Final Tally: More Than 1,750 Chicago Police Officers Won’t Have to Get Vaccinated – WTTW (Chicago)
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration has not moved to terminate a single police officer for failing to comply with the order in the more than two months since the final deadline passed. Of the city’s total workforce of 31,101 employees, 8.3% do not have to be vaccinated against COVID-19, with 67 exemption requests still pending.
Gov. JB Pritzker on Saturday spoke at the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s annual convention, a move widely seen as an expression of interest in running for president.
The good news for Illinois: the number of unemployed Illinoisans is down by over 110,000 compared to a year ago. The bad news: the state is tied with Pennsylvania for the nation’s 4th-worst unemployment rate.