The following is a list of events of the year 2022 in Illinois.
Incumbents
Governor: J. B. Pritzker (D) Lieutenant governor: Juliana Stratton (D) Attorney general: Kwame Raoul (D) Secretary of State: Alexi Giannoulias (D) Comptroller: Susana Mendoza (D) Treasurer: Mike Frerichs (D)
Sports
2022 Chicago Bears season 2021–22 Chicago Blackhawks season 2022–23 Chicago Blackhawks season 2021–22 Chicago Bulls season 2022–23 Chicago Bulls season 2022 Chicago Marathon 2022 Chicago White Sox season 2022 WNBA All-Star Game All Out (2022) Chicago Hounds (rugby union) established Chicago Tigers (cricket) established Emergence (2022) Hell in a Cell (2022) LIV Golf Chicago Windy City Riot Women's Wrestling Army established
Events
January 5 - Deidre Silas, a Division of Children and Family Services child protection specialist, is stabbed and killed during a home visit in Thayer. February 28 - Governor J.B. Pritzker lifts the indoor mask mandate for Illinois residents. April 1 - AMITA Health splits up with AdventHealth and Ascension rebranding their hospitals. May 19 - Magnificent Mile shooting: A mass shooting occurred in Chicago's Magnificent Mile shopping district, killing 2 and injuring 8. June 2 - AIDS Garden Chicago opened to the public. June 14 - A new flag for Cook County was adopted. July 4 - Highland Park parade shooting: during an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, 21-year-old Robert Eugene Crimo III shot into the parade, killing 7 and wounding 48. July 7 - Lisa Holder White is sworn in as the first black woman to serve on the Illinois Supreme Court. July 18 - Santa Khan was murdered by her husband after she shared her divorce experience on TikTok. He then shot himself when police arrived on scene. July 31 - One teenager was killed and three others injured in a shooting at the end of a graduation party at a brewpub in Decatur. August 2 - Parts of central Illinois received very heavy rainfall and numerous counties were impacted by flooding, including the cities of Decatur, Dawson, Spaulding, and Barclay. October 23 - Five men were shot, three fatally, when gunfire erupted at an intersection taken over by a drag-racing caravan of more than 100 cars in the Brighton Park neighborhood. October 31 - 14 people were shot, one fatally, in a drive-by shooting in the East Garfield Park neighborhood during a vigil balloon release. November 26 - Four people were shot, two fatally, just after midnight in the West Pullman neighborhood in the south side. December 4 - Five teenagers were shot inside a home in Zion. December 11 - Three adults were killed and one wounded at a birthday party inside Vera Lounge in Portage Park in the northwest side. December 16 - Four students were shot, two fatally, outside Benito Juarez Community Academy in the Pilsen neighborhood in the west side.
See also 2022 in the United States
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