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Skip to main content clock menu more-arrow no yes Chicago Sun-Times homepage cst-inline-color-logo Saturday, May 23, 2020 One of Editor & Publisher’s ‘10 That Do It Right 2020’ Log In Try 1 month for $1 Subscribe Chicago Sun-Times homepage cst-inline-color-logo CST_ Follow Chicago Sun-Times online: Follow Chicago Sun-Times on Twitter Follow Chicago Sun-Times on Facebook Follow Chicago Sun-Times on Youtube Follow Chicago Sun-Times on Instagram Log In Try 1 month for $1 Subscribe Site search Search Search Chicago Sun-Times main menu News Coronavirus Sports Politics Columnists Entertainment E-Paper Classifieds Newsletters Business Commentary Death Notices Doing Well Election Results FBI Files La Voz Podcasts Shop Local Taste The Grid Well New Subscriptions News in Education Digital Access Manage Your Home Delivery Account Manage Your TV Weekly Account Contact Customer Service Sun-Times Careers & Internships Search for a Job Order Back Issues & Photo Reprints Contact Us Site Map More News Metro/State Crime Homicide Tracker The Watchdogs Nation/World Casinos & Gambling Obituaries Marijuana Education Health Transportation Environment Immigration LGBTQ La Voz All News Coronavirus Free Coverage Daily Newsletter Coronavirus Maps & Data Things To Do At Home All Coronavirus Sports Bears Bulls The Last Dance Cubs White Sox Blackhawks High School Sports Fire / Red Stars Wolves Outdoors Sky / WNBA Colleges Sports Media Sports Saturday All Sports Politics Fran Spielman Show City Hall Springfield Washington Elections The Ben Joravsky Show PolitiFact All Politics Columnists Entertainment Movies and TV Murals and Mosaics Dear Abby Horoscopes Lifestyles Music Theater Chicago-pedia Stages All Entertainment and Culture E-Paper Classifieds Newsletters Business Chicago Enterprise Hardest-Working Voices Consumer Affairs Home Drive Working All Business Commentary City at the Crossroads Editorials Other Views Letters to the Editor Commentary Death Notices Doing Well Election Results FBI Files La Voz Podcasts Shop Local Taste The Grid Well New Subscriptions News in Education Digital Access Manage Your Home Delivery Account Manage Your TV Weekly Account Contact Customer Service Sun-Times Careers & Internships Search for a Job Order Back Issues & Photo Reprints Contact Us Site Map ✕ Filed under: Coronavirus: Essential News Illinois removes hundreds of COVID-19 deaths from weekly nursing homes update as officials change how tally is compiled (LIVE UPDATES) Here’s what’s happening today in the continuing spread of coronavirus and its ripple effects in Chicago and Illinois. By Sun-Times staff Filed under: Coronavirus Chicago clergy on seeking God in the age of COVID: ‘The church has left the building’ "Even when we come back, I think there are still going to be restrictions," one pastor says. "The question is: How do we adapt and still be able to be with each other?" By Maudlyne Ihejirika Filed under: Columnists A Memorial Day remembrance for 2 Arlington Heights classmates lost in Vietnam nearly 51 years ago By Mark Brown Filed under: Obituaries Hecky Powell, rib king and Evanston icon, has died at 71 By Maureen O'Donnell Filed under: Sports Saturday Foles gold? Bears need quarterback to thrive, be bridge to 2022 season By Jason Lieser Filed under: Politics Downstate judge blasts Pritzker’s stay-at-home-order: ‘Americans don’t get ruled’ By Jon Seidel Filed under: City Hall Chicago on track to ‘cautiously reopen’ starting in early June, Lightfoot says By Rachel Hinton Filed under: Education CPS ditching Aramark, Sodexo for facilities management after one more contract renewal By Nader Issa and Lauren FitzPatrick Filed under: Columnists Stuck at home? Try living at O’Hare — since April By Neil Steinberg Filed under: Coronavirus Nursing homes now account for half of all Illinois coronavirus deaths; protesters gather at Pritzker’s house By Nader Issa and Tyler LaRiviere Commentary The opinions in and around Chicago that inform, analyze, hold power accountable and entertain. All Columns Filed under: Mark Brown A Memorial Day remembrance for 2 Arlington Heights classmates lost in Vietnam nearly 51 years ago William Dabbert and Robert Conti were 2 young men so much like themselves. They made the ultimate sacrifice in an unpopular war. Their classmates have never forgotten. By Mark Brown May 22, 2020, 1:00pm CDT Filed under: John W. Fountain I have learned to wear a mask against the pandemic called racism Coronavirus is not my first dance. By John W. Fountain May 22, 2020, 6:57pm CDT Filed under: Michael Sneed What we leave behind and what we welcome as city moves toward reopening Let’s not forget the little gifts during this nightmare, like all the family time and the daylong chirping of birds. By Michael Sneed Updated May 22, 2020, 9:42pm CDT Filed under: CST Editorial Board When others around the world don’t even have clean water and soap, we all pay the price The World Bank reports that some 3 billion people don’t have access to those most basic necessities for preventing the spread of disease, including the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. By CST Editorial Board May 22, 2020, 7:54pm CDT All Columns Politics Filed under: News Springfield springs into action: Lawmakers pass mail voting, property tax, jobless, borrowing bills — and plan to return Saturday The wheels were rolling on Friday — all day — on several key issues, including measures to delay property tax payments during the pandemic and allow a "bridge loan" from the federal government — up to $5 billion — to help fill a revenue gap caused by COVID-19. Filed under: The Watchdogs Ex-Illinois Senate president’s cash giveaway helped 2 Democrats charged with corruption Just before leaving office, John Cullerton gave $92,000 from a political fund to his distant cousin Thomas Cullerton and Martin Sandoval, helping pay for their criminal defense. Filed under: News Fact-check: It’s state lawmaker’s claim that coronavirus was ‘man-made’ that is actually made-up "I believe someone was in cahoots for some reason, and I think it just got a little bit out of control and spread a whole lot further than they anticipated," Illinois Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford said. But to leading experts, the research is clear: the genetic structure of the virus shows it could not have been created in a lab — or be "man-made." Filed under: News Pritzker says he plans to sign vote-by-mail expansion into law Democrats supported the measure saying they worried about a second-wave of the coronavirus suppressing voter turnout for the 2020 election. Republicans contended the bill would make Illinois’ election more vulnerable to fraud. Filed under: News Reopening churches ‘dangerous and foolish,’ Lightfoot tells Trump At a Friday press conference announcing plans to "cautiously reopen" parts of Chicago, Lightfoot said people have to recognize that "virtually everything [Trump] says has a political undertone and basis for it." Sports Filed under: Sports Saturday Foles gold? Bears need quarterback to thrive, be bridge to 2022 season If the Bears are right about Foles, they’re in a much better place at quarterback than most people think. He could be a budget-friendly bridge to the next franchise QB, who likely would be ready to start by 2022. Filed under: Sports Saturday The man who took down MJ: Sky minority owner thought to be 1st to beat Michael Jordan 1-on-1 at camp John Rogers almost blew the biggest game of his life, but his familiarity with Jordan’s mind games prepared him for that moment. Filed under: Sports Saturday Players have ‘very, very difficult decision to make,’ Ozzie Guillen says Former White Sox shortstop and manager says he’d play but knows a multitude of deals still need to be worked out. Filed under: Sports Saturday Polling Place: If the Cubs need a DH in 2020, is Kyle Schwarber the obvious answer? It appears Cubs fans have almost no issue at all with yanking Schwarber off the field. That doesn’t mean the...