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Freedom is not free, and the price of grabbing the best defense against ignorance and oppression will set you back an extra buck on weekdays.

Oak Park Pastor John Edgerton’s unusual theme for Lent has drawn publicity across the globe — not all of it favorable.

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Ezike will begin her new job in June as head of a hospital network that employs more than 3,200 caregivers.

Asked whether the state would consider another indoor mask mandate, as other U.S. cities respond to rising cases, Pritzker said, “I think that towns, cities across Illinois, not to mention across the country, should do what they feel is necessary in their communities to keep people safe.”

The Cook County state’s attorney told the Sun-Times Wednesday her office is taking a harder look at cases than under her predecessors.

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she told lawyers to file a victim-impact statement in Solis’ case. She added, “no one is above the law and Chicago residents expect that their elected officials will be held accountable.”

Without community trust, all other changes implemented to better the police department are at risk of crashing down in a chilling domino effect.

The change in coronavirus data reporting follows new guidelines set by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which place more emphasis on hospitalizations and case rates per 100,000 residents.

“I love that everybody has a good time, and everybody is friendly,” said one diehard Sox fan at Guaranteed Rate Field on Tuesday for the game against the Seattle Mariners. “That’s what it should be about: safety and friendship and just meeting people.”