Illinois and states across the country are preparing to receive COVID vaccine and officials are sharing more information about who should be getting them.

During an afternoon press briefing, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, the director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, said if you’ve recently tested positive for COVID you should wait to get the vaccine.

“People who have had COVID within the last 90 days should hold back and let others get the vaccine because we think within that 90 days, you can’t get COVID again. We can’t say for sure,” said Dr. Ezike.

Guard medical staff are currently in LaSalle, and will go to veterans’ homes in Quincy and Manteno on Monday to help with testing and screening. In a statement, LaSalle County Veterans Assistance Commission Superintendent Steven Kreitzer said the staff are medical units that will be “utilized to maintain records of temperature checks and COVID-19 testing as well as make sure PPE is being worn at all times properly.”

A controversial concert is planned for an area where indoor dining is banned. It’s a restaurant known for defying Illinois Governor J.B Pritzker’s orders and, thus far, getting away with it.

Washy’s Saloon in Waterloo, Illinois defies orders to close down inside, even after the Illinois State Police came by and took the case to prosecutors. The Monroe County prosecutor declined the case.

Now, Washy’s is planning a show Dec. 19 with Platinum Rock Legends, a band so popular it says its crowds cannot be controlled.

The band offers no apologies.

Local governments are enforcing Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s restrictions prohibiting indoor service, including by going after bar owners who don’t follow the rules.

Five Bloomington liquor license holders have agreed to pay $400 in fines to the city government for violating the state’s COVID-19 restrictions. One bar, Joe’s Pub, plans to fight the is unwilling to accept the penalty and will appeal to the liquor commission.

Anthony Wargo, owner of Joe’s Pub, said the business never faltered from state mitigations, requiring employees to wear masks, allowing for social distancing, and working to keep the business sanitary.

The Legislative Black Caucus has come out in support of embattled Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago. But one caucus member says he stands by his previous dissent.

While he hasn’t been charged with a crime, Madigan has been implicated in federal bribery charges against five others. One former ComEd official pleaded guilty to bribery charges in September. Four others, two other former ComEd officials and two Madigan associates, pleaded not guilty last month.

ComEd admitted it paid $1.3 million over nine years in jobs and contracts to Madigan associates in an effort to influence the longtime speaker. Madigan denies knowing anything about attempts to influence him.

The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported 107,616 new unemployment claims were filed across the state last week, the week of Nov. 29, the most jobless claims the state has had in nearly eight months.

Illinois’ estimated claims last week were among 853,000 total filed across the country.

The most recent claims represent a 45% decrease from the prior week, when 74,131 unemployment claims were filed statewide, and a 627% increase over the 14,798 new claims filed in the same week of 2019.