Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs Linda Chapa LaVia embrace during a ceremony marking the placement of the last structural piece for a long-delayed state veterans home at 4250 N. Oak Park Ave. in Chicago’s Dunning neighborhood, on March 15, 2019. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)
Following blistering report on deadly COVID-19 outbreak at LaSalle home, Pritzker says he fell short in hiring of former VA director
