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Chicago Tribune: Mayor Lori Lightfoot earned more than $350K from law firm during first year in office, tax return shows
Mayor Lori Lightfoot reported making $497,000 in 2019, her first year in office, according to a tax return released by the mayor’s office.
Lightfoot, who took office on May 20 that year, made $111,120 in city wages for the portion of the year she was mayor and $352,645 from Mayer Brown, her former law firm, the return shows.
Chicago Sun-Times: Pritzker OKs local officials to vaccinate anyone 16 and up — ahead of deadline Chicago already won’t meet
Citing a “concerning possible trend” in rising COVID-19 infection rates statewide, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday deployed vaccination teams to five hard-hit counties in northwestern Illinois and authorized other local health departments to expand eligibility to get more shots into arms as quickly as possible.
Public health officials say they’ve seen demand slow down in a number of counties, leaving appointments unfilled while the average statewide coronavirus testing positivity rate has increased by 38% in less than two weeks.
Chicago Tribune: Tallying up indoor dining ban fines: Chicago dinged restaurant and bar owners; suburban counties issued warnings
While Chicago levied hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines on bars, restaurants and other businesses for violating COVID-19 restrictions during the pandemic’s first year, suburban county governments largely let scofflaws off the hook, a Tribune review of public records found.
Hundreds of city businesses faced fines between $200 and $12,000 for a variety of violations, including remaining open during mandatory shutdowns, having too many people eating and drinking indoors, and a lack of masking on staff and patrons.