CHICAGO — Although the Chicago Pride Parade for this year has been cancelled, thousands showed up for a march that organizers said was taking Pride to its origins as a protest.
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Illinois AG tests positive for coronavirus
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SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Tuesday that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
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ACLU of Illinois condemns Catholic Charities brief for LGBTQ adoption discrimination
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CHICAGO — The ACLU of Illinois condemned an amicus brief filed by Joliet- and Springfield-based Catholic Charities in a U.S. Supreme Court case on LGBTQ adoption.
The Supreme Court is hearing a lawsuit brought by Catholic Social Services (CSS) and three foster parents against Philadelphia in 2018. The city had excluded the organization in city services because it refused to allow same-sex couples to become foster parents from the city’s foster care system.
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Illinois Gov., Chicago mayor run out of fucks to give
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CHICAGO — Neither Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot held back in criticizing the Trump administration’s response and commentary on the Minneapolis uprising.
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Illinois events in support of George Floyd protests
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CHICAGO — There are several protests and vigils planned in reaction to the police killing of George Floyd across Illinois.
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Can’t Stop Our Pride: One Day One Illinois virtual Pride even in June
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CHICAGO — Equality Illinois is hosting an online, statewide Pride celebration since events across the state have been cancelled or delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Pritzker pulls back on emergency order penalties
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SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has taken back an emergency rule that would let businesses get charged with a felony if they opened during quarantine.
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Illinois increases penalties for violating order, but push back grows
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CHICAGO — On Friday, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker filed an emergency rule that would increase the penalty for businesses that reopen too early.
According to WTTW, a Chicago PBS station, the change would codify it under Illinois Department of Public Health regulations as a Class A misdemeanor. A Class A misdemeanor is punishable by a fine between $75 and $2,500.
People who are opposing the continuing shelter-in-place orders cried foul.
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Lilly Wachowski reads Ivanka, Elon Musk after ‘red pill’ tweet
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CHICAGO — Lilly Wachowski, co-creator of The Matrix franchise, was not pleased when Elon Musk, billionaire and coronavirus “hoaxer,” tweeted that people should take the “red pill.”
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Illinois records 2,432 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday
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SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) on Friday announced 2,432 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 130 additional deaths.