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Former Illinois Gov. James Thompson, ‘Big Jim,' Dies at 84
Former Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson passed away Friday night at the age of 84. Thompson died shortly after 8 p.m. Friday at the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab in downtown Chicago, his wife, Jayne Thompson told the Chicago Tribune. “The Thompson family is mourning the loss of a wonderful husband, father and grandfather,” a statement from the family read. “Jim…
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Chicago Doctor's Blunt Speech About COVID-19 Hits Home Across the Country; Read Her Full Speech
A Chicago doctor’s call-to-action has gone viral after a moving speech following Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s announcement Friday of a stay-at-home ordinance amid the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Emily Landon is the chief infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Chicago Medicine, who moments after Pritzker issued the ordinance to take effect Saturday evening, took to the stand with a 7-minute-long...
