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Chicago Restauranteurs: Data Refutes Need For Indoor Dining Ban
Chicago group says city public health data shows "no significant statistical link" between the spread of COVID-19 and restaurants.
Mark Konkol, Patch Contributing Writer
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Mark Konkol, recipient of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting, wrote and produced the Peabody Award-winning series "Time: The Kalief Browder Story." He was a producer, writer and narrator for the "Chicagoland" docuseries on CNN and a consulting producer on the Showtime documentary "16 Shots."
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Take It From A City That Knows: Rahm Emanuel Is Bad For America
KONKOL COLUMN: President-elect Biden need look no further than post-Rahm Emanuel Chicago to see hiring divisive former mayor is a bad idea.
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Chicago Travel Quarantine Order Now Affects Nearly All States
Now is not the time to travel, gather and invite people into your homes, Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady says.
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Why Did Pritzker Party In A Crowd Despite His Coronavirus Advice?
KONKOL COLUMN: Gov. Pritzker celebrated President Trump's demise in a crowd like it's a holiday party that he doesn't recommend you attend.
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Pritzker Takes Coronavirus Test After Being Exposed At Meeting
Gov. J.B. Pritzker will quarantine after being exposed to COVID-19 at an "external meeting" in Chicago.
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Chicago's Official Christmas Tree Harvested From Morgan Park Yard
The 45-foot Blue Spruce set to be on display in Millennium Park was donated by 85-year-old retired school teacher, Catherine Townsend.
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Gov. Pritzker Has Nobody But Himself To Blame For 'Fair Tax' Fail
KONKOL COLUMN: Hypocritical Pritzker gave House speaker $10 million, 35 jobs and now wants to blame Madigan for failure. It doesn't add up.
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Chicago Mayor Pushes Grants, Contest To Support Bars, Restaurants
Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces supports for Chicago restaurants suffering under state shutdown of indoor dining amid coronavirus crisis.
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Pritzker's Political Winter Coming After Voters Reject 'Fair Tax'
KONKOL COLUMN: Gov. Pritzker faces a political reckoning akin to the late Chicago Mayor Michael Bilandic's demise after the Blizzard of '79.
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Mayor Cites Virus Stats In Appeal To Black Voters To Dump Trump
Mayor Lightfoot says "No Black person" should vote for President Trump on Election Day because of COVID-19 death rate of African Americans.
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If Voting Results Throw You In Pit Of Despair, Be Like Pastor Bob
KONKOL COLUMN: Pastor Bob Neuman didn't let falling in an open sewer hole stop him from finishing a funeral service. Be like Pastor Bob.
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'No One Right Way' To Fight Virus, But Is Pritzker's Way Best?
KONKOL COLUMN: Despite a doctor's poetic defense of Pritzker, Illinois' governor hasn't been as effective as his East Coast contemporaries.
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Coronavirus Surge: Indoor Dining Shuts Down In Chicago Friday
After a "frank" talk with the governor, Mayor Lori Lightfoot won't protest state dining shutdown. City extends hours for business curfew.
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Emails, Secret Report Show Politics Of Science Guiding Pritzker
KONKOL COLUMN: A look behind the statistics used by Pritzker to decide virus restrictions shows that better science got disregarded.
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Coronavirus Surge: Gov's Pseudoscience Creates Credibility Crisis
KONKOL COLUMN: Restaurant industry doesn't trust Gov. Pritzker's coronavirus data. Without enough contact tracing, it's hard to blame them.
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Coronavirus Surge: Chicago Sets Business Curfew As Cases Spike
Chicago bans indoor drinking at bars, sets 10 p.m. curfew for nonessential businesses and ends liquor sales at 9 p.m. beginning Friday.
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Mayor Proposes Tax Hikes, Layoffs To Fill $1.2 Billion Budget Gap
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot proposed $54 million property tax increase, 3-cent gas tax, layoffs to balance coronavirus-strained budget.
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Kim Foxx's Friends At Sun-Times Gave Her Campaign $1.3 Million
KONKOL COLUMN: The Sun-Times' owners are giving money and backing to Kim Foxx, but they're still not willing to endorse transparency.
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Chicagoans Traveling To 6o Percent Of U.S. Told To Quarantine
Chicago added five states — Colorado, Ohio, Delaware, West Virginia and Texas — to travel quarantine order as coronavirus cases spike.
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Top Cop Failed Chicago When He Didn't Fire Lieutenant Who Lied
KONKOL COLUMN: Supt. Brown refused to fire a cop because he didn't believe independent police cover-up probe results. Why? Mum's the word.
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