Chicago Teachers Union, which endorsed Preckwinkle over Lightfoot for mayor, did not ask the county president to take a party vote on the legislation. [Sun-Times]

3. Little Village residents demand answers in police killing of Adam Toledo

Neighbors gathered last night to honor 13-year-old Adam Toledo as city officials struggle to explain the events surrounding the teenager’s death.

“That’s somebody’s son. That’s somebody’s brother. This kid had a family, and that’s us. That’s our son, too,” said Baltazar Enriquez, who lives not far from where police shot and killed Adam. “[The mayor’s] been saying release the tape. And yet it’s been a week, and we still don’t have those tapes.” [WBEZ]

Among the biggest questions is why did officers shoot Adam. Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Adam had a gun, but Police Superintendent David Brown has so far refused to say if Adam or someone else was carrying a weapon. Block Club Chicago looks at what we know about the shooting and, more importantly, what questions remain unanswered. [Block Club]

Meanwhile, a 2-year-old is in critical condition after being shot today on Lake Shore Drive near Grant Park. [Chicago Sun-Times]

4. Democrats, hoping to pass major infrastructure bill, get good news from Senate referee

The Senate’s nonpartisan parliamentarian decided that Democrats can use a fast-track process known as budget reconciliation more than once during a fiscal year, according to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office.

That means Democrats can advance President Joe Biden’s agenda without any Republican support. But, somewhat paradoxically, the parliamentarian’s decision could also make it easier for Democrats to gain Republican votes on elements of President Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan.

That’s because Democrats could chop up Biden’s plan into smaller pieces under budget reconciliation, a move that could make it easier for some Republicans to support parts of the plan without swallowing a corporate tax rate that the GOP opposes. [NPR]

5. Iran and the U.S. begin talks on reviving nuclear deal

U.S. and Iranian officials today began indirect talks over a return to the embattled nuclear agreement forged in 2015. Officials from both countries won’t be meeting face-to-face this week in Vienna, but will instead use intermediaries from Europe, Russia and China, reports NPR.

Robert Malley, the special envoy for the Biden administration who is heading the U.S. delegation in Vienna, told NPR that this week’s talks are the first step in a complex process.

“This is going to involve discussions about identifying the steps that the U.S. has to take and identifying the steps that Iran is going to have to take,” he says. “Because they’ve been increasingly in noncompliance with their nuclear commitments.” [NPR]

Here’s what else is happening

• Chicago-based United Airlines wants to hire 5,000 new pilots this decade, with half of them being women and people of color. [AP]
• Jurors in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin heard testimony from experts in crisis training. [NPR]
• Former Obama Cabinet member Ray LaHood resigned from the Illinois board overseeing the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum — just days after federal prosecutors say he didn’t disclose receiving $50,000 from a foreign national. [WBEZ]
• Some Illinois Facebook users will have to wait longer for their piece of a $650 million class-action privacy settlement. [Chicago Tribune]

Oh, and one more thing …

Don’t like your job? About 1 in 4 workers say they plan to get new jobs after the pandemic is over, according to a survey from Prudential.

The financial company also found that 1 in 3 Americans would not want to work for an employer who required them to be onsite full time. But nearly half of remote workers surveyed said they would worry about their job security if they continued working from home while others returned to the office. [Axios]

Tell me something good …

What’s a good TV show or movie you’ve watched recently? I’m looking for suggestions, because I’m really hitting the bottom of the barrel after more than a year in this lousy pandemic.

Nancy Frankel writes:

“Last night I watched The Father, with Anthony Hopkins giving an astonishing performance as a man with dementia. The story is told from his perspective, with all the confusion, anger and sadness that entails. It was incredibly moving and unforgettable. Highly recommended.”

Feel free to email me at therundown@wbez.org or tweet me at @whuntah.

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