08/05/20: CPS students not coming back to classroom, after all

Chicago Public Schools says students will now start the new school year at home. Crain’s reporter A.D. Quig explains why the nation’s third-largest school district scrapped a plan that would have had students in classrooms two days a week. Plus: Black communities bear the brunt of Cook County’s suicide increase, Illinois manufacturers' outlook improves from earlier in the pandemic, Hyatt details second-quarter COVID carnage and a startup aims to fix the weed industry’s cash problem.