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Michelle Hammer outside Deerfield High School on Aug. 4, 2021, in Deerfield. “As a mom of two athletes, I empathize with the students who are holding off on vaccinations and may face discrimination and exclusion from sports and other extracurricular activities.” (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)

Steven Winters and Regina Evans at their home in the 1100 block of North Lawler Avenue in Chicago’s South Austin neighborhood on Aug. 4, 2021. The couple, their two children and Evans’ father were in their apartment in August 2019 when they say police busted into their unit by mistake looking for a person on a warrant. The family is now suing the city of Chicago. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)

Ethically, it also depends on how things like lotteries are set up, said Jeffrey Kahn, director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. “If everybody who’s been vaccinated gets put into the lottery, that seems to be a better approach than if starting today, those who sign up to get vaccinated get entered into a lottery. Because then you effectively punish the people who were responsible earlier in the pandemic.”

“Our ultimate duty is to protect the health and safety of our team members, patients and communities,” President and CEO Jim Skogsbergh told employees in a video Wednesday. “The data is overwhelming. This vaccine is safe, and it’s highly effective in preventing infection and even more so, serious illness and death.”

Pritzker, who’s made his handling of the pandemic central to his reelection bid next year, is stopping short of requiring all state workers to get vaccinated but will mandate it in settings where people are in the direct care of the state, including prisons, juvenile detention facilities and veterans homes.

Police responded to the 3700 block of West Chicago Avenue around 10:30 p.m. where a large group had been gathered outside. Three men on foot fired gunshots into the crowd, striking a man, 34, a woman, 53, and the second woman, 68, according to police.

Growers and infusers will need $5 million to $10 million to get going, Magelli estimated. First they’ll need financing, then to build their facilities, and stock them with plants, equipment and employees, which will likely take a year to 18 months to accomplish. The state requires licensees to become operational in six months, but has indicated it will give more time to those who are making progress.

But in a 55-page motion filed July 23, prosecutors said they want to bring in additional evidence involving sexual abuse, hush payments, unlawful imprisonment and other crimes dating back 30 years that are “directly relevant to and inextricably intertwined with the evidence of the charged crimes.”

The 4 by 8 foot mural is at 2252 N. Milwaukee Ave., just east of California Avenue. Holbrook, 42, wants it to inspire people to talk about solutions to gun violence, both through public policy and community organizing, he said. The murals are small so people will be more likely to take selfies and spread the message of peace, Holbrook said.

Mark Gregoline, deputy commander with the U.S. Marshals Service, said on the day of the shooting that the marshal who was involved was placed on paid administrative leave. He said Chicago police were leading the investigation but the findings would be reviewed by federal officials in Washington, D.C.