July 2020

The Spin: President Trump floats delaying…

Welcome to The Spin, the Chicago Tribune's politics newsletter.
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Hit-and-run driver in custody after…

A driver is in custody for two a hit-and-run crashes in Elgin Tuesday, the second of…
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As daily COVID-19 case count in Illinois…

Gov. J.B. Pritzker took his admonition that parts of Illinois could be headed for a reopening…
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Chicago aldermen tee off on ComEd officials…

As ComEd’s utility deal with the city of Chicago is about to end, aldermen on Thursday…
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Art Institute reopens — and returning…

The Art Institute is back, with familiar favorites in a new, socially distanced environment
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot pulls out of Crain’s…

Mayor Lori Lightfoot pulled out of a virtual roundtable hosted by Crain’s Chicago Business…
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AJ Freund’s father may be nearing…

The father of murdered 5-year-old AJ Freund of Crystal Lake may be nearing a plea deal,…
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Family of man fatally shot outside…

The family of a man fatally shot by a guard near a North Side bar in November has filed…
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R. Kelly lawyers say seizure of sensitive…

Lawyers for indicted singer R. Kelly filed a motion Thursday accusing federal prosecutors…
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Chicago elections board office closes…

The Chicago Board of Elections office closed on Thursday after an employee tested positive…
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2-year-old girl shot, critically wounded…

A toddler was shot and critically injured while riding in a car with her mother in Hammond…
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‘Everything happened so quickly’:…

In June, Mayra Ramirez became the first COVID-19 patient in the U.S. to undergo a double…
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