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Some of the top names in the field will be at The Museum of Lead Mining at Wanlockhead, which will also host the Scottish championships

The Better Government Association and the League of Women Voters say the newly elected City Council, which should be seated in a couple of months, should take on the task.

A new state law is a sensible recognition of this fact: Incarceration is of little or no help when people are arrested for having small amounts of drugs.

In 10 months, she has made more than $500,000 from a lobbyist, Democratic groups that don’t disclose their contributors and political and labor groups. She’s now running for Congress.

The Better Government Association published a policy statement Friday renewing its call for the City Council to shed its reputation as a rubber stamp for Chicago mayors.

Eliminated from the ordinance was a requirement that alderpersons leave the room — or log out of a virtual meeting — whenever they have a declared conflict of interest that prohibits them from voting.

The mayor’s latest veto threat comes two days before a long-stalled Chicago City Council showdown on the volatile issue of how far over the speed limit motorists can drive before getting a speed-camera ticket.

While Chicago’s gun laws may be more strict than some states, Abbott’s statement ignores how regulations have been weakened after federal court reversals of the city’s once-tougher restrictions. He also ignores how the majority of firearms in Chicago are coming from neighboring states where gun…

The BGA could find no language in either White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki’s statements or in the Department of Health and Human Services guidance that encourages children to take “chemical castration drugs” or undergo gender reassignment surgery.