26 October 2020
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{Suburban|Rural} Cook to be {limited|restricted} to {outdoor|outside} drinking, dining– {two|2} days after {first|very first} snowfall: ‘COVID storm {on the rise|increasing|rising|growing}’
Getty Bars and {restaurants|dining establishments} in {suburban|rural} Cook County and the downstate {Metro|City} East {area|location} will no longer {be able to|have the ability to} serve {patrons|customers|clients} {indoors|inside your home|inside} {beginning|starting} Wednesday as the state {tries|attempts} to {curb|suppress} a
{rise|increase} in coronavirus cases. In addition, {outdoor|outside} service will end at 11 p.m. and {meetings|conferences}, {{social events|gatherings} and other {gatherings|events}|other {gatherings|events} and social {events|occasions}} will be {limited|restricted} to 25 {guests|visitors} or 25 %of {overall|general|total} {room|space} {capacity|capability} in {Region|Area} 10, which is surburban Cook County, and
in {Region|Area} 4, the Illinois {suburbs|suburban areas|residential areas} of St. Louis, Missouri. The {new|brand-new} {restrictions|limitations|constraints} were {announced|revealed} Monday by the {governor|guv}’s {office|workplace} and the Illinois Department of Public Health. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Dr. Ngozi Ezike, the director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, {also|likewise} reported 4,729 {new|brand-new} COVID-19 cases Monday for {a total|an overall} of
378,985 in the state {since|because|considering that|given that} the pandemic {began|started}. It’s the {first time|very first time} the state’s the seven-day case average {has|has actually} {exceeded|surpassed|gone beyond} 4,500. The state {imposed|enforced} {similar|comparable} {restrictions|limitations|constraints} Friday on bars and {restaurants|dining establishments} in DuPage, Kane, Kankakee and Will counties. And Chicago reimposed {a ban|a restriction} on indoor service in bars and a 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew for {restaurants|dining establishments} and other non-essential {businesses|companies|services|organizations}.
{The latest|The most recent|The current} round of {tightened|tightened up} {restrictions|limitations|constraints} on indoor {restaurant|dining establishment} and bar service was {announced|revealed} on the {same|exact same|very same} day that the Chicago {area|location} saw its {first|very first} snowfall of the season.
News
6 p.m. Coronavirus deaths {rising|increasing} {across|throughout} {US|United States}, {just|simply} as {experts|professionals|specialists} feared
BOISE, Idaho– Deaths {per day|each day|daily} from the coronavirus in the U.S. are on the {rise|increase} {again|once again}, {just|simply} as health {experts|professionals|specialists} {had|had actually} feared, and cases are {climbing|climbing up} in {practically|virtually|almost} every state, {despite|in spite of|regardless of} {assurances|guarantees} from President Donald Trump over the weekend that “we’re rounding the turn, we’re doing {great|fantastic|terrific|excellent}.”
With Election Day {just|simply} over a week away, {average|typical} deaths {per day|each day|daily} {across|throughout} the {country|nation} are up 10% over the {past|previous} {two|2} weeks, from 721 to {nearly|almost} 794 {as of|since} Sunday, according to {data|information} from Johns Hopkins University. {Newly|Recently|Freshly} {confirmed|verified|validated} infections {per day|each day|daily} are {rising|increasing} in 47 states, and deaths are up in 34.
Health {experts|professionals|specialists} {had|had actually} {warned|cautioned|alerted} that it was {only|just} a matter of time {before|prior to} deaths turned {upward|up}, {given|provided|offered} the record-breaking {surge|rise} in cases {engulfing|swallowing up} the {country|nation}. Deaths are {a lagging|a delayed} {indicator|sign|indication}– that is, it {generally|typically|normally|usually} takes {a few|a couple of} weeks for {people|individuals} to {sicken and {die|pass away}|{die|pass away} and sicken} from the coronavirus.
{Read|Check out} the {full|complete} story here.
2:51 p.m. Pandemic plunge: 52% {decline|decrease} in Chicago parking tickets, 42% drop in booting
The stay-at-home shutdown and {prolonged|extended} {economic|financial} {slowdown|downturn} {triggered|set off|activated} by the coronavirus pandemic had such a chilling {effect|impact|result} on driving for {business|company|service|organization} and {pleasure|enjoyment|satisfaction}, {auto|car|automobile|vehicle} {insurance|insurance coverage} giants {doled out|administered} {rebates|refunds}.
Now the {impact|effect} is being {profoundly|exceptionally} felt on {two|2} of the city’s {biggest|most significant|greatest} {revenue|income|profits|earnings} generators– {booting and ticketing|ticketing and booting}– {just|simply} when Mayor Lori Lightfoot is {counting on|relying on|depending on} raising {an additional|an extra} $68 million in 2021 from what she calls “{enhanced|improved|boosted} enforcement {initiatives|efforts}.”
{Based on|Based upon} the {first|very first} {six|6} months of this year, the city is on {pace|speed|rate} to {write|compose} 52% {fewer|less} parking tickets in 2020.
{Last year|In 2015}, 2.06 million parking tickets were {issued|provided|released} on the streets of Chicago. Through June 30 of 2020, {only|just} 498,980 tickets were {written|composed}.
Booting is headed for a 42% {decline|decrease}– from 57,196 {during|throughout} all of 2019 to {just|simply} 12,018 {during|throughout} the {first|very first} {six|6} months of 2019.
{Read|Check out} the {full|complete} story from Fran Spielman here.
12:24 p.m. Illinois {one of|among} {seven|7} states reporting record high COVID-19 infection levels this weekend
About half of U.S. states {have|have actually} seen their {highest|greatest} {daily|everyday|day-to-day} infection numbers {so far|up until now} {at some point|eventually|at some time} in October, and the {country|nation} as a whole came {very|extremely|really} {close to|near to|near} back-to-back record {daily|everyday|day-to-day} infection rates on Friday and Saturday.
{Data|Information} from Johns Hopkins University {shows|reveals} that 83,718 {new|brand-new} cases were reported Saturday, {just|simply} shy of the 83,757 infections reported Friday. {Before|Prior to} that, the most cases reported in the United States on a single day {had|had actually} been 77,362, on July 16.
The Institute for Health Metrics and {Evaluation|Assessment|Examination} at the University of Washington, which federal health {officials|authorities} {have|have actually} {used|utilized} as a source for their pandemic {projections|forecasts}, {currently|presently} {forecasts|projections} that the U.S. COVID-19 death toll {could|might} {exceed|surpass|go beyond} 318,000 by Jan. 1.
{As of|Since} Sunday, there were {nearly|almost} 8.6 million {confirmed|verified|validated} infections in the U.S., with 224,906 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
{At least|A minimum of} {seven|7} states– Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio and Oklahoma– saw record high infection levels Saturday. And some Northeastern states {hit|struck} hard in the spring are seeing numbers {bounce back|recover|recuperate|get better}; New Jersey’s toll of 1,909 {new|brand-new} infections Saturday was the most it {had|had actually} seen in a day {since|because|considering that|given that} early {May|Might}.
{Read|Check out} the {full|complete} story here.
10:11 a.m. {Looking back|Recalling} at the Chicago {teachers|instructors} strike a year (and a pandemic) {later|later on}: Was it worth it?
{Exactly|Precisely} one year after Chicago’s {historic|historical} 11-day {teachers|instructors} strike, the Chicago {Teachers|Educators} Union {filed|submitted} {an unfair|an unjust|an unreasonable} labor practice charge {against|versus} the school system Thursday with the {two|2} sides {facing|dealing with} {new|brand-new}, {unprecedented|unmatched|extraordinary} {challenges|difficulties|obstacles}– while holding the {same|exact same|very same} {disdain|contempt|ridicule} for one another.
A rollercoaster strike that {featured|included} {personal|individual} attacks {but|however} ended with {a historic|a historical} {contract|agreement} {should|ought to|must|needs to} have seen both the union and district {move toward|approach} {a productive|an efficient} relationship. {Yet with {a deadly|a fatal|a lethal} pandemic that {requires|needs} more cooperation than ever, the memories of a bruising {contract|agreement} {fight|battle} {have|have actually} {lingered|remained|stuck around}, {hindering|impeding|preventing} any {agreement|contract|arrangement} over {a potential|a prospective|a possible} school {reopening|resuming} even as districts and unions {across|throughout} the {country|nation} {have|have actually} {resolved|fixed|solved} their {differences|distinctions}.
| With {a deadly|a fatal|a lethal} pandemic that {requires|needs} more cooperation than ever, the memories of a bruising {contract|agreement} {fight|battle} {have|have actually} {lingered|remained|stuck around}, {hindering|impeding|preventing} any {agreement|contract|arrangement} over {a potential|a prospective|a possible} school {reopening|resuming} even as districts and unions {across|throughout} the {country|nation} {have|have actually} {resolved|fixed|solved} their {differences|distinctions}.
} {So was the 11-day strike, the CTU’s longest in {three|3} {decades|years}, worth the {damaged|harmed} relationship?|Was the 11-day strike, the CTU’s longest in {three|3} {decades|years}, worth the {damaged|harmed} relationship?} Do the {contract|agreement} {changes|modifications}, {widely|commonly|extensively} hailed as {major|significant} {victories|success|triumphes} for public education in Chicago, still {stand up|stand} a year and one public health {emergency|emergency situation} {later|later on}?
“The {current|present|existing} {contract|agreement} they have, {probably|most likely} more so than previous ones, is {a better|a much better} platform to work from under a public health crisis,” {said|stated} Bob Bruno, a labor {professor|teacher} at the University of Illinois who {has|has actually} studied CPS-CTU {negotiations|settlements} {for years|for many years|for several years}.
{Read|Check out} Nader Issa’s {full|complete} report here.
8:08 a.m. Trump’s {top|leading} {aide|assistant}: ‘we’re not going to {control|manage} the pandemic’
WASHINGTON– The coronavirus {has|has actually} reached into the heart of the White {House|Home} {once more|again|once again}, less than a week {before|prior to} Election Day, as it {scorches|burns|swelters|blisters} {the {nation|country} and the president|the president and the {nation|country}}’s {top|leading} {aide|assistant} {says|states} “we’re not going to {control|manage} the pandemic.” {Officials|Authorities} on Sunday {scoffed at|belittled|discounted} the {notion|concept|idea} of {dialing|calling} back in-person {campaigning|marketing} {despite|in spite of|regardless of} {positive|favorable} tests from {several|a number of|numerous} {aides|assistants} to Vice President Mike Pence, who leads the White {House|Home} coronavirus {task|job} force.
White {House|Home} chief of {staff|personnel} Mark Meadows, {pressed|pushed} to {explain|discuss|describe} why the pandemic can not be {reined in|checked|controlled}, {said|stated}, “{Because|Since|Due to the fact that} it is {a contagious|an infectious} {virus|infection} {just like|much like|similar to} the {flu|influenza}.” He {told|informed} CNN’s “State of the Union” that the {government|federal government} was {focused on|concentrated on} getting {effective|efficient|reliable} {therapeutics|rehabs|therapies} and vaccines to market.
Pence, who {tested|evaluated|checked} {negative|unfavorable} on Sunday, according to his {office|workplace}, {planned|prepared} an afternoon rally in North Carolina, while the president was {scheduled|arranged|set up} to be in New Hampshire and Maine. Democrat Joe Biden {attended|went to|participated in} church in the {morning|early morning} and {planned|prepared} to {participate in|take part in} a virtual get-out-the-vote {concert|show|performance} {at night|in the evening|during the night}. His running mate, Kamala Harris, {told|informed} {reporters|press reporters} in Michigan that Pence {should|ought to|must|need to} follow federal health {guidelines|standards}.
“We’re doing it, I {think|believe} that we {have|have actually} {modeled|designed} the right and {good behavior|etiquette}, and they {should|ought to|must|need to} take our lead,” {said|stated} the California senator, who {had|had actually} {paused|stopped briefly} in-person {campaigning|marketing} for {several|a number of|numerous} days {earlier|previously} this month after {an aide|an assistant} and member of the {campaign|project}’s flight {crew|team} test {positive|favorable}.
{Read|Check out} the {full|complete} story here.
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Analysis & & Commentary 7:11 a.m. Democrat Rep. Sean
Casten, {Republican|Republican Politician} Jeanne Ives at {odds|chances} over COVID-19 {response|reaction|action} in Illinois 6 Congress race The {role|function} of {government|federal government} in {managing|handling} the COVID-19 pandemic is
{a defining|a specifying} {issue|problem|concern} in the congressional {battle|fight} {between|in between} freshman Democratic Rep. Sean Casten and {Republican|Republican politician} {challenger|opposition} Jeanne Ives. Casten {said|stated} in a WGN-TV {debate|argument|dispute} that Ives”{celebrates|commemorates} {ignorance|lack of knowledge} “when it {comes to|concerns|pertains to} the science of {dealing with|handling} coronavirus infections. Ives {said|stated} {politicians|political leaders} like Casten “{don’t|do not} trust you to make {decisions|choices}”when it {comes to|concerns|pertains to} whether there {should|ought to|must|need to} be {mandates|requireds} to {wear|use} masks or {rules|guidelines} about {eating|consuming} in {restaurants|dining establishments}.”You are {treating|dealing with} {adults|grownups} like {children|kids},”she {said|stated}. The twin health and {economic crises|recessions} {speak to|talk to|speak with} Casten and Ives– {very|extremely|really} {differently|in a different way}. Casten’s political {brand|brand name} is {built|developed|constructed} on
his background in science with {climate|environment} {change|alter} his {central|main} {issue|problem|concern}. Ives ‘{reputation|credibility|track record} as {a fierce|an intense|a strong} social
and anti-tax {fiscal|financial} conservative was {solidified|strengthened} when the three-term state {representative|agent} {took on|handled} her own {party|celebration} {establishment|facility} in her {nearly|almost} {successful|effective} 2018 GOP {primary|main} {bid|quote} {against|versus} then-Gov. Bruce Rauner. {Read|Check out} Lynn {Sweet|Sugary food}’s {full|complete} column here.Source: chicago.suntimes.com
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{a defining|a specifying} {issue|problem|concern} in the congressional {battle|fight} {between|in between} freshman Democratic Rep. Sean Casten and {Republican|Republican politician} {challenger|opposition} Jeanne Ives. Casten {said|stated} in a WGN-TV {debate|argument|dispute} that Ives”{celebrates|commemorates} {ignorance|lack of knowledge} “when it {comes to|concerns|pertains to} the science of {dealing with|handling} coronavirus infections. Ives {said|stated} {politicians|political leaders} like Casten “{don’t|do not} trust you to make {decisions|choices}”when it {comes to|concerns|pertains to} whether there {should|ought to|must|need to} be {mandates|requireds} to {wear|use} masks or {rules|guidelines} about {eating|consuming} in {restaurants|dining establishments}.”You are {treating|dealing with} {adults|grownups} like {children|kids},”she {said|stated}. The twin health and {economic crises|recessions} {speak to|talk to|speak with} Casten and Ives– {very|extremely|really} {differently|in a different way}. Casten’s political {brand|brand name} is {built|developed|constructed} on
his background in science with {climate|environment} {change|alter} his {central|main} {issue|problem|concern}. Ives ‘{reputation|credibility|track record} as {a fierce|an intense|a strong} social
and anti-tax {fiscal|financial} conservative was {solidified|strengthened} when the three-term state {representative|agent} {took on|handled} her own {party|celebration} {establishment|facility} in her {nearly|almost} {successful|effective} 2018 GOP {primary|main} {bid|quote} {against|versus} then-Gov. Bruce Rauner. {Read|Check out} Lynn {Sweet|Sugary food}’s {full|complete} column here.Source: chicago.suntimes.com