• Joel Ebert
    OCT 08, 2021
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    News in brief: Biden praises Pritzker, Lightfoot during visit; Pritzker announces 2 more vaccine labor agreements; DCEO launches broadband expansion.

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    President Joe Biden praised Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot during his latest visit. The governor announced two more agreements with labor unions to vaccinate state employees. And the state’s Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity launched new tools to bolster broadband.   

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