The Illinois economy shrank by 4 percent in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on many of its sectors, although there were signs of a recovery taking place late in the year.

Those preliminary numbers, released last week by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Economic Analysis, showed that the leisure, hospitality and food service sector was the hardest hit by the pandemic, reporting a nearly 30 percent drop in economic output for the year.

The number of people getting vaccinated against COVID-19 each day in Illinois has dropped sharply over the past few weeks, even as nearly a third of the state’s population has now been fully vaccinated.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 16,920 doses were administered on Sunday, the lowest daily total reported since Feb. 20. However, state officials said several pharmacies have not yet reported the number of doses given out over the weekend, so the figures reported on Monday are artificially low, and missing data will be reflected in numbers IDPH reports later this week.

Illinois is set to record more than $1 billion in sales of adult-use marijuana products this year, with first quarter cannabis tax revenue already surpassing that of alcohol.

The state of Illinois, whose lawmakers are eyeing bankruptcy options amid a huge budget deficit, generated more than $86 million from adult-use marijuana tax revenue between January and March 2021. Illinois received $72 million from liquor sales. The state has repeatedly broken its own monthly weed sales records, with both in- and out-of-state adult sales hitting $28 million in March alone. During the last quarter, the state Department of Revenue took in more tax dollars from marijuana receipts than alcohol for the first time ever. Adults from both in- and out-of-state spent nearly $110 million on recreational cannabis products during just the month of March.

Cook County is recognizing Monday as Restaurant Worker Day as it pushes to get more restaurant workers vaccinated.

Cook County Health operates six mass vaccination sites across the county that offer vaccines for walk-ins as well as those with appointments.

Fiscally solvent school districts Illinois increased in fiscal 2020 even as they navigated COVID-19’s impact on operations.

Of the state’s 851 districts, 728 landed in the top category of financial recognition based on fiscal 2020 results, up from 706 for fiscal 2019 and 697 in 2019, according to the Illinois Board of Education’s 2021 fiscal report card.

Illinois restaurants and bars reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic are getting more relief. Affected businesses can now apply for Restaurant Revitalization Fund grants from the U.S. Small Business Administration.

The $28.6 billion federal program provides restaurants, bars, caterers and other eligible establishments grants equal to their pandemic-related revenue losses.

An analysis of the city’s gunshot detection system released Monday found that nearly 86% of police deployments to alerts of gunfire prompted no formal reports of any crime.

The research, conducted by the MacArthur Justice Center at the Northwestern University School of Law, shows there were more that 40,000 “dead-end deployments” to gunshot alerts recorded between July 2019 and mid-April — an average of 61 each day.

Barring a “highly unusual event,” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says that he anticipates that the annual State Fairs in Springfield and Du Quoin will be able to proceed later this summer.

The governor says that the size of outdoor spaces at both sites will be key to allowing the fairs to take place, and that the Illinois Department of Public Health is coordinating with the state’s Department of Agriculture to ensure the safety of fairgoers.

Restaurant owners across the country, including Chicago, have voiced their frustrations with DoorDash and Grubhub when the delivery companies post unauthorized content on its platforms. The practice, which third parties say is consumer forward — giving customers access to as many restaurant choices as passible, But restaurants owner gripe about outdated menus and prices and say the practice is unfair and leaves restaurant owners without recourse if an order is late or if a courier makes a mistake

Last week, State Sen. Melinda Bush, a Democrat from Grayslake, introduced a bill that would make these actions illegal. Senate Bill 672, the Fair Food Delivery Act would stop third parties delivery service “from using the likeness, registered trademark, or intellectual property belonging to a merchant without obtaining written consent from the merchant.” The bill made it through the senate and awaits a vote from the house.