The Illinois House Redistricting Committee held its first hearing last week on new congressional and judicial subcircuit district maps at the Michael Bilandic Building in Chicago. Another half-dozen hearings were
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This Year, Widmer Brothers’ Hefe Day Will Benefit the Bar and Restaurant Industry From May 15-31, the company will donate a dollar from every pint sold to the Oregon Hospitality Foundation. (Carleigh Oeth) Updated May 11 In recent years, no May passes in Portland without a blowout birthday bash for one of the city’s most iconic beers. Although the pandemic will prevent crowds from assembling for Widmer Brothers’ Hefe Day this year, the brewery is celebrating the birth of its American-style wheat by giving back to others in the industry that have been hit hard by COVID-19 restrictions.
PEORIA â In a historic moment, health care workers in Chicago and Peoria on Tuesday became the first groups in Illinois to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, marking what Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike called âthe beginning of the endâ of the pandemic.
The vaccine, developed by the drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech, was granted Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week and is now being shipped throughout the United States. Early studies have shown that after two doses that are given 21 days apart, the vaccine is 95% effective in preventing the disease.
PEORIA â In a historic moment, health care workers in Chicago and Peoria on Tuesday became the first groups in Illinois to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, marking what Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike called âthe beginning of the endâ of the pandemic.
The vaccine, developed by the drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech, was granted Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week and is now being shipped throughout the United States. Early studies have shown that after two doses that are given 21 days apart, the vaccine is 95% effective in preventing the disease.