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* Tribune’s live blog

Nearly 200 residents, staff at Cicero nursing home test positive for COVID-19 as at least 5 deaths reported at facility

Smartphone location data can tell if people stay home during the pandemic. Experts worry users are sacrificing privacy for safety.

Pritzker says White House has promised to help get Illinois COVID-19 testing swabs

Open the economy or save lives? It’s not that simple. From the experts, 7 ways to talk politics in the COVID-19 era.

Chicago to give $5,000 grants to small businesses with four or fewer employees in lower-income neighborhoods

As domestic violence calls rise, free hotel rooms are being offered to victims

As Illinois facial covering requirement nears, Lightfoot and opponents put forward dueling plans to distribute masks in Chicago

Hormel furloughs 150 employees at its Fontanini Foods’ Italian sausage plant in McCook

Expect changes if college campuses reopen in the fall: ‘All of this is in uncharted waters’

Donors come to rescue of Illinois school district struggling with digital divide

* Sun-Times live blog

CDC now recommends social distancing for pets

Mayor Lightfoot announces grant program for microbusinesses

Founder of South Side nonprofit doles out COVID-19 supplies to hard hit black community

White House vows to send Illinois 20K swabs per day in May to expand testing: Pritzker

What reopening looks like in states lifting lockdowns

Mask safety tips: Sizing questions, washing instructions and more

El Milagro closes tortilla factory for two weeks after employee dies from coronavirus

Lakers return $4.6 million from coronavirus stimulus loan program

Eighteen employees at a Tootsie Roll manufacturing plant in Chicago have tested positive for COVID-19 since the end of March.

Chicago police announced Monday 21 more cases of COVID-19, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the department to 414.

In fight against COVID-19, house party is a slap in the face

And that’s all I had time for today. Sorry!

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Apr 28, 20 @ 2:24 pm

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