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Rep. Chris Welch on track to become House speaker, ending Madigan era

State Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch, a Democrat from suburban Chicago, became the first Black speaker of the Illinois House on Wednesday, succeeding longtime Speaker Michael Madigan, who on Monday suspended his campaign for another two-year term.
Welch, 49, of Hillside, received 70 votes from House Democrats, avoiding what originally was shaping up to be a days-long struggle among fellow lawmakers over Madigan s candidacy and those running against him.
Speaking to lawmakers after his election and formal opening of the 102nd General Assembly, Welch said he wants to unite lawmakers behind common goals and reduce divisiveness in the House, where Democrats control the chamber with 73 seats to Republicans 45 seats. ....

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The pandemic's cruel toll: More than 16,000 Illinoisans died from COVID-19 in 2020, disproportionately the elderly, poor and people of color | National

The pandemic's cruel toll: More than 16,000 Illinoisans died from COVID-19 in 2020, disproportionately the elderly, poor and people of color | National
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The pandemic's cruel toll: More than 16,000 Illinoisans died from COVID-19 in 2020, disproportionately the elderly, poor and people of color | State and Regional

The pandemic's cruel toll: More than 16,000 Illinoisans died from COVID-19 in 2020, disproportionately the elderly, poor and people of color | State and Regional
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How COVID-19 affected suburbs' minority communities

Updated 12/30/2020 7:56 AM
From the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, health officials warned that every American was vulnerable to infection and the virus would not discriminate.
But that s exactly what it did.

Black and Hispanic residents were infected and died from COVID-19 at higher rates than other races and ethnicities in Illinois and throughout the country, provisional data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.
That s the case in Chicago and many suburbs as well.
According to data available from the Illinois Department of Public Health and local public health departments:
• Deaths of Hispanic residents of Chicago and the suburbs from COVID-19 occurred at a rate two times higher than deaths of Hispanic residents from all causes in 2019. ....

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Suburbs mirror COVID-19's heavy toll on Black, Hispanic communities

Suburbs mirror COVID-19's heavy toll on Black, Hispanic communities
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