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Pritzker, a Democrat whose reelection campaign this year will face tough questions over his administration’s handling of a deadly 2020 coronavirus outbreak at a state-run veterans home in LaSalle, did not sign or veto the proposal within 60 days after it reached his desk, meaning it automatically becomes law.

CTU has about 25,000 members. It’s unclear how many of these educators align with Members First, but about 5,600 people belong to the caucus’ Facebook group. The Members First slate includes vice president candidate Sandi Hoggatt, a case manager at Kenwood Academy High School; recording secretary candidate María Soto, a clerk at George Washington High School; and financial secretary candidate Philip Weiss, a social worker at Rickover Naval Academy.

Dr. Hannah Barbian, a virologist at Rush University Medical Center, has been tracking various variants, including this one, which is officially known as BA.2. She said scientists aren’t using the “stealth omicron” moniker, and said she is awaiting more data from Europe, where it has spread the most.

Newman, of LaGrange, had previously settled a lawsuit filed by Chehade, who alleged he had entered into an employment contract with Newman in December 2018 that said if she won the 2020 3rd Congressional District race, he would be hired by her office as a foreign policy adviser or district director for $135,000 to $140,000 annually.

Cicero is mostly Latino, and has an official population of about 85,000, but includes another estimated 30,000 undocumented immigrants, some of whom are reluctant to participate in any government activities, but all of whom are offered services, Hanania said.

The Little Village arch in Chicago’s Little Village on Nov. 12, 2021. The arch welcomes visitors to the bustling 26th Street shopping district and acts as an important symbol for Chicago’s Mexican immigrant community. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)

The fire first was reported around 1:55 a.m. at 8215 S. Cornell Ave. on the Far South Side, according to information from the police and fire departments. Paramedics took the woman in critical condition to University of Chicago Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 2:53 a.m., according to information from the Cook County medical examiner’s office, which had not released information about the woman’s identity Tuesday morning.

“Evictions are profoundly destabilizing not just for families that are directly impacted — affecting their ability to work, go to school, and find new housing for years to come — but for entire communities,” Daniel Hertz, policy director for Chicago’s Department of Housing, said in the email. “Eviction is also profoundly racialized, in particular affecting majority-Black communities at far higher rates than majority-white communities. If housing is a human right, then so is due process for being removed from your home, and due process requires a right to representation.”

Jennifer Welch, president of Planned Parenthood of Illinois, speaks to abortion rights activists during a demonstration at Federal Plaza in Chicago on Dec. 1, 2021. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case challenging Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)

While experts say fuel and food prices tend to fluctuate widely, they also acknowledge that means very little to those shopping, as an example, for groceries on a tight budget. Meats, poultry and fish jumped more than 12.6% from December 2020 to December 2021, labor department data shows. Meat prices at grocery stores saw the biggest price increases at nearly 15% overall.