chicagotribune--2020-05-01--Here are some Chicago-area religious services to stream online

Here are some services available online .
Most churches and groups that livestream also have their services archived .
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With Illinois and neighboring states under varying stay-at-home orders, Chicago-area religious groups have suspended their public services and switched to online worship, although Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s revised stay-at-home order allows for small religious gatherings.
The Tribune is compiling a list of available online services from local congregations. See below for a form to submit your group or church’s information. If you’ve already submitted yours, we may just not have been able to add it yet.
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Here are some services available online. Most churches and groups that livestream also have their services archived. Except for minor spelling or style changes, we’ve kept each congregation’s own description of their denomination or faith, but placed them in what we thought was the most appropriate category:
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Bethel Lutheran Church, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 5110 Grand Ave., Gurnee, live 9 a.m. Sunday worship, 10 a.m. Bible study, Lent worship 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Link.
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 5110 Grand Ave., Gurnee, live 9 a.m. Sunday worship, 10 a.m. Bible study, Lent worship 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Link. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Episcopal, 3857 N. Kostner Ave., Chicago, recorded, Sunday, March 29. Link.
Episcopal, 3857 N. Kostner Ave., Chicago, recorded, Sunday, March 29. Link. Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (USA), 600 W. Fullerton Parkway, Chicago, live 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Link.
Presbyterian Church (USA), 600 W. Fullerton Parkway, Chicago, live 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Link. Community Church of Barrington, Baptist, 407 S. Grove Ave, Barrington. Recorded, 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Link.
Baptist, 407 S. Grove Ave, Barrington. Recorded, 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Link. Lighthouse Church of Chicago UCC, United Church of Christ, 2335 N. Orchard St., Chicago, live 11:30 a.m. Sundays. Link.
United Church of Christ, 2335 N. Orchard St., Chicago, live 11:30 a.m. Sundays. Link. Wicker Park Lutheran Church, ELCA, 1500 N. Hoyne Ave., live 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. Sunday. Link.
ELCA, 1500 N. Hoyne Ave., live 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. Sunday. Link. Apostolic Faith Church, Pentecostal, 3823 S. Indiana Ave., live 8:55 a.m., 11:55 a.m. Sunday. Link.
Pentecostal, 3823 S. Indiana Ave., live 8:55 a.m., 11:55 a.m. Sunday. Link. Community Christian Church, nondenominational Christian, Naperville, other locations, live multiple times starting 8 a.m. Sundays. Link.
nondenominational Christian, Naperville, other locations, live multiple times starting 8 a.m. Sundays. Link. The Moody Church, nondenominational Christian, 1635 N. LaSalle Drive, live 10 a.m., 5 p.m. Sunday, 6 p.m. Wednesday. Link.
nondenominational Christian, 1635 N. LaSalle Drive, live 10 a.m., 5 p.m. Sunday, 6 p.m. Wednesday. Link. New Community Covenant Church, Evangelical Covenant Church, 2649 N. Francisco Ave., live 10 a.m. Sunday via Zoom. Link.
Evangelical Covenant Church, 2649 N. Francisco Ave., live 10 a.m. Sunday via Zoom. Link. Archdiocese of Chicago, Roman Catholic online Mass, live 10 a.m. weekdays, 4 p.m. Saturday (Sunday Mass). Link.
Roman Catholic online Mass, live 10 a.m. weekdays, 4 p.m. Saturday (Sunday Mass). Link. University Bible Fellowship, nondenominational Christian, 6558 N. Artesian Ave., live 11 a.m. Sunday. Link.
nondenominational Christian, 6558 N. Artesian Ave., live 11 a.m. Sunday. Link. Church of the Three Crosses, 333 W. Wisconsin St., 11 a.m. Sundays. Link.
333 W. Wisconsin St., 11 a.m. Sundays. Link. St. Peter’s United Church of Christ, United Church of Christ, 2805 N. Linder Ave., Chicago, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
United Church of Christ, 2805 N. Linder Ave., Chicago, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. St. Luke’s Christian Community Church, United Church of Christ, 9233 Shermer Road, Morton Grove, live 10 a.m. Sunday. Link.
United Church of Christ, 9233 Shermer Road, Morton Grove, live 10 a.m. Sunday. Link. Glenview Community Church, United Church of Christ, 1000 Elm Street, Glenview, live 10 a.m. Sunday. Link.
United Church of Christ, 1000 Elm Street, Glenview, live 10 a.m. Sunday. Link. First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, 766 Graceland Ave., Des Plaines, recorded 9 a.m. Sunday. Link.
United Church of Christ, 766 Graceland Ave., Des Plaines, recorded 9 a.m. Sunday. Link. St. Peter’s United Church of Christ, United Church of Christ, 8013 Laramie Ave., Skokie, recorded 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
United Church of Christ, 8013 Laramie Ave., Skokie, recorded 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Park Ridge Community Church, United Church of Christ, 1 00 Courtland Ave., Park Ridge, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
United Church of Christ, 00 Courtland Ave., Park Ridge, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. First Congregational Church of LaGrange, United Church of Christ, South LaGrange Road at Cossitt Avenue, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
United Church of Christ, South LaGrange Road at Cossitt Avenue, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. St. Pauls United Church of Christ, United Church of Christ, 2335 N Orchard St., Chicago, recorded 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
United Church of Christ, 2335 N Orchard St., Chicago, recorded 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. St. John Brebeuf, Roman Catholic, Niles, recorded Sunday Mass in English and Polish. Link.
Roman Catholic, Niles, recorded Sunday Mass in English and Polish. Link. St. Paul of the Cross, Roman Catholic, Park Ridge, daily and Sunday Masses, Way of the Cross. Link.
Roman Catholic, Park Ridge, daily and Sunday Masses, Way of the Cross. Link. Ravenswood UCC, Protestant, 2050 W. Pensacola Ave., Chicago, live 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Link.
Protestant, 2050 W. Pensacola Ave., Chicago, live 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Link. Northfield Community Church, The United Church of Christ (congregational), 400 Wagner Road, Northfield, recorded 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Link.
The United Church of Christ (congregational), 400 Wagner Road, Northfield, recorded 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Link. Pilgrim Congregational Church, UCC, United Church of Christ, 460 Lake St., Oak Park, live 11 a.m. Sunday. Link.
UCC, United Church of Christ, 460 Lake St., Oak Park, live 11 a.m. Sunday. Link. San Lucas United Church of Christ, United Church of Christ, 2914 W. North Ave., live 11 a.m. Sundays. Link.
United Church of Christ, 2914 W. North Ave., live 11 a.m. Sundays. Link. Wellington Ave UCC, United Church of Christ, 615 W. Wellington Ave., live 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Zoom meeting Link.
United Church of Christ, 615 W. Wellington Ave., live 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Zoom meeting Link. St. Elisabeth’s Episcopal Church , Episcopal, 556 Vernon Ave., Glencoe, recorded 10 a.m. Sundays. Link
, Episcopal, 556 Vernon Ave., Glencoe, recorded 10 a.m. Sundays. Link Lutheran Church of the Master , Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 580 Kuhn Road, Carol Stream, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 580 Kuhn Road, Carol Stream, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Episcopal Church of the Holy Nativity , Episcopal, 9300 S. Pleasant Ave., Chicago, live 9:30 a.m. Sundays, 11 a.m. Wednesdays. Link.
, Episcopal, 9300 S. Pleasant Ave., Chicago, live 9:30 a.m. Sundays, 11 a.m. Wednesdays. Link. Westchester Bible Church , Independent Bible Church, 10600 W. Cermak Road, Westchester, recorded 10:45 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Independent Bible Church, 10600 W. Cermak Road, Westchester, recorded 10:45 a.m. Sundays. Link. Warren Park Bible Fellowship , Evangelical Christian, 6558 N. Artesian Ave., Chicago, live 5 p.m. Sundays. Link.
, Evangelical Christian, 6558 N. Artesian Ave., Chicago, live 5 p.m. Sundays. Link. St. Benedict Parish , Roman Catholic, 2215 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago, live 5 p.m. Saturday, 8:30 a.m. Monday-Saturday. Link.
, Roman Catholic, 2215 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago, live 5 p.m. Saturday, 8:30 a.m. Monday-Saturday. Link. First Unitarian Church of Chicago , Unitarian Universalist, 5650 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, live 10 a.m. Sunday. Link.
, Unitarian Universalist, 5650 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, live 10 a.m. Sunday. Link. Unity On The North Shore , Trans-denominational, 3434 Central St., Evanston, recorded 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Trans-denominational, 3434 Central St., Evanston, recorded 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Link. Edgebrook Community Church , United Church of Christ, 6736 N. Loleta Ave., Chicago, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, United Church of Christ, 6736 N. Loleta Ave., Chicago, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Fourth Presbyterian Church , Presbyterian Church (USA), corner of North Michigan Avenue and Delaware Place, live, 11 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Presbyterian Church (USA), corner of North Michigan Avenue and Delaware Place, live, 11 a.m. Sundays. Link. The Orchard , Evangelical Free, 1301 S. Grove Ave., Barrington, recorded. Link.
, Evangelical Free, 1301 S. Grove Ave., Barrington, recorded. Link. Vineyard Christian Church of Evanston , Vineyard USA (Protestant), 2495 Howard St., Evanston, live, 9 a.m. Sunday, children’s; 10 a.m. Sunday (English); 11 a.m. Sunday (Spanish). Link.
, Vineyard USA (Protestant), 2495 Howard St., Evanston, live, 9 a.m. Sunday, children’s; 10 a.m. Sunday (English); 11 a.m. Sunday (Spanish). Link. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church , Episcopal, 615 W. Wellington Ave., live. 10 a.m. Sunday, 7 p.m. Wednesday. Facebook link.
, Episcopal, 615 W. Wellington Ave., live. 10 a.m. Sunday, 7 p.m. Wednesday. Facebook link. Urban Village Church , Christian, multiple sites, Chicago. Recorded. 9:30 a.m. Sundays (children’s service) 10:30 a.m.Sundays, 6 p.m. Sunday (youth group). Link; YouTube link.
, Christian, multiple sites, Chicago. Recorded. 9:30 a.m. Sundays (children’s service) 10:30 a.m.Sundays, 6 p.m. Sunday (youth group). Link; YouTube link. Salem Baptist Church of Chicago , Christian House of Hope, 752 E. 114th St., live 11 a.m. Sundays , 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Link.
, Christian House of Hope, 752 E. 114th St., live 11 a.m. Sundays , 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Link. Christ Community Church , Christian, 37w100 Bolcum Drive, St. Charles, live 5 & 8 p.m. Saturday, 9 & 11 a.m. Sunday. Link.
, Christian, 37w100 Bolcum Drive, St. Charles, live 5 & 8 p.m. Saturday, 9 & 11 a.m. Sunday. Link. Park Community Church Bridgeport , nondenominational Christian, 1001 N. Crosby St., Chicago, recorded. YouTube link.
, nondenominational Christian, 1001 N. Crosby St., Chicago, recorded. YouTube link. Willow Creek Community Church , Christian, 10 E. Algonquin Road, South Barrington and locations throughout Chicagoland, live 5:30 p..m. Sat, 9 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. Sun. Link.
, Christian, 10 E. Algonquin Road, South Barrington and locations throughout Chicagoland, live 5:30 p..m. Sat, 9 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. Sun. Link. Oak Lawn Bible Church , Christian, 9435 S. 54th Ave., Oak Lawn, recorded Saturday night sermons on site and YouTube, live sermon on Facebook Sundays. Link.
, Christian, 9435 S. 54th Ave., Oak Lawn, recorded Saturday night sermons on site and YouTube, live sermon on Facebook Sundays. Link. St. Luke Church , Lutheran, 1500 W. Belmont Ave., live 7 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. Sunday. Link.
, Lutheran, 1500 W. Belmont Ave., live 7 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. Sunday. Link. Christ Church , Nondenominational Christian, 501 Oak Brook Road, Oak Brook, live 9 & 10:45 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Nondenominational Christian, 501 Oak Brook Road, Oak Brook, live 9 & 10:45 a.m. Sundays. Link. Old St. Patrick’s Church , Roman Catholic, 700 W Adams St., live 10 a.m. Sundays, other Masses also livestreamed on occasion (check site). Livestream Link; church link.
, Roman Catholic, 700 W Adams St., live 10 a.m. Sundays, other Masses also livestreamed on occasion (check site). Livestream Link; church link. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church , Episcopal, 1125 Franklin St., Downers Grove, live 9 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Episcopal, 1125 Franklin St., Downers Grove, live 9 a.m. Sundays. Link. The Bridge Community Church , nondenominational Christian, 946 E. Thacker St., Des Plaines, live, p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m., 11 a.m. Sunday, 1 p.m. Sunday (en Español.). Link.
, nondenominational Christian, 946 E. Thacker St., Des Plaines, live, p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m., 11 a.m. Sunday, 1 p.m. Sunday (en Español.). Link. Assumption Greek Orthodox Church, Orthodox Christian, 601 S. Central Ave., Chicago, live 8:45 a.m. Sunday, Orthros 9:45 a.m. Liturgy Weekday services during Lent. Link.
Orthodox Christian, 601 S. Central Ave., Chicago, live 8:45 a.m. Sunday, Orthros 9:45 a.m. Liturgy Weekday services during Lent. Link. First Congregational United Church of Christ , Downers Grove, United Church of Christ, 1047 Curtiss St., Downers Grove, recorded 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Link.
, Downers Grove, United Church of Christ, 1047 Curtiss St., Downers Grove, recorded 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Link. Park Community Church , Christian, 1001 N. Crosby St., Chicago, live 10 a.m. Sunday. Link.
, Christian, 1001 N. Crosby St., Chicago, live 10 a.m. Sunday. Link. Sts. Joseph and Francis Xavier , Roman Catholic, 1747 Lake Ave., Wilmette. Recorded daily. YouTube Link.
, Roman Catholic, 1747 Lake Ave., Wilmette. Recorded daily. YouTube Link. St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church , Episcopalian, 1424 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, live children’s chapel 9:30 a.m. Sunday, morning prayer 11 a.m. Sunday. Facebook link.
, Episcopalian, 1424 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, live children’s chapel 9:30 a.m. Sunday, morning prayer 11 a.m. Sunday. Facebook link. IDMR Northside Chicago Branch , interdenominational, 4400 Frontage Road, Hillside, recorded available 7-9:30 p.m. Mondays on YouTube. Link.
, interdenominational, 4400 Frontage Road, Hillside, recorded available 7-9:30 p.m. Mondays on YouTube. Link. Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church , Baptist, 4501 S. Vincennes Ave., live 11 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Baptist, 4501 S. Vincennes Ave., live 11 a.m. Sundays. Link. St. Gregory’s , Episcopalian, 815 Wilmot Road, Deerfield, live, 10 a.m. Sundays. Facebook link.
, Episcopalian, 815 Wilmot Road, Deerfield, live, 10 a.m. Sundays. Facebook link. Armitage Baptist Church , Baptist, 2451 N. Kedzie Blvd., live 11 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Baptist, 2451 N. Kedzie Blvd., live 11 a.m. Sundays. Link. Trinity Lutheran Church , Christian, 1101 Kimberly Way, Lisle, Live 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Christian, 1101 Kimberly Way, Lisle, Live 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Link. First United Methodist Church of Chicago, Methodist (Christian), 77 W. Washington St., live 5 p.m. Saturdays, 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sundays. Link.
Methodist (Christian), 77 W. Washington St., live 5 p.m. Saturdays, 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sundays. Link. Lord of Glory Lutheran Church , LCMS, 607 W. Belvidere Road, Grayslake, live 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Facebook link.
, LCMS, 607 W. Belvidere Road, Grayslake, live 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Facebook link. Village Baptist Church , Baptist (Christian), 515 S. Frontenac St., Aurora, recorded. Link.
, Baptist (Christian), 515 S. Frontenac St., Aurora, recorded. Link. Sts. Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church , Greek Orthodox, 1401 Wagner Road, Glenview, live 9 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Greek Orthodox, 1401 Wagner Road, Glenview, live 9 a.m. Sundays. Link. First St. Paul’s , Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 1301 N. LaSalle Blvd., recorded 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 1301 N. LaSalle Blvd., recorded 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Link. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church , Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1218 W. Addison St., live 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1218 W. Addison St., live 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Link. Gloria Dei Lutheran Church , Lutheran, 4501 Main St., Downers Grove, live 5 p.m. Saturdays. Facebook link.
, Lutheran, 4501 Main St., Downers Grove, live 5 p.m. Saturdays. Facebook link. St. Ita Catholic Church , Roman Catholic, 5500 N. Broadway Ave., recorded 12:30 p.m. Sunday-Friday (English), 10:30 a.m. Sundays (Spanish). Link.
, Roman Catholic, 5500 N. Broadway Ave., recorded 12:30 p.m. Sunday-Friday (English), 10:30 a.m. Sundays (Spanish). Link. St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church , Episcopal, 545 S. East Ave., Oak Park, live 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. (morning prayer) Sundays. Link.
, Episcopal, 545 S. East Ave., Oak Park, live 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. (morning prayer) Sundays. Link. River City Community Church , Christian, 3709 W. Grand Ave., live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Christian, 3709 W. Grand Ave., live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Unity in Naperville , Unity Worldwide/New Thought, 1600 Shore Road, Unit C, Naperville, live 10:45 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Unity Worldwide/New Thought, 1600 Shore Road, Unit C, Naperville, live 10:45 a.m. Sundays. Link. Church of Our Saviour , Episcopal, 530 W. Fullerton Parkway, Chicago, live (no times give). Facebook link.
, Episcopal, 530 W. Fullerton Parkway, Chicago, live (no times give). Facebook link. St. Joseph Catholic Church , Roman Catholic, 121 E. Maple Ave., Libertyville, live 8:30 a.m. Monday-Saturday, 5 p.m. Saturday (Sunday vigil), 9 a.m. Sunday. Link.
, Roman Catholic, 121 E. Maple Ave., Libertyville, live 8:30 a.m. Monday-Saturday, 5 p.m. Saturday (Sunday vigil), 9 a.m. Sunday. Link. St. Andrew Lutheran Church , Lutheran Christian (WELS), 3658 S. Honore St., Chicago, live 9:30 a.m. Sundays. YouTube link.
, Lutheran Christian (WELS), 3658 S. Honore St., Chicago, live 9:30 a.m. Sundays. YouTube link. Immanuel Lutheran Church , Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 24 W. 34th Place, Steger, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 24 W. 34th Place, Steger, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Tabor Lutheran Church , Lutheran, 3542 W. Sunnyside Ave., live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Lutheran, 3542 W. Sunnyside Ave., live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. United Church of Rogers Park , Christian, 1545 W. Morse Ave., live 10 a.m. Sundays. Facebook link.
, Christian, 1545 W. Morse Ave., live 10 a.m. Sundays. Facebook link. First Presbyterian Church of Evanston , Presbyterian, 1427 Chicago Ave., Evanston, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Presbyterian, 1427 Chicago Ave., Evanston, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Trinity Lutheran Church , Lutheran, 405 Rush St., Roselle, live 9:30 a.m. & 11 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Lutheran, 405 Rush St., Roselle, live 9:30 a.m. & 11 a.m. Sundays. Link. Immanuel Lutheran Church and School , Lutheran, 950 Hart Road, Batavia, recorded 8 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Lutheran, 950 Hart Road, Batavia, recorded 8 a.m. Sundays. Link. Village Church of Barrington , Evangelical Free Church of America, 1600 E. Main St., Barrington, recorded, available each week about 10:45 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Evangelical Free Church of America, 1600 E. Main St., Barrington, recorded, available each week about 10:45 a.m. Sundays. Link. St. John Cantius Church , Roman Catholic, 825 N. Carpenter St., Chicago, live Masses 7 a.m., 8 a.m. (Latin) weekdays, 7:30 p.m. (Latin) Wednesdays, 7:30 (Latin), 9, 11 a.m. (Latin), 12:30 p.m. (Latin) Sundays; other prayers and services daily. Link. Yes
, Roman Catholic, 825 N. Carpenter St., Chicago, live Masses 7 a.m., 8 a.m. (Latin) weekdays, 7:30 p.m. (Latin) Wednesdays, 7:30 (Latin), 9, 11 a.m. (Latin), 12:30 p.m. (Latin) Sundays; other prayers and services daily. Link. Yes Our Saviour Lutheran Church , Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 3457 N. Neva Ave., Chicago, live 9:30 a.m. Sundays, 11:15 a.m. 4/1, 7:15 p.m. 4/9, 4/10. Facebook link.
, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 3457 N. Neva Ave., Chicago, live 9:30 a.m. Sundays, 11:15 a.m. 4/1, 7:15 p.m. 4/9, 4/10. Facebook link. Epiphany United Church of Christ , United Church of Christ, 2008 W. Bradley Place, Chicago, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, United Church of Christ, 2008 W. Bradley Place, Chicago, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Park Community Church South Loop , nondenominational Christian, 26 W. 16th St., Chicago, recorded. YouTube link.
, nondenominational Christian, 26 W. 16th St., Chicago, recorded. YouTube link. Park Community Church Near North , nondenominational Christian, 1001 N. Crosby St., Chicago, live 10 a.m. Sundays. YouTube link.
, nondenominational Christian, 1001 N. Crosby St., Chicago, live 10 a.m. Sundays. YouTube link. Park Community Church Rogers Park , nondenominational Christian, Sullivan High School, 6631 N. Bosworth Ave., Chicago, recorded. YouTube link.
, nondenominational Christian, Sullivan High School, 6631 N. Bosworth Ave., Chicago, recorded. YouTube link. Harvest Bible Chapel , Christian, 800 Rohlwing Road, Rolling Meadows; Elgin, Crystal Lake, Chicago, Aurora, Highland Park, live, 5 p.m. Saturdays, 9 & 11 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Christian, 800 Rohlwing Road, Rolling Meadows; Elgin, Crystal Lake, Chicago, Aurora, Highland Park, live, 5 p.m. Saturdays, 9 & 11 a.m. Sundays. Link. Spirit Juice Studios , Roman Catholic, 5627 W. 120th St. Alsip, live noon Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. and noon Sundays. YouTube link; Facebook link.
, Roman Catholic, 5627 W. 120th St. Alsip, live noon Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. and noon Sundays. YouTube link; Facebook link. Bolingbrook Church , Seventh-day Adventist, 301 E. Boughton Road, Bolingbrook, live 10:30 a.m. Saturdays. Link.
, Seventh-day Adventist, 301 E. Boughton Road, Bolingbrook, live 10:30 a.m. Saturdays. Link. First Congregational Church of Evanston , UCC , United Church of Christ 1417 Hinman Ave., Evanston, recorded 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, , United Church of Christ 1417 Hinman Ave., Evanston, recorded 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Messiah Lutheran Church , Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 6201 W. Patterson Ave., Chicago, recorded 7 p.m. Tuesdays. YouTube link.
, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 6201 W. Patterson Ave., Chicago, recorded 7 p.m. Tuesdays. YouTube link. St. James Catholic Church , Roman Catholic, 2907 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, recorded 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Roman Catholic, 2907 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, recorded 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Link. Park Community Church Forest Glen , nondenominational Christian, 4920 W. Foster Ave., Chicago, recorded. YouTube link.
, nondenominational Christian, 4920 W. Foster Ave., Chicago, recorded. YouTube link. Park Community Church Norwood Park , nondenominational Christian, Taft High School, 6530 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago, recorded. YouTube link.
, nondenominational Christian, Taft High School, 6530 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago, recorded. YouTube link. LaSalle Street Church , nondenominational, 1136 N. LaSalle St., live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, nondenominational, 1136 N. LaSalle St., live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Church of St. Paul & the Redeemer , Episcopal, 4945 S. Dorchester Ave., live 9:30 a.m. Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. Sunday. Facebook link.
, Episcopal, 4945 S. Dorchester Ave., live 9:30 a.m. Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. Sunday. Facebook link. St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church , Roman Catholic, 4220 N. Sheridan Road, live noon Monday-Saturday, family rosary 5 p.m. Monday-Friday (English), El Rosario Santo familiar, 7 p.m. de lunes a viernes, 10:30 a.m. (English) Sunday, 12 p.m. (Español) Sunday. Facebook link.
, Roman Catholic, 4220 N. Sheridan Road, live noon Monday-Saturday, family rosary 5 p.m. Monday-Friday (English), El Rosario Santo familiar, 7 p.m. de lunes a viernes, 10:30 a.m. (English) Sunday, 12 p.m. (Español) Sunday. Facebook link. LaSalle Street Church , nondenominational, 1136 N. LaSalle St., live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, nondenominational, 1136 N. LaSalle St., live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Church of St. Paul & the Redeemer , Episcopal, 4945 S. Dorchester Ave., live 9:30 a.m. Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. Sunday. Facebook link.
, Episcopal, 4945 S. Dorchester Ave., live 9:30 a.m. Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. Sunday. Facebook link. St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church , Roman Catholic, 4220 N. Sheridan Road, live noon Monday-Saturday, rosary 5 p.m. M-F (English), El Rosario Santo 7 p.m. de lunes a viernes, 10:30 a.m. (English) Sunday, 12 p.m. (Español) Sunday. Facebook link.
, Roman Catholic, 4220 N. Sheridan Road, live noon Monday-Saturday, rosary 5 p.m. M-F (English), El Rosario Santo 7 p.m. de lunes a viernes, 10:30 a.m. (English) Sunday, 12 p.m. (Español) Sunday. Facebook link. Christ Lutheran Church, Lutheran (ELCA), 3253 W. Wilson Ave., live 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Facebook link.
Lutheran (ELCA), 3253 W. Wilson Ave., live 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Facebook link. Epiphany Lutheran Church , ELCA, 314 W. Vallette St., Elmhurst, recorded 9:30 a.m. Sundays, 9:30 a.m. Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m. Good Friday. Link.
, ELCA, 314 W. Vallette St., Elmhurst, recorded 9:30 a.m. Sundays, 9:30 a.m. Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m. Good Friday. Link. The Church of the Holy Spirit , Episcopal , 400 E. Westminster, Lake Forest, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Episcopal , 400 E. Westminster, Lake Forest, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Zion Lutheran Church , Lutheran (ELCA), 330 Griswold St., Elgin, live 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Facebook link.
, Lutheran (ELCA), 330 Griswold St., Elgin, live 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Facebook link. Church of the Beloved , Southern Baptist, 125 S. Clark St., 16th Floor, Chicago, live 10, 11:30 a.m. 4 p.m. Sundays. Link.
, Southern Baptist, 125 S. Clark St., 16th Floor, Chicago, live 10, 11:30 a.m. 4 p.m. Sundays. Link. First Presbyterian Church of Wilmette , Christian, 600 Ninth St., Wilmette, recorded. Link.
, Christian, 600 Ninth St., Wilmette, recorded. Link. Good News Bible Church, EFCA, 2825 W. Mclean Ave., Chicago, recorded 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
EFCA, 2825 W. Mclean Ave., Chicago, recorded 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Grace United Methodist Church, United Methodist, 300 E. Gartner Road, Naperville, recorded 8, 9 and 10:30 a.m. Sundays, 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday, Good Friday. Link.
United Methodist, 300 E. Gartner Road, Naperville, recorded 8, 9 and 10:30 a.m. Sundays, 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday, Good Friday. Link. St. Paul’s Church by-the-Lake , Episcopal, 7100 N. Ashland Blvd., live, 10:30 a.m. Sundays, Sunday school following. Link.
, Episcopal, 7100 N. Ashland Blvd., live, 10:30 a.m. Sundays, Sunday school following. Link. Kenilworth Union Church , Christian, 211 Kenilworth Ave., Kenilworth, live 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Christian, 211 Kenilworth Ave., Kenilworth, live 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Link. Transforming Lives Christian Center , Christian, 614 E. 71 St., live 11:30 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Christian, 614 E. 71 St., live 11:30 a.m. Sundays. Link. Quentin Road Baptist Church , Baptist, 60 Quentin Road, Lake Zurich, live 10 a.m. & 6 p.m. Sundays. Link.
, Baptist, 60 Quentin Road, Lake Zurich, live 10 a.m. & 6 p.m. Sundays. Link. St. Hilary Church , Roman Catholic, 5601 N. California Ave., recorded. Link.
, Roman Catholic, 5601 N. California Ave., recorded. Link. Church of the Holy Comforter , Episcopal, 222 Kenilworth Ave., Kenilworth, live 9 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Episcopal, 222 Kenilworth Ave., Kenilworth, live 9 a.m. Sundays. Link. Concordia Church , Lutheran (ELCA), 3855 N. Seeley Ave., recorded. Link.
, Lutheran (ELCA), 3855 N. Seeley Ave., recorded. Link. Trinity United Church of Christ Chicago , United Church of Christ, 400 W. 95th St., live 7:30 and 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sundays. Link.
, United Church of Christ, 400 W. 95th St., live 7:30 and 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sundays. Link. 180 Chicago Church , Evangelical Christian, 1413 W. Jackson Blvd., live, 10 a.m. Sundays; 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Link.
, Evangelical Christian, 1413 W. Jackson Blvd., live, 10 a.m. Sundays; 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Link. Grace Episcopal Church Hinsdale , Episcopal. 120 E. First Street, Hinsdale, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Episcopal. 120 E. First Street, Hinsdale, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. St. James Lutheran Church , Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 2101 N. Fremont St., 10 a.m. Sundays, Holy Week daily 7 p.m. Facebook link.
, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 2101 N. Fremont St., 10 a.m. Sundays, Holy Week daily 7 p.m. Facebook link. Faith World Outreach Church , nondenomination/Full Gospel, 1280 S. Route 59, Bartlett, live 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sundays 7 p.m. Thursdays. Link.
, nondenomination/Full Gospel, 1280 S. Route 59, Bartlett, live 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sundays 7 p.m. Thursdays. Link. Most Holy Redeemer Church , Roman Catholic, 9525 S. Lawndale Ave., Evergreen Park, recorded, 4:30 p.m. Saturdays. Link.
, Roman Catholic, 9525 S. Lawndale Ave., Evergreen Park, recorded, 4:30 p.m. Saturdays. Link. St. Viator Parish , Roman Catholic, 4170 W. Addison St., live 5 p.m. English, 6:15p.m. Spanish 9 a.m. Sundays. Facebook link.
, Roman Catholic, 4170 W. Addison St., live 5 p.m. English, 6:15p.m. Spanish 9 a.m. Sundays. Facebook link. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church , Roman Catholic, 708 W. Belmont Ave., live 9a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Roman Catholic, 708 W. Belmont Ave., live 9a.m. Sundays. Link. Glencoe Union Church , Christian: interdenominational, 263 Park Ave, Glencoe, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Christian: interdenominational, 263 Park Ave, Glencoe, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Second Baptist Church of Elgin, Baptist, 1280 Summit St., Elgin, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
Baptist, 1280 Summit St., Elgin, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. College Church, Christian, 332 E. Seminary Avenue, Wheaton, live, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday. Link.
Christian, 332 E. Seminary Avenue, Wheaton, live, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday. Link. South Park Church , Christian, 1330 Courtland Ave., Park Ridge, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Christian, 1330 Courtland Ave., Park Ridge, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Immanuel Anglican Church , Anglican, 4619 N. Ravenswood Ave., 10 a.m. Sundays, 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m. Good Friday. Link.
, Anglican, 4619 N. Ravenswood Ave., 10 a.m. Sundays, 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m. Good Friday. Link. City Church Chicago , nondenominational Christian, 777 N. Green St., live 10 a.m., 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. Sundays. Link.
, nondenominational Christian, 777 N. Green St., live 10 a.m., 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. Sundays. Link. Parkview Community Church , nondenominational Christian, 764 St. Charles Road, Glen Ellyn, live 8:30, 10, 11:30 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, nondenominational Christian, 764 St. Charles Road, Glen Ellyn, live 8:30, 10, 11:30 a.m. Sundays. Link. Church of Our Saviour , Episcopal, 530 W. Fullerton Parkway, live. Facebook link.
, Episcopal, 530 W. Fullerton Parkway, live. Facebook link. St Paul Lutheran Church , Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 4660 W. 94th St., Oak Lawn, recorded. Link.
, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 4660 W. 94th St., Oak Lawn, recorded. Link. First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest , Presbyterian, 700 N. Sheridan Road, Lake Forest, live 10 a.m. Sundays; Taize Prayer Service 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Link.
, Presbyterian, 700 N. Sheridan Road, Lake Forest, live 10 a.m. Sundays; Taize Prayer Service 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Link. Prince of Peace Lutheran Church , Lutheran, 930 W. Higgins Road, Schaumburg, 9:45 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Lutheran, 930 W. Higgins Road, Schaumburg, 9:45 a.m. Sundays. Link. Chain of Lakes Community Bible Church , nondenominational, 43 W. Grass Lake Road, Lake Villa, recorded 9 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, nondenominational, 43 W. Grass Lake Road, Lake Villa, recorded 9 a.m. Sundays. Link. Quentin Road Baptist Church , Baptist, 60 Quentin Road, Lake Zurich, live 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Sundays & 6 -7 p.m. Sundays & 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays. Link.
, Baptist, 60 Quentin Road, Lake Zurich, live 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Sundays & 6 -7 p.m. Sundays & 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays. Link. First Congregational United Church of Christ Naperville , United Church of Christ, 25 E. Benton Ave., Naperville, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Facebook link.
, United Church of Christ, 25 E. Benton Ave., Naperville, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Facebook link. United Church of Rogers Park, Christian-United Methodist, 1545 W. Morse Ave., recorded, 10 a.m. Sundays, 7 p.m. Facebook link.
Christian-United Methodist, 1545 W. Morse Ave., recorded, 10 a.m. Sundays, 7 p.m. Facebook link. Grace Church of Logan Square , Christian-United Methodist, 3325 W. Wrightwood Ave., recorded 10 a.m. Sunday, 7 p.m. Facebook link.
, Christian-United Methodist, 3325 W. Wrightwood Ave., recorded 10 a.m. Sunday, 7 p.m. Facebook link. Irving Park United Methodist Church , Christian-United Methodist, recorded 10 a.m. Sundays. Facebook link.
, Christian-United Methodist, recorded 10 a.m. Sundays. Facebook link. Elmwood Park Community Church , Christian, 2334 N. 75th Ave., Elmwood Park, live 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Christian, 2334 N. 75th Ave., Elmwood Park, live 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Link. St. Mark Lutheran Church , Lutheran, 1822 E Grand Ave., Lindenhurst, recorded 9 a.m. Monday-Friday, 8 & 9 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Lutheran, 1822 E Grand Ave., Lindenhurst, recorded 9 a.m. Monday-Friday, 8 & 9 a.m. Sundays. Link. New Life Covenant Church , Assemblies of God, 3400 W. Division St., Chicago, live 8:30 & 10 a.m., 12 noon, 5 p.m. Sundays; Spanish 11 a.m., 1 & 5 p.m. Sundays. Link.
, Assemblies of God, 3400 W. Division St., Chicago, live 8:30 & 10 a.m., 12 noon, 5 p.m. Sundays; Spanish 11 a.m., 1 & 5 p.m. Sundays. Link. First Presbyterian Church of Libertyville , Presbyterian (PCUSA), 219 W. Maple Ave., Libertyville, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Presbyterian (PCUSA), 219 W. Maple Ave., Libertyville, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Pilgrim Lutheran Church , Lutheran, 4300 N. Winchester Ave., live 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Lutheran, 4300 N. Winchester Ave., live 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Link. Plainfield Congregational Church United Church of Christ , United Church of Christ, 20420 W. Fraser Road, Plainfield, live 10:30 a.m. Sundays. YouTube link.
, United Church of Christ, 20420 W. Fraser Road, Plainfield, live 10:30 a.m. Sundays. YouTube link. Community UMC , United Methodist Church, 20 Center St., Naperville, live 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, United Methodist Church, 20 Center St., Naperville, live 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Link. Church of the Ascension, Episcopal, 1133 N. Lasalle Blvd., live or recorded Sundays, most Wednesdays; evening prayer Monday-Thursdays by videoconference. Link.
Episcopal, 1133 N. Lasalle Blvd., live or recorded Sundays, most Wednesdays; evening prayer Monday-Thursdays by videoconference. Link. Crossroads Community Church , Baptist/multidenominational, 1N100 Gary Ave., Carol Stream. Live 9, 10, 11 a.m. Sundays; 5 p.m, 7 p.m. Good Friday. Link.
, Baptist/multidenominational, 1N100 Gary Ave., Carol Stream. Live 9, 10, 11 a.m. Sundays; 5 p.m, 7 p.m. Good Friday. Link. Church of the Holy Comforter , Episcopal, 222 Kenilworth Ave., Kenilworth, live 9 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Episcopal, 222 Kenilworth Ave., Kenilworth, live 9 a.m. Sundays. Link. St. Bernadette Catholic Church , Roman Catholic, 9343 S. Francisco Ave., Evergreen Park, recorded Masses. Link.
, Roman Catholic, 9343 S. Francisco Ave., Evergreen Park, recorded Masses. Link. North Shore United Methodist Church , United Methodist, 213 Hazel Ave., Glencoe, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, United Methodist, 213 Hazel Ave., Glencoe, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Holy Trinity Church Downtown , Christian — Reformed, nondenominational, 53 W. Jackson Suite 450, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Christian — Reformed, nondenominational, 53 W. Jackson Suite 450, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Arlington Countryside Church , Christian (nondenominational), 916 East Hintz Road, Arlington Heights, live 9 & 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Christian (nondenominational), 916 East Hintz Road, Arlington Heights, live 9 & 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Link. Presbyterian Church of Western Springs , Presbyterian Church (USA), 5250 Wolf Road, Western Springs, live 6 & 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Facebook link.
, Presbyterian Church (USA), 5250 Wolf Road, Western Springs, live 6 & 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Facebook link. St. Edmund , Roman Catholic, 188 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, live 5:30 p.m. Saturdays. Link, YouTube link.
, Roman Catholic, 188 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, live 5:30 p.m. Saturdays. Link, YouTube link. Galewood Community United Church of Christ , Christian, 1776 N. Narragansett Ave., live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Christian, 1776 N. Narragansett Ave., live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Trinity Church , Christian nondenominational, 1244 W Thorndale Ave., live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Christian nondenominational, 1244 W Thorndale Ave., live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Church of the Redeemer , Anglican, 107 Highwood Ave., Highwood, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Anglican, 107 Highwood Ave., Highwood, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. First United Methodist Park Ridge , United Methodist, 418 W.Touhy Ave., Park Ridge, recorded 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, United Methodist, 418 W.Touhy Ave., Park Ridge, recorded 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Link. Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church , United Methodist, 77 W. Washington St. Suite 1820, recorded Sundays. Link.
, United Methodist, 77 W. Washington St. Suite 1820, recorded Sundays. Link. Glen Ellyn Bible Church , Christian, 501 Hillside Ave., Glen Ellyn, recorded. Link.
, Christian, 501 Hillside Ave., Glen Ellyn, recorded. Link. Barrington United Methodist Church , Methodist, 98 Algonquin Road, Barrington, live 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Methodist, 98 Algonquin Road, Barrington, live 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Link. Gary United Methodist Church , Methodist, 224 N. Main St., Wheaton, live 9 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Methodist, 224 N. Main St., Wheaton, live 9 a.m. Sundays. Link. Broadway UMC , United Methodist Church, 3338 N. Broadway St., live and recorded. Link, Facebook link.
, United Methodist Church, 3338 N. Broadway St., live and recorded. Link, Facebook link. Ginger Creek Community Church , nondenominational, 2850 Ginger Woods Pkwy, Aurora, live April 12, 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. Link.
, nondenominational, 2850 Ginger Woods Pkwy, Aurora, live April 12, 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m. Link. Chapelstreet Church , Christian, 2300 South St., Geneva, live 9:15 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Christian, 2300 South St., Geneva, live 9:15 a.m. Sundays. Link. Beth Eden Baptist Church , Baptist, 11121 S. Loomis St., recorded 11 a.m. Sundays on Facebook and YouTube. Link.
, Baptist, 11121 S. Loomis St., recorded 11 a.m. Sundays on Facebook and YouTube. Link. Christ Covenant Church of Chicago, Christian (Reformed), 2720 Kirchoff Road, Rolling Meadows, live 2 p.m. Sundays.
Christian (Reformed), 2720 Kirchoff Road, Rolling Meadows, live 2 p.m. Sundays. Kingswood United Methodist Church , Methodist, 401 W. Dundee Road, Buffalo Grove, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Methodist, 401 W. Dundee Road, Buffalo Grove, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Edgewater Baptist Church , Baptist – Converge, 1401 W. Hollywood Ave., live 10:30 a.m. Sundays . Link.
, Baptist – Converge, 1401 W. Hollywood Ave., live 10:30 a.m. Sundays . Link. St. Edward Catholic Church , Roman Catholic, 4350 W. Sunnyside Ave., live, Mass 11 a.m. Sundays; Mass 2:00 p.m. Monday-Friday; noon Saturdays Mass. YouTube link.
, Roman Catholic, 4350 W. Sunnyside Ave., live, Mass 11 a.m. Sundays; Mass 2:00 p.m. Monday-Friday; noon Saturdays Mass. YouTube link. Crossroads Christian Church , Lutheran, 1434 W. Montrose Ave., recorded 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Lutheran, 1434 W. Montrose Ave., recorded 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. St. Mary’s Episcopal Church , Episcopal, 306 S. Prospect Ave., Park Ridge, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, Episcopal, 306 S. Prospect Ave., Park Ridge, live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral , Orthodox Church in America (OCA), 1121 N. Leavitt Ave., recorded. YouTube Link.
, Orthodox Church in America (OCA), 1121 N. Leavitt Ave., recorded. YouTube Link. Chicagoland Christian Center , nondenominational Christian, 929 E. 103rd St., live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link.
, nondenominational Christian, 929 E. 103rd St., live 10 a.m. Sundays. Link. Woodridge United Methodist Church , United Methodist, 2700 75th St., Woodridge, live 10 a.m. Sundays. YouTube link.
, United Methodist, 2700 75th St., Woodridge, live 10 a.m. Sundays. YouTube link. Little Home Church by the Wayside , United Church of Christ, 31w128 Army Trail Road, Wayne, recorded. YouTube link.
, United Church of Christ, 31w128 Army Trail Road, Wayne, recorded. YouTube link. St. Benedict the African Catholic Church , Roman Catholic, 340 W. 66th St., live Bible study & prayers noon daily, Mass noon, Sundays. Link.
, Roman Catholic, 340 W. 66th St., live Bible study & prayers noon daily, Mass noon, Sundays. Link. St. Mary Immaculate Parish , Roman Catholic, 15629 S. Rt. 59, Plainfield, recorded 9 a.m. daily, English 9 a.m.Sunday, Español 10:45 a.m. Domingo. Facebook link.
, Roman Catholic, 15629 S. Rt. 59, Plainfield, recorded 9 a.m. daily, English 9 a.m.Sunday, Español 10:45 a.m. Domingo. Facebook link. River Glen Presbyterian Church , Presbyterian Church (USA), 1140 Raymond Dr., Naperville, recorded 10:30 a.m. Sunday.
, Presbyterian Church (USA), 1140 Raymond Dr., Naperville, recorded 10:30 a.m. Sunday. St. Luke Parish , Roman Catholic, 528 Lathrop, River Forest, live 5 p.m. Saturdays (Sunday Mass), 8:30 a.m. Wednesdays. Facebook link.
, Roman Catholic, 528 Lathrop, River Forest, live 5 p.m. Saturdays (Sunday Mass), 8:30 a.m. Wednesdays. Facebook link. Hope Community Bible Church , Baptist, 1266 N. Northwest Hwy., Park Ridge,luve 11 a.m. Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Link.
, Baptist, 1266 N. Northwest Hwy., Park Ridge,luve 11 a.m. Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Link. Bethany United Church of Christ , United Church of Christ, 4250 N. Paulina Ave., live 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Facebook link.
, United Church of Christ, 4250 N. Paulina Ave., live 10:30 a.m. Sundays. Facebook link. Gilead Chicago , United Church of Christ and Disciples of Christ, PO Box 13222, Chicago 60613, live 5 p.m. Sundays. Link.
, United Church of Christ and Disciples of Christ, PO Box 13222, Chicago 60613, live 5 p.m. Sundays. Link. Faith Christian Reformed Church, Christian Reformed, 1070 S. Prospect Ave., Elmhurst, recorded services. Link.
Jewish
Congregation Beth Shalom, Jewish — Conservative, 3433 Walters Ave., Northbrook, live 6:45 a.m. Monday-Friday, 7:45 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, 8:45 a.m. Sunday, 6 p.m. Friday, 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Link.
Jewish — Conservative, 3433 Walters Ave., Northbrook, live 6:45 a.m. Monday-Friday, 7:45 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, 8:45 a.m. Sunday, 6 p.m. Friday, 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Link. Congregation Or Shalom , Jewish — Reform, 21 Hawthorn Parkway, Vernon Hills, live 7:30 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. Saturday. Link.
, Jewish — Reform, 21 Hawthorn Parkway, Vernon Hills, live 7:30 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. Saturday. Link. KAM Isaiah Israel , Jewish — Reform, 1100 E. Hyde Park Blvd., live 6 p.m. family Shabbat service. 6:30 p.m. Shabbat services; 10 a.m. Saturday. Link.
, Jewish — Reform, 1100 E. Hyde Park Blvd., live 6 p.m. family Shabbat service. 6:30 p.m. Shabbat services; 10 a.m. Saturday. Link. Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation , Reconstructionist Judaism, 303 Dodge Ave., Evanston, recorded 5 p.m. Fridays. Facebook link.
, Reconstructionist Judaism, 303 Dodge Ave., Evanston, recorded 5 p.m. Fridays. Facebook link. Central Synagogue of Chicago , Jewish: Traditional Egalitarian Conservative, 122 S. Michigan Ave., live 9:45 a.m. Saturdays, 9:45 a.m. April 9, 10, 15 & 16. Link.
, Jewish: Traditional Egalitarian Conservative, 122 S. Michigan Ave., live 9:45 a.m. Saturdays, 9:45 a.m. April 9, 10, 15 & 16. Link. Congregation Rodfei Zedek, Conservative Judaism, 5200 S. Hyde Park Blvd., live Shabbat service 10:30 a.m. Saturday on Facebook. Link.
Conservative Judaism, 5200 S. Hyde Park Blvd., live Shabbat service 10:30 a.m. Saturday on Facebook. Link. Emanuel Congregation, Reform Judaism, 5959 N. Sheridan Road, live 6:30 p.m. Fridays, 11 a.m. Saturdays. YouTube link.
Muslim
Muslim Community Center, Chicago and suburban locations, live 5 p.m. Thursday, 1 p.m. Friday, 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Link.
Chicago and suburban locations, live 5 p.m. Thursday, 1 p.m. Friday, 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Link. The Mecca Center Islam, 16W560 91st St., Willowbrook, recorded 1:30 p.m. Friday. Facebook link.
16W560 91st St., Willowbrook, recorded 1:30 p.m. Friday. Facebook link. Masjid al-Rabia, Women-Centered Muslim Community, 637 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, live jumah prayers 1 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Wednesday April 1, letter writing for incarcerated Muslims, 6 p.m. inclusive Quran study, 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 8 and 22, 6 p.m., addiction recovery support meeting, 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 15. Link.
Women-Centered Muslim Community, 637 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, live jumah prayers 1 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Wednesday April 1, letter writing for incarcerated Muslims, 6 p.m. inclusive Quran study, 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 8 and 22, 6 p.m., addiction recovery support meeting, 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 15. Link. Masjid Al-Taqwa , Muslim, 8211 S. Exchange Ave., Chicago, recorded 1:15 p.m. Fridays. Facebook link.
, Muslim, 8211 S. Exchange Ave., Chicago, recorded 1:15 p.m. Fridays. Facebook link. Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago , Muslim, 231 S. State St., live 7 p.m. each evening starting April 24. Link.
, Muslim, 231 S. State St., live 7 p.m. each evening starting April 24. Link. Islamic Foundation , Islam, 300 W. Highridge Road, Villa Park, live 7:30 p.m. daily lecture, Friday prayer 1 p.m. Fridays. Link.
, Islam, 300 W. Highridge Road, Villa Park, live 7:30 p.m. daily lecture, Friday prayer 1 p.m. Fridays. Link. Muslim Association of Bolingbrook , Islamic, 351 Veterans Parkway, Bolingbrook, live (no time given). Link.
, Islamic, 351 Veterans Parkway, Bolingbrook, live (no time given). Link. Midwest Islamic Center , Islam, 1081 W. Irving Park Road, Schaumburg, live 7 p.m. daily. Link.
, Islam, 1081 W. Irving Park Road, Schaumburg, live 7 p.m. daily. Link. Sound Vision Foundation, Islam, 27 E. Monroe St., live Friday sermons, Noon, 1 p.m., 3 p.m. Fridays. Link.
Other faiths and traditions


chicagotribune--2020-05-01--Are employers liable if workers get sick with COVID-19? As businesses prepare to reopen, worker safe

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Businesses gearing up to return to work as coronavirus lockdowns ease face a minefield of potential liabilities, from age discrimination claims if they hesitate to bring back older employees to disability discrimination claims if they punish anxious workers fearful to come into the office.
But one of their biggest concerns is if employees get sick with COVID-19 and claim they contracted it at work — a costly proposition, employer groups say, at a time businesses are grappling with stalled sales and lost income.
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“For an employer wanting to get back to normal business, this could be the third crisis facing the nation,” said Todd Maisch, head of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. “The first being the health crisis, the second being the economic crisis, the third being years of a liability crisis.”
As federal lawmakers battle over whether to shield employers from pandemic-related lawsuits, a fight is brewing in Illinois over workers’ compensation coverage for COVID-19 illnesses.
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Illinois was the first state in the nation to change its workers’ compensation law to presume workers contracted COVID-19 on the job if they work at businesses deemed essential by the state’s stay-at-home order, such health care, banks and grocery stores. That made it easier for them to get coverage for medical bills, lost wages, long-term impairment and, if they didn’t survive the disease, death benefits for their families.
But business groups concerned about the cost of claims sued, and a judge halted enforcement of the change, saying the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission exceeded its rule-making authority when it approved the emergency amendment.
On Monday the state withdrew the change, reverting to existing law that requires employees to prove that their workplace was the cause of their illness. That can be a high bar given that the highly contagious coronavirus seems to lurk everywhere.
Gov. JB Pritzker’s office said he plans to revive efforts to ensure front-line workers receive workers’ compensation insurance if they get sick with COVID-19, either through administrative rule-making or in the legislature. The Illinois AFL-CIO, a federation of unions representing 900,000 workers in the state, including grocery store workers, bus drivers and manufacturing employees, called the opposition by the business groups “shameful” and vowed to fight for workers’ compensation protection for front-line workers as a way to push their employers to provide safe workplaces. Dozens of workers at grocery stores, meat and food processing plants, public transit facilities and other businesses have died as the virus spreads.
The Illinois Manufacturers Association, which together with the Illinois Retail Merchants Association brought the lawsuit seeking to halt the amendment, said it would be open to compromise legislation that creates a legal presumption that traditional first responders like nurses and Emergency Medical Technicians sick with COVID-19 contracted it at work. But it shouldn’t be so broad as to cover all essential workers, which could overwhelm the workers’ comp system, said Mark Denzler, president and CEO of the manufacturers group.
The state’s original amendment could have cost the workers’ compensation system an additional $66 million to $4.4 billion, according to estimates by the National Council on Compensation Insurance.
Still, Edward Priz, president of Advanced Insurance Management in suburban Riverside, which consults employers on workers’ compensation matters, bemoaned the withdrawal of Illinois’ pioneering law, which he said would have helped many people without good health insurance or paid sick leave. Employers — whose workers compensation rates are based in part on past claims — may have faced higher premiums down the road but most have insurance policies that would have paid the claims, he said.
“I’m dismayed. I am angry,” said Priz, who had submitted a workers’ comp claim for his own employee who fell ill with COVID-19 and was just notified she would not be covered unless she could prove she had contracted the virus at work.
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“We hear all this talk about we’re all in this together, but in one of the concrete ways we could have demonstrated that we are in this together, these employer groups decided to scuttle this vital change,” he said.
The workers’ compensation program, which allows employees to collect benefits for workplace injuries or illnesses without proving their employer was at fault, is generally considered an exclusive remedy, meaning employees are prohibited from filing a civil suit for negligence against their employer.
That arrangement tends to be beneficial for employers because it heads off negligence lawsuits that carry higher damages for pain and suffering, and without it employers could be exposed to a greater cost of litigation, said Jeremy Glenn, an attorney with Cozen O’Connor who represents management in employment cases.
But Maisch contends personal injury lawyers will find plenty of ways to sue companies over worker illnesses. He anticipates a deluge of lawsuits as the state opens up, and hopes efforts succeed at the national level to give employers some legal immunity.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R- Kentucky, has said he wants to include a liability shield for employers in the next coronavirus relief bill, but he faces opposition from the Democratic-controlled House. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has said she has no interest in “having any less protection for our workers.”
The Labor Department, following President Donald Trump’s executive order to keep meat processing plants open, said it would consider backing employers in litigation if they demonstrate good-faith attempts to comply with federal safety guidelines issued for the industry.
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is advocating for protection from negligence lawsuits for employers that follow safety guidelines put out by federal and local governments. The threat of lawsuits from employees or customers alleging COVID-19 exposure is the business community’s greatest area of concern, the chamber said.
“It could cause businesses to hesitate when reopening,” said Harold Kim, president of the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform. “That’s a problem when it comes to a pathway to economic recovery.”
The chamber’s proposal does not try to shield employers accused of willful or wanton disregard for worker safety, a claim that can be pursued outside of workers’ compensation.
That is the accusation of a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Walmart by the family of Wando Evans, a 51-year-old employee at the retailer’s Evergreen Park store who died of COVID-19 in late March, four days before a co-worker, 48-year-old Phillip Thomas, also died of the disease.
Attorney Tony Kalogerakos, who is representing Evans’ four siblings in the suit, said he has affidavits from employees saying no protections were put in place as the company scrambled to hire people to meet a surge in demand, and workers who complained of symptoms were ignored. He will have to prove the company knew about the underlying conditions and failed to address them, he said.
“With our particular Walmart, they weren’t following any rules,” Kalogerakos said. “They were so overwhelmed with people, they didn’t implement anything at all, it was just a regular day at that Walmart.”
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Kalogerakos believes the Walmart lawsuit is an outlier and most safety claims will be resolved with workers’ compensation if employees can show they got the virus at work, which he doesn’t think should be that challenging because “there’s nowhere else to go. Everything is closed.”
Walmart said it was “heartbroken” by the deaths and takes the issue seriously.
“While it may be impossible to determine where or how someone contracts the virus, we have taken steps across the country to protect our associates and customers, including additional cleaning measures, installing sneeze guards at registers, placing social distancing decals on the floors and limiting the number of customers in a store at a given time,” company spokesman Randy Gargrove said in a statement. “We’ll continue to take steps, such as screening associates, conducting temperature checks, and requiring that associates wear masks or other face coverings at work.”
To protect against lawsuits, attorneys have been advising companies to implement safety measures recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and state and local authorities.
“If employers can show they took reasonable efforts based on the information available, they will be in a very good spot to defend themselves,” said Antonio Calderone, an attorney with Laner Muchin who represents management in labor and employment cases. In some cases employers have to be sure the safety measures themselves don’t pose other risks to workers, like wearing masks that could interfere with machinery or catch fire.
Employers also have to make employees feel protected, because if workers reasonably believe the office is unsafe and they refuse to return to work, disciplining them could set an employer up for an accusation of retaliation, said Brian Alcala, a labor and employment attorney with Nixon Peabody who represents management.
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“They may be safe, but they also have to believe they’re safe,” Alcala said.
Labor groups want to ensure the measures aren’t superficial. For example, if companies are providing disposable gloves they should make enough available for workers to change them throughout their shifts, said Tim Drea, president of the Illinois AFL-CIO.
They also want “strong, clear, enforceable safety standards" rather than suggested guidelines.
“Standards have accountability,” Drea said. “We’re looking for something with teeth.”
Illinois, by executive order, has provided some standards, such as mandating social distancing and the availability of hand sanitizer for employees and customers. As of Friday masks are mandatory in public indoor spaces and when within 6 feet of another person. The state also recently issued specific guidelines for food and meat processing plants that advise pre- and post-shift screening tests that don’t just rely on temperature checks, as fever is not a consistent symptom.
The Illinois Manufacturers Association says its member companies are implementing social distancing, including staggering shifts, allowing nonessential employees to work from home, and putting up plastic barriers when it’s not possible to keep workers more than 6 feet apart. In some cases they must slow production to comply, Denzler said.
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But the lack of a uniform set of a guidelines across agencies makes it hard to know if they are doing enough.
“One of the most difficult things that employers face are conflicting sets of regulations and opinions,” Denzler said. “There is certainly that fear out there that if I have done everything right, why do I have to defend myself?”
A fundamental problem is that it remains unclear what constitutes a safe workplace in the COVID-19 context, and existing employment laws were not designed to let employers do what they need under the extraordinary circumstances, said Dan Rodriguez, a professor at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law and former dean of the law school.
Providing legal immunity to employers who try to comply with guidelines is “well-intentioned," he said, ”but that’s cold comfort to an employee who feels those guidelines are inadequate to protect them."
State and local authorities must come up with frameworks that offer guidance to employers on how to physically configure their workspaces and other specifics to provide clarity about their responsibilities, so that it doesn’t work itself out in the courts, Rodriguez said.
“What are the duties and obligations in that setting are enormously difficult issues of enormous consequence,” Rodriguez said. “If we don’t figure those out, the economic bounce-back we are all hoping for is not going to happen if employees get sick in massive numbers or employees refuse to come to work in massive numbers.”
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chicagotribune--2020-05-01--The Spin: As church sues, Pritzker amends stay-at-home order allowing park-and-pray services | Pande

The Spin: As church sues, Pritzker amends stay-at-home order allowing park-and-pray services | Pandemic poll shows Illinoisans have faith in Pritzker, Trump less so | Bobbleheads of Mayor Lightfoot, governor coming

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A National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum "rendering" or what it wants J.B. Pritzker and Lori Lightfoot dolls to look like, once the models are made and the dolls produced and painted. (National Bobblehead Hall of Fame / HANDOUT)
Looks like a tiny church in northwestern Illinois has forced Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s hand over his stay-at-home order.
The congregation filed a federal lawsuit this week via the conservative Thomas More Society alleging the shelter-in-place directive violates religious freedoms by not allowing church members to congregate as they wish.
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The governor’s office quietly amended the order that took effect Friday to make clear religious services were considered essential and to allow congregations to meet in very small numbers with proper social distancing.
It’s a microcosm of the wider partisan battle over various governors’ responses to the pandemic. The Tribune’s Bill Ruthhart writes today that divergent approaches across the Midwest have been on full display in recent days, as the Democratic governors of states with early statewide stay-at-home orders, including Illinois, extended them into this month.
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Meanwhile, Republican governors in four nearby states never issued such an order.
But even as Pritzker’s stay-at-home order faces legal challenges — two GOP lawmakers also have sued — and prompted protesters today alone to gather outside the State Capitol in Springfield and the Thompson Center state office building in Chicago, a new poll suggests a majority of residents are happy with how the governor is managing the crisis. Not so with President Donald Trump. The largest chunk of respondents to the survey identified as Democrats.
And Illinois’ two most prominent officials in the effort to combat the coronavirus, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Gov. Pritzker, are being memorialized in the mysteriously enduring kitsch format known as the bobblehead, my Tribune colleague Steve Johnson is reporting.
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker arrives in a mask to speak April 19, 2020, at the Thompson Center during the coronavirus pandemic. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)
From the Tribune’s Antonia Ayres-Brown and Dan Petrella: "On the same day a northwest Illinois church filed a federal lawsuit accusing Gov. J.B. Pritzker of religious discrimination, the governor’s office released a modified stay-at-home order that expressly allows Illinois residents to leave their homes ‘to engage in the free exercise of religion.’ ”
According to the executive order signed yesterday, religious practice is now considered a permitted essential activity “provided that such exercise must comply with Social Distancing Requirements and the limit on gatherings of more than ten people in keeping with CDC guidelines for the protection of public health.” Read the story here.
The governor’s order encourages religious communities to worship via online or drive-in services in order to follow these rules. Pritzker’s initial order, which kicked in March 21, did not list religious services as an essential activity, and he had discouraged the park-and-pray route over concerns that the faithful couldn’t maintain a healthy distance.
Today, as the state reported 3,137 new cases -the highest number in Illinois since the outbreak began - the governor’s modified stay-at-home order began. Brush up on what it means, here.
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A rally calling for the reopening of Illinois is held at the Thompson Center in Chicago on May 1, 2020. (Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune)
The Tribune’s Ruthhart writes: Like so many other issues, the debate over how and whether to reopen businesses largely has broken along partisan lines.
It’s largely Democrats representing states with urban areas that have been hit the hardest urging the most caution and Republican allies of Trump pushing for the economy to reopen, one expert says.
The political divide has been particularly bitter in Midwestern states with Democratic governors, Ruthhart notes:
*In Kansas, Republican lawmakers revoked Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s order that limited church gatherings to 10 people, which the state Supreme Court later overturned. The governor also settled a lawsuit from two rural churches, because she decided to allow the state’s stay-at-home order to expire Monday while enacting a three-phase plan to gradually start reopening businesses.
*In Michigan, Republican lawmakers do not support Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s extension of the state’s stay-at-home order until May 15, refused to pass legislation extending Michigan’s state of emergency and plan to sue in the state Supreme Court to challenge her emergency powers. In Wisconsin, GOP lawmakers have sued Gov. Tony Evers to block his stay-at-home order.
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*Even in Illinois, the only Midwestern state entirely controlled by Democrats, one Downstate Republican lawmaker won a ruling from a judge who temporarily blocked the governor’s stay-at-home order from applying to him, which Pritzker has appealed. A second GOP lawmaker, the co-chair of Trump’s re-elect campaign in Illinois, has sued alleging Pritzker’s order has created a “police state.”
One Illinois hog slaughterhouse to reopen this weekend, but St. Charles meat plant remains closed after worker’s COVID-19 death: Earlier this week President Trump signed an executive order to keep meat processing plants open because of worries that their closures would hurt the food supply, raising concern from unions and labor advocates that worker safety would be jeopardized, my Tribune colleague Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz writes. Read her story here.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Dr. Ngozi Ezike speak April 19, 2020, at the Thompson Center during the coronavirus pandemic. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)
Pritzker and other elected leaders, with guidance from scientists and medical experts, say contact tracing along with increased testing and a decrease in cases will be key to lifting stay-at-home restrictions and reopening the state’s economy, the Tribune’s Hal Dardick and Dan Petrella remind us in a story on how tracing might work. Read the piece here.
During a news conference this afternoon, Pritzker put the pricetag for a contact tracing system at about $80 million.
But as testing ramps up, Illinois, Chicago and Cook County public health leaders concede they’re not yet ready to fully roll out a coronavirus contact tracing system — that is, a methodical way of tracking down and talking with anyone who has been in contact with someone stricken with COVID-19 to alert them and suggest precautions. It’s a system that has been credited with slowing the spread of the disease in other countries.
The big problems to solve? Finding enough workers and putting technology in place. The goal is to have a portion of the larger-scale tracing system in place by month’s end, when the governor’s stay-at-home order lifts. That includes tracing in places where people live in tighter quarters, putting them at higher risk of catching the virus: nursing homes, jails and the like.
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McCormick Place medical facility to wind down, as COVID-19 growth slows: The Tribune’s Lisa Schencker has the details here.
Illinois spent more than $200 million battling coronavirus: What is the money for? My Tribune colleagues Jonathon Berlin has the details here.
Then Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., center, talks with President Donald Trump, right, during a meeting with newly elected governors in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Dec. 13, 2018, in Washington, as then Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill., looks on. (Evan Vucci/AP)
The Tribune’s Rick Pearson reports that a nationwide poll conducted by Harvard, Rutgers and Northeastern universities shows 69% of Illinoisans surveyed said they approved of Pritzker’s handling of the outbreak, while 14% disapproved. Another 16% had no opinion. In contrast, 39% of Illinois residents approved of Trump’s handling of the pandemic, while 45% disapproved. Another 17% had no opinion. Read the full story about it here.
Perspective: Of the Illinoisans polled, 41% identified as Democrats, 30% as Republicans and 24% as independents. The survey’s findings come as Pritzker faces legal and political challenges to his stay-home orders, particularly from Republicans representing more rural conservative areas.
President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on April 19, 2020, in Washington. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
As congressional leaders work out a new relief package, this one to help cash-strapped local governments, President Trump doubled down on his message that Democrats have will to make some concessions for the package to succeed.
Earlier this week, Trump suggested federal relief money for cities like Chicago would hinge on making “adjustments” to their sanctuary city status. And in a coy tweet, he wrote: “Why should the people and taxpayers of America be bailing out poorly run states (like Illinois, as example) and cities, in all cases Democrat run....?"
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At the White House yesterday, he offered his view of the discussions: “So, what’s happening is the Democrats have come to us, and they’d like to do a phase four,” he said, referring to a fourth round of relief. “They want to help the states. They want help — bailouts. And, you know, bailouts are very tough. And they happen to be Democrat states. It’s California. It’s New York. It’s Illinois."
“And the Republican states are in strong shape," he added, saying the Republicans “are in a much better position” going into talks.
"Illinois is in big trouble. The governor understands that — Pritzker. He understands that,” he said.
Earlier this week, Gov. Pritzker pushed back on Republican reluctance to provide relief to states. "We pay more in federal taxes in Illinois than we get back from the federal government.” My Tribune colleague Eric Zorn dug in and found a series of studies that prove the point, including a January analysis by the State University of New York’s Rockefeller Institute of Government showing, as Zorn writes, “Illinois sent an average of $5.6 billion a year more to Washington than Washington sent back in such forms as grants to state and local governments, wages to federal workers, safety-net programs, contracts, and Social Security, veterans’ and Medicare benefits.” Read his column from earlier this week here.
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chicagotribune--2020-05-01--With stay-at-order in place, Latino leaders, groups use caravan in Pilsen to urge households to fill

With stay-at-order in place, Latino leaders, groups use caravan in Pilsen to urge households to fill out census

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A stream of honking cars blared through the Pilsen neighborhood Friday as community leaders pushed residents to fill out the 2020 census to improve response rates in the area.
Motorists using speakers yelled “census," as the caravan snaked around the Latino neighborhood. One car was decorated with pink letters that read “Yo Cuento,” meaning “I count.” Another car sign stated, “People with disabilities count 2." One woman, wearing a pink crochet mask, came out of her home to look at the caravan.
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Since the population tally started in March, Latino neighborhoods in Chicago haven’t responded as quickly as other communities in the city. And now in May, households in Latino neighborhoods like Back of the Yards and Little Village still aren’t responding as quickly as other parts of Chicago.
In one part of Pilsen that was part of the caravan route, only 27.7% of households had responded to the census as of Thursday, according to a map of census data compiled by the City University of New York. In other parts of Pilsen, about 30% of households had responded.
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Across the city, about 48% of households have responded to the questionnaire, after households in other parts of the city have responded at a higher rate. For example, in a part of the Lincoln Park Community Area, 62% of households have already responded to the census.
The census, mandated by the U.S. Constitution, happens every 10 years and aims to count the entire U.S. population. The data is used to divvy up federal funds, draw political districts and determine how many congressional representatives each states receives.
The U.S. Census Bureau has pushed back its timeline for the count because of the coronavirus pandemic. For example, collection of the data will continue until Oct. 31 rather than ending July 31. Census takers won’t start knocking on doors of households that haven’t responded until Aug. 11. Those workers were originally scheduled to start going through neighborhoods May 13.
In Illinois, officials have long worried about the implications of an undercount of the state’s population. The state has lost residents for six years in a row, and experts predict the state could lose one or two U.S. representatives.
Nearly 60% of households across the state have responded to the census as of this week, according to census data. The rate of response is slightly higher than how households are responding across the country. As of this week, nearly 55% of households in the U.S. had participated in the census.
The state ranks seventh in terms of its response rate, according to census data. Other states in the Midwest such as Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa have had a higher response rate of response.
During a Friday webinar before the caravan, Pilsen Neighbors Community Council and other Latino leaders urged residents to fill out the census, arguing that the only way to get more resources is to have accurate data about their communities.
“This is a critical campaign for equality, for social justice to make sure our community gets the resources it deserves and to make sure we are all represented,” said Byron Sigcho-Lopez, the 25th Ward alderman.
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Community groups for months have tried to do outreach to parts of the city like Pilsen to ensure households participate in the census. Many had to alter their plans just before April 1, known as Census day, as the number of COVID-19 cases increased and a stay-at-home order was put in place.
Former U.S. Rep. Luis Gutiérrez joined from his home in Puerto Rico, saying he is encouraged by the activism around the census from young Latinos. He urged them to raise “la bandera” for the community, adding elected leaders need the data from the census to argue for more funding.
“We have to translate those numbers into power,” Gutierrez said in Spanish.
emalagon@chicagotribune.com


chicagotribune--2020-05-01--Praying for churches to reopen

Praying for churches to reopen

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chicagotribune--2020-05-01--Chicago restaurant ordered extra service, promotions, Grubhub says about viral receipt

The highest cost listed on the receipt is $ 362.19 for promotions .
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@ @ @ @ @ for use of the company ’ s online ordering system and delivery drivers .
( @ @ @ @ @ to use Grubhub ’ s delivery drivers if they have their own . )

A few days ago, Giuseppe Badalamenti posted a Grubhub receipt from a restaurant that he is consulting with on Facebook. In a photo included with the post you can see that the anonymous restaurant received $1,042.63 in orders from the online ordering and delivery company, but after all the fees were applied, it only made $376.54.
“Stop believing you are supporting your community by ordering from a 3rd party delivery company,” Badalamenti wrote. He also jokes that the amount “is almost enough to pay for the food.”
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😉 Stop believing you are supporting your community by ordering from a 3rd party delivery company Out of almost $1,100... Posted by Giuseppe Badalamenti on Wednesday, April 29, 2020
His post quickly went viral, racking up hundreds of comments and 2,500 shares.
Badalamenti is also the owner of Chicago Pizza Boss, a food truck that serves pizza based in suburban Westmont, but this particular receipt was from a restaurant he’s currently consulting with. In a phone call, he said he posted the receipt because he was so frustrated. “It was just so outrageous,” says Badalamenti. “The frustration out there with all these independent operators is unanimous.”
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This is not the first time Grubhub has had to deal with upset restaurateurs in the past few weeks. After the coronavirus pandemic forced the closure of dining rooms across the country, many owners criticized Grubhub for announcing a promotion that was pitched to help restaurants, yet forced any participating restaurant to eat the costs.
But in an official statement, Grubhub claims that the restaurateur knew exactly what he had signed up for. “Restaurant owners select the services they want and only pay a commission to Grubhub when we help generate sales. Grubhub is happy to work with restaurant partners to help them manage costs and grow their business.”
The highest cost listed on the receipt is $362.19 for promotions. (That’s $231 in regular promotions, plus $131.19 in a specific promotion offering $7 off.) As Grubhub explains, the restaurateur had to opt into participating in the offers, and should consider them as a marketing expenses. The other costs listed pay for use of the company’s online ordering system and delivery drivers. (Restaurants don’t have to use Grubhub’s delivery drivers if they have their own.)
An earlier version of this article said that the receipt was from Badalamenti’s restaurant, Chicago Pizza Boss.
nkindelsperger@chicagotribune.com


chicagotribune--2020-05-01--Time for states to reopen their economies? Political divisions emerge as Midwest governors weigh cor

Time for states to reopen their economies? Political divisions emerge as Midwest governors weigh coronavirus cases vs. unemployment.

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He called the gathering a “ perfect petri @ @ @ @ @ spread ” in a city with one-third of the state ’ s COVID-19 cases .

Protesters congregate at the Capitol Building during the "American Patriot Rally on Capitol Lawn" protest April 30, 2020, in Lansing, Mich. People gathered to urge lawmakers to vote to end the emergency order amid the new coronavirus. (Nicole Hester/AP)
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across America, many of the nation’s governors find themselves in a political vise, squeezed between pressure to reopen local economies amid record unemployment and to keep citizens safe from a highly contagious disease.
No region in the country has met the public health crisis with a wider range of responses than the Midwest, which is home to large rural swaths with fewer cases of the virus and major cities such as Detroit and Chicago that are among the hardest hit.
As the U.S. tops 1 million people sickened by the virus and 64,000 deaths, differing statistical curves of COVID-19 cases in the Midwest’s 12 states have driven varying policy prescriptions from the region’s state capitols. So, too, have the political persuasions of the governors — seven of whom are Republicans and five of whom are Democrats.
The divergent approaches across the Midwest have been on full display in recent days as the Democratic governors of states with early statewide stay-at-home orders — Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin — extended them into May. Meanwhile, Republican governors in four states that never issued such an order — Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota — have plans for many businesses to operate under new social distancing guidelines.
Urgency to reopen business sectors in states has ratcheted up as the national economy has cratered under the stay-at-home restrictions in recent weeks, with a staggering 30 million Americans filing for unemployment since mid-March.
The governors have started to enact changes as health experts have warned that the Midwest has the nation’s largest share of emerging coronavirus hot spots — most of them in states reopening large sectors of their economies and many tied to meatpacking plants President Donald Trump recently ordered to remain open. All told, cases continue to rise in seven Midwestern states, are relatively flat in three states and have decreased in another two, data shows.
Governors are making decisions on how and when to reopen businesses amid heightened pressure from the political right, as thousands of protesters — many of them organized by Trump supporters — have crowded at state capitols to demand their freedom to return to work. In some states, Republican lawmakers have argued the stay-home orders from Democratic governors are a constitutional overreach and have tried to strip their emergency powers.
[ Which Midwest states are reopening economies amid the coronavirus pandemic? Here’s a breakdown ]
In many ways, the swift reopening plans from some GOP governors reflect Trump’s often conflicted response to the pandemic.
The Republican president has expressed an eagerness to reopen the nation’s economy even as most of the nation’s states do not meet the White House’s own criteria to do so. Likewise, some Republican governors are reopening their states even as their COVID-19 cases have yet to peak, let alone meet the federal guideline that they drop for 14 straight days.
Those in favor of a prompt reopening contend keeping businesses closed is economically unsustainable. Those preaching caution warn opening too soon will lead to a surge of new cases and prolong the nation’s economic recovery.
The onus on how to respond to the pandemic largely has been left to the states as Trump has vacillated between deferring to governors to make decisions and blaming them for perceived problems.
“When these men and women ran for governor, they didn’t bargain for this unprecedented pandemic to confront them on their watch,” said Tom Ridge, the former Republican governor of Pennsylvania who served as the first secretary of Homeland Security following 9/11. “They’re governing pretty damn well, especially with adjusting on the fly — and part of their adjustments have been responding to some rhetorical assurances from D.C. that haven’t materialized.”
With commerce and workers frequently crossing state lines, an added emphasis has been placed on regional coordination. So far, that collaboration largely has split along the Mississippi River.
To the East, a bipartisan group of seven governors share data, policies and best practices to balance opening businesses and snuffing out the virus. To the West, at least four GOP governors either rejected invitations or showed no interest in participating in the pact, according to sources in various states familiar with the private talks. Those Republican governors largely coordinate among themselves, the sources confirmed.
In fact, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has not had a single conversation with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds or Missouri Gov. Mike Parson since the pandemic emerged, the state sources confirmed. Pritzker twice has publicly noted their absence in the Midwest collaborative.
“When you look at Iowa and Missouri and places that border Illinois, we don’t want to have done all of our work here and then have cases come across the border because in those states they’re living free and dying,” Pritzker chief of staff Anne Caprara said in an interview. “That’s really not something we embrace.”
A Midwest compact
Pritzker recently joined Republican governors Eric Holcomb of Indiana and Mike DeWine of Ohio along with Democratic governors Tim Walz of Minnesota, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Andy Beshear of Kentucky (though not technically a Midwest state) in forming the joint collaborative.
As part of the group, the governors’ chiefs of staff communicate daily. Holcomb, DeWine and Beshear have regular standing phone calls while Pritzker, Whitmer, Evers and Walz communicate often, various state sources said.
The group does not operate in lockstep but has agreed to closely examine four principles when evaluating whether to reopen sectors of the economy: sustained control of new infections and hospitalizations, enhanced testing and tracing, enough health care capacity to handle a resurgence of cases and enacting new social distancing practices for workplaces.
The sharing of ideas has been evident in recent policy rollouts across the states.
When Holcomb was the first of the group to announce allowing elective surgeries to proceed last week, Pritzker and DeWine did so a few days later. When Pritzker reopened state parks, Evers followed suit. And when Walz announced some 100,000 Minnesota workers could return to manufacturing and industrial jobs under new social distancing guidelines, DeWine announced a similar approach as part of his phased-in reopening plan.
In Michigan, Whitmer’s stay-at-home order was among the most stringent in the nation, and she recently allowed construction to resume, which already had been allowed in several other Midwestern states. The same applied to when Pritzker announced retail stores could have curbside pickup, as Indiana already had been permitting the practice.
Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin largely remain closed for business. Cases in Illinois and Wisconsin continue to climb. In Michigan, one of the nation’s hardest-hit states, cases have peaked and held relatively flat in recent days.
In Minnesota, Walz has allowed the industrial businesses to reopen even as the state’s cases continue to rise, calling the federal requirement that they drop 14 straight days “arbitrary.” Minnesota, he said, has done a better job than most at social distancing. It has one of the lowest per-capita infection rates in the country.
Holcomb and DeWine have stood out from their fellow GOP governors in the Midwest, not only for joining the group, but for issuing early stay-at-home orders. Ohio and Indiana also have more COVID-19 cases than other Republican-run states, although South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska have similar per capita numbers of cases.
However, in reopening their economies, DeWine has moved at a more gradual pace than Holcomb.
Ohio is one of just two states in the Midwest where cases have peaked and are on the decline. DeWine announced offices and industrial operations can reopen Monday and retail stores can open on May 12, both under social distancing rules and lower capacities. Restaurants will remain closed for dining-in as will other businesses such as barbershops and tattoo parlors.
Unlike Ohio, cases in Indiana continue to rise statewide, but Holcomb on Friday announced a much wider range of businesses will be allowed to reopen across the state starting Monday.
All manufacturing can resume while retail, commercial businesses, malls, restaurants and bars can reopen at 50% capacity, gatherings of up to 25 people are allowed and church services can resume with social distancing. Local communities can have stronger requirements, and the state restrictions won’t be lifted until May 11 in Indianapolis and Lake County in Northwest Indiana, and until May 18 in Cass County, where there is a large outbreak tied to a meat processing facility.
Indiana nail salons, barbershops and tattoo parlors will be allowed to reopen on May 11 with social distancing. Playgrounds, basketball courts, pools and fitness centers could reopen May 24 with gatherings of up to 100 people also allowed.
Additional restrictions could be lifted June 14 with the goal of all limits — including those on parades, festivals and the size of gatherings — being eliminated by July 4.
Holcomb emphasized restrictions only would be eased as the state continues to have a 14-day drop in coronavirus hospitalizations, retains surge capacity in hospitals and has the ability to test and trace new COVID-19 cases. He said 80% of the state’s ventilators remain unused.
“It’s a methodic, step-by-step plan for steady progress that we’ll carefully monitor,” Holcomb said.
An urgent approach
In Iowa and Missouri, Republican Govs. Reynolds and Parson have taken an urgent approach to restarting their economies.
A spokesman for Reynolds did not respond to questions about why she declined to join the group of other Midwestern governors. The Iowa governor, however, speaks regularly with fellow Republicans Parson, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum on how to handle the pandemic, he said.
For his part, Parson says he never was invited to join the group, but has acknowledged little interest in doing so.
“I talk to governors every day,” Parson said when asked by a local reporter about his lack of a working relationship with Pritzker. “I learned early on I need a model in place for Missouri that deals just with Missouri. I can’t worry so much about what they’re doing."
Parson initially resisted a stay-at-home order before issuing one in early April. On Monday, it will expire and the governor is allowing all businesses to reopen with social distancing. Kansas City and St. Louis can keep more restrictive local orders, but nearby suburban areas are poised to reopen, state officials said.
Statewide, Missouri’s cases appear to have peaked and have held flat in recent days, but health experts have warned of a resurgence in cases if the state reopens too soon. Parson’s office pointed to cases decreasing in every region except St. Louis.
“This recovery plan is responsible, effective, gradual and safe for Missouri,” Parson said.
In Iowa, Reynolds announced that the state would allow stores, gyms, malls, restaurant dining rooms and other businesses to reopen on Friday in 77 of the state’s 99 counties as long as social distancing is maintained. The governor said business restrictions would remain in 22 counties with higher case numbers until at least May 15, and gatherings of 10 or more people remain banned statewide.
“This level of mitigation is not sustainable for the long term, and it has unintended consequences for Iowa families,” Reynolds said of the previous restrictions, adding that her objective is to “protect lives and secure livelihoods at the same time.”
Iowa’s case numbers continue to climb statewide and have not met the White House guideline for a 14-day decrease. Reynolds said case numbers in the counties reopening have either “stabilized or we’ve started to see a downward trend over the 14 days.” The governor’s office did not respond to requests for the county-by-county data.
Reynolds made the decision after University of Iowa health experts warned that if she loosened the restrictions the state likely would bear a second wave of cases and deaths, the Des Moines Register reported.
Iowa is home to three of the fastest-growing hot spots in the country, according to a study of case data by the Dartmouth Institute. An outbreak in Sioux City tied to a nearby beef processing plant is the fastest-growing in the nation while hot spots tied to a Waterloo pork plant and in the state capital of Des Moines rank near the top.
Allowing some counties to open while such outbreaks remain nearby is a scattered approach likely to exacerbate the problem, warned Dr. Elliott Fisher, an epidemiologist and a professor who heads up Dartmouth’s project that maps COVID-19 cases and deaths by regional hospital districts.
“The danger of using county-level data is that it can mislead you into thinking the virus isn’t really there, because you can’t really see the patterns,” Fisher said. "When we group the counties together and look at it regionally, we can see the virus is everywhere.”
Asked Wednesday about data showing high-growth pockets in the state, Reynolds defended her county-by-county process, calling it a “reasonable, phased-in approach."
Politics of reopening
Like Iowa, Gov. Ricketts is reopening businesses in regions of Nebraska even as the state’s case numbers climb. Ricketts, a co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, has taken it a few steps further, allowing restaurants, barbershops and tattoo parlors to open.
North Dakota Gov. Burgum allowed all businesses in the state to reopen Friday with social distancing guidelines and reduced capacities. In South Dakota, most businesses were never required to close, as Gov. Kristi Noem emphasized citizens’ economic freedom even as a pork processing plant in Sioux Falls became the largest coronavirus outbreak in the country at the time.
As a result, the state ranks third behind Michigan and Illinois for the most per capita COVID-19 cases in the Midwest. Noem has argued the outbreak at the plant would have happened even if the state had a stay-at-home order since it’s an essential business, and said the factory should reopen soon as South Dakota’s cases have decreased.
“I trusted my people,” Noem said during a recent Fox News appearance with Sean Hannity. “They trusted me to make decisions that were best for us.”
Her firm stance has drawn regular praise from conservative commentators such as Hannity and Laura Ingraham, who called Noem “public enemy No. 1 for the liberal media."
Like so many other issues, the debate over how and whether to reopen businesses largely has broken along partisan lines, said University of Chicago political science professor William Howell, who has studied the political response to the pandemic. It’s largely Democrats representing states with urban areas that have been hit the hardest urging the most caution and Republican allies of Trump pushing for the economy to reopen, he said.
“There have been a couple of exceptions, but most Republicans are taking their cues from this president, and they certainly don’t want to cross him,” Howell said. “Whereas there has been much more uniformity on the Democratic sides in taking seriously the views of public health experts.”
The political divide has been particularly bitter in Midwestern states with Democratic governors.
In Kansas, Republican lawmakers revoked Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s order that limited church gatherings to 10 people, which the state Supreme Court later overturned. The governor also settled a lawsuit from two rural churches, because she decided to allow the state’s stay-at-home order to expire Monday while enacting a three-phase plan to gradually start reopening businesses.
In Michigan, Republican lawmakers do not support Whitmer’s extension of the state’s stay-at-home order until May 15, refused to pass legislation extending Michigan’s state of emergency and plan to sue in the state Supreme Court to challenge her emergency powers. In Wisconsin, GOP lawmakers have sued Evers over to block his stay-at-home order.
Even in Illinois, the only Midwestern state entirely controlled by Democrats, one Downstate Republican lawmaker won a ruling from a judge who temporarily blocked the governor’s stay-at-home order from applying to him, which Pritzker has appealed. A second GOP lawmaker, the co-chair of Trump’s re-elect campaign in Illinois, has sued alleging Pritzker’s order has created a “police state.”
“I find that this partisanship in the midst of an unprecedented global health crisis is inexcusable and unforgivable," said Ridge, the former Republican Pennsylvania governor and Homeland Security secretary under former President George W. Bush. “If there’s ever been a time in this country where R’s should be talking to D’s and D’s should be talking to R’s to find a common path and common ground, now is that time."
Virtually all of the region’s governors have faced some form of protest — the largest of them in the key presidential swing states of Michigan and Wisconsin where thousands gathered, many of them Trump supporters, to protest the Democratic governors. The president helped fuel the demonstrations, by tweeting that states run by Democrats, including Michigan and Minnesota, should be liberated.
But the Republican governors have faced unrest too.
In Ohio, DeWine condemned a “vile” anti-Semitic sign at a statehouse protest and a GOP state senator’s comparison of steps taken by the state’s health director to those made by Nazis during the Holocaust. And in Indiana, Holcomb criticized 200 protesters who marched outside the governor’s mansion in Indianapolis, many of them not wearing masks or practicing social distancing. He called the gathering a “perfect petri dish for how this can spread” in a city with one-third of the state’s COVID-19 cases.
“We respect everyone’s voice and being able to step forward and be heard," Holcomb said, “but this would be the exact way not to be productive about that.”
In Missouri, Parson is all too familiar with such scrutiny. The governor has been criticized for waiting until April to issue a stay-at-home order and now for allowing it to expire Monday after just three weeks.
Even as he stood outside his wood-paneled office in Jefferson City and announced all businesses in the state would be allowed to reopen the following week, Parson repeatedly was interrupted with heckles.
“Reopen!” a man shouted, his voice echoing off the capitol walls as the governor trudged through his speech. “Reopen now!”
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