Chicago’s public health commissioner says the city has officially passed the peak of omicron cases, but that the city is not “out of the woods” yet.

The embattled testing sites run by the Center for COVID Control are indefinitely closed amid multiple investigations. The federal government rolls out a plan to mail at-home COVID-19 tests, with N95 mask distribution not far behind.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot travels to Washington, D.C. after spending several days in isolation with COVID-19. The mayor doubles down on her support for Superintendent David Brown after reporting that CPD top brass has lost faith in their leader. Lightfoot also rejects calls to release a full Inspector General report on the botched smokestack implosion in Little Village.

Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin enters the Republican gubernatorial primary on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, as Gov. J.B. Pritzker puts $90 million into his reelection bid. President Joe Biden marks one year in office. An effort to change Senate filibuster rules to advance a voting rights measure fails.

Guests

Kelly Bauer, Block Club Chicago | @BauerJournalism, @BlockClubCHI

Lorraine Forte, Chicago Sun-Times | @Forte926, @Suntimes

Hannah Meisel, NPR Illinois | @hannahmeisel, @nprillinois

A.D. Quig, Crain’s Chicago Business | @ad_quig, @CrainsChicago

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