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POLITICO Get the Illinois Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by the Coalition for Affordable Prescription Drugs With help from Maria Carrasco Good Wednesday morning, Illinois. I’m planning a Clubhouse gathering Friday afternoon (exact timing TBD) to talk about Illinois politics. As I gath...

POLITICO Get the Illinois Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Good Monday morning, Illinois. Get out the swimsuits — we’ve cracked freezing! TOP TALKER Jahmal Cole, right, talks to young people in the My Block, My Hood, My City nonprofit that he founded. | Photo courtesy Jahmal Cole FIRST IN PLAYB...

An ongoing outbreak at the Danville Correctional Center led to Vermilion County reporting its largest single-day COVID-case increase of the pandemic — by far. (Click here to read Ben Zigterman's Friday story about the outbreak). Without naming the prison, Vermilion County Public Health Administrator Doug Toole announced his department was reporting 519 new cases Saturday due to the outbreak at “a congregate-living facility.” The cases, he added, occurred between Nov. 14 and Dec. 23, “and these numbers are expected to increase.” Of the 519 cases, 447 are considered ac...