Tammy Duckworth

Chicago’s United Center will become a mass COVID vaccination site next month, offering up doses to thousands of people each day. Here’s what we know so far about the new federally-run operation.

Could Chicago and Illinois soon see the return of fans in the stands at professional sporting events?

As part of an effort to get more of Illinois vaccinated through opening a Chicago mass COVID-19 vaccination site, officials announced Friday that senior citizens will have a specially designated registration period.

The United Center won’t be the only mass vaccination site opening in the near future.

Chicago’s United Center will become a mass COVID vaccination site next month, offering up doses to thousands of people each day, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced alongside a coalition of local, state and federal officials Friday.

Uber is donating 20,000 free rides to help Chicago residents receive the coronavirus vaccine at the city’s new United Center mass vaccination site, the company announced Friday.

Chicago’s United Center will be turned into a mass COVID-19 vaccination site opening next month, a coalition of city, state and federal officials announced Friday.

Crews are already clearing snow from the parking lots at the United Center as they begin work to turn it into a mass vaccination site. NBC 5’s Sandra Torres reports.

A coalition of Illinois, Chicago, Cook County and federal officials will deliver a joint COVID-19 update Friday.

The United Center could become a mass vaccination center as soon as next month. Sandra Torres reports.

At least 13 representatives and both of Illinois’ U.S. senators have publicly expressed support for President Donald Trump’s removal from office after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in an effort to overturn the presidential election results, halting the electoral vote count in an eruption of chaos and violence that left five people dead.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called for Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office.

Illinois representatives at the U.S. Capitol for a joint session to count and confirm the Electoral College vote won by Joe Biden reacted as they were ushered to various locations following a lockdown and evacuation as protesters breached the capitol building.

Multiple Illinois lawmakers shared their first-hand account as violence erupted on the U.S. Capitol complex Wednesday. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern has the details.

Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., implored his fellow Congress members to forego objections to the certification of the 2020 presidential election, calling the proceedings a “stain on democracy.”

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill. lambasted Republican colleagues who were pushing for a rejection of electoral college votes on Wednesday. “By trying to overturn this election, they are placing more trust in Reddit conspiracy theories over the Constitution,” Duckworth said.

Illinois officials announced security preparations have begun after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, clashing with police officers.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks with NBC News about pro-Trump protesters breking into Congress.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth has written a memoir, “Every Day Is a Gift,” which comes out March 30.

Both Illinois Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth released statements voicing their concerns following President Trump’s nomination of Chicago Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court Saturday. “We’re 38 days from Election Day & 45 days away from the Supreme Court taking up the case that will decide whether the Affordable Care Act survives,” Sen. Dick Durbin...