Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what’s happening Tuesday with COVID-19 in the Chicago area

Gov. J.B. Pritzker sought Monday to downplay a new enforcement tool he quietly filed last week that allows the state to cite nonessential businesses with a misdemeanor for opening up to customers in violation of his executive orders dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. The provision came as the state nears the beginning of a third month under Pritzker’s stay-at-home order. Also Monday, the …