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As Corinne Wood campaigned to become Illinois’ first female lieutenant governor on the 1998 Republican ticket with George Ryan, her gender and moderate social views were seen as critical toward balancing Ryan’s conservative image. She also was dealing with her recovery from breast cancer surgery. Donning a wig to counter the effects of chemotherapy treatments that made her hair fall out in 1997, Wood took to the campaign trail and dutifully visited each of the state’s 102 counties. Once in office, she was the force behind an income tax checkoff for breast cancer research. Wood, 66, of L...

Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened May 14 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area Chicago Tribune staff, Chicago Tribune © Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune Maeve Deane, 13, of Chicago, receives the first of two Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines from occupational therapist Gail Nusekabel as Maeve's mom, Siobhan Deane, quietly claps at Advocate Children's Hospital in Des Plaines on May 13, 2021. On the day Illinois moved to the next-to-last phase of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 reopening plan, officials reported the latest seven-day positivity rate for cases as a share...

Coronavirus in Illinois updates: State’s COVID-19 test positivity rate inches down some more as 1,841 new cases and 49 deaths reported Friday Chicago Tribune staff, Chicago Tribune © Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune Maeve Deane, 13, of Chicago, receives the first of two Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines from occupational therapist Gail Nusekabel as Maeve's mom, Siobhan Deane, quietly claps at Advocate Children's Hospital in Des Plaines on May 13, 2021. Life may start to feel closer to normal in Illinois beginning Friday, as more people are allowed into stadiums, amusement parks, res...

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Coronavirus in Illinois updates: State’s COVID-19 test positivity rate inches down some more as 1,841 new cases and 49 deaths reported Friday Chicago Tribune staff, Chicago Tribune © Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune Maeve Deane, 13, of Chicago, receives the first of two Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines from occupational therapist Gail Nusekabel as Maeve's mom, Siobhan Deane, quietly claps at Advocate Children's Hospital in Des Plaines on May 13, 2021. On the day Illinois moved to the next-to-last phase of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 reopening plan, officials reported the latest...