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Bronzeville Trail to receive $5 million in funding in 2024

The Bronzeville Trail Task Force met with the city two weeks ago discuss opening at least some parts of the trail.

Chicago Sun-Times

High-speed routes biggest winners in latest rail funding round - Roll Call

The White House Friday announced $8.2 billion for passenger rail across the country, including more than $6 billion for high-speed projects.

Roll Call

CosMc's lands in Illinois, as McDonald's tests its new coffee-centered concept

The beverage-first McDonald's spinoff, named for a six-handed extraterrestrial, seems to be a grab at markets currently served by the likes of Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts.

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Menu items revealed for CosMc's, the new spinoff restaurant from McDonald's

Unique drinks and sandwiches will apparently live alongside menu favorites.

Fortune

Congress must protect our privacy rights by stopping ‘warrantless surveillance’

Law enforcement routinely circumvents laws meant to protect privacy, by purchasing peoples’ personal information via data brokers. Sen. Dick Durbin should do more to stop it, the head of Lucy Parsons Lab writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Freshman Jackson offers bill to boost USDA civil rights efforts - Roll Call

Rep. Jonathan L. Jackson, the son of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, introduces legislation to address discrimination at USDA.

Roll Call

George Santos expelled from Congress, how Illinois members voted

Three members from the Illinois delegation declined to vote to expel the New York congressman from the U.S. House.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Congress weighs proposals to renew key surveillance authority as deadline looms - Roll Call

With a month until a key spy authority expires, lawmakers face conflicting proposals about adding privacy protections for Americans.

Roll Call

Illinois high school football state championship scores

All the scores from this weekend’s title games at ISU.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ex-Rep. Adam Kinzinger sounds the alarm on Trump threat to democracy if he wins a second term

Our conversation on the “At the Table” show was pegged to the publication of Kinzinger’s memoir, “Renegade Defending Democracy and Liberty in our Divided Country.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Disabled Man on Sex Offense Registry Pardoned by Illinois Governor

Adam Nesteikis didn't even understand what he had done wrong.

Reason

Family Members Of Gaza Hostages And Victims Of Hamas Attack To Be Hosted On Capitol Hill

Bipartisan Congressional Israel Allies Caucus organizes event in solidarity with Israel amidst rising antisemitism.

Zenger

Push renewed for online child safety bill despite setbacks - Roll Call

A key member of Congress says she sees a path to enacting child online safety measures for social media use.

Roll Call

Stopgap funds bill leaves plenty of post-Thanksgiving leftovers - Roll Call

The House stopgap would punt final appropriations decisions, but there would still be a variety of other measures on lawmakers' “to-do” list.

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Biden meets Xi Jinping this week as more Americans see China as a critical threat

Voter concern about the rise of China has spiked. But it's unlikely that foreign policy issues will outweigh domestic issues to drive decisions at the polls a year from now.

Chicago Sun-Times

Late flurry gives No. 25 Illinois a 64-53 win over Oakland

Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 15 points and No. 25 Illinois went on a 16-5 run to end the game to turn back upset-minded Oakland on Friday night in Champaign.

Chicago Sun-Times

College hoops preview: Kansas rocks, Big Ten is overdue; we’ll see about Illini and ’Cats

Let’s talk about what to watch for this season. Ten storylines:

WEKU

5 candidates will face off in Miami. Here's how to watch the third GOP debate

Five Republican candidates — minus the front-runner — are set to debate in Florida on Wednesday night. Here's who will be there — and who won't be — and how to watch.

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The father of a mass shooting suspect stands trial for helping him get a gun license

Robert Crimo Jr. is charged with seven counts of reckless conduct — one for each person his son, Robert Crimo III, is accused of killing in Highland Park, Ill., on Independence Day last year.

Chicago Sun-Times

Highland Park massacre suspect’s dad’s trial starts Monday in possible preview of son’s trial

If the son takes a plea deal, the trial may be the public’s only look into the evidence against him. Prosecutors say they will call 10 witnesses and read transcripts from the son’s police interrogation in the trial against his father, Robert Crimo Jr.

Chicago Sun-Times

2023 IHSA state football semifinal results and schedule

The dates and times have been revealed for all the state semifinals.

WEKU

House approves aid package for Israel, but not for Ukraine

The first substantial legislative effort in Congress to support Israel in the war falls far short of President Biden's request for nearly $106 billion that would also back Ukraine as it fights Russia.

USA Today Sports Media Group

MSU basketball offers 2026 Illinois SG Gabriel Sularski

Michigan State basketball has extended an offer to a shooting guard prospect from Illinois in the 2026 class

Chicago Sun-Times

Bridgeview man mourns over 30 relatives killed in Gaza

Mohammed Abu Realh said his family members were killed in a strike about half a mile near Shifa Hospital at a beach camp in Gaza City. He said more may have died, and many are stuck under rubble.

Roll Call

Surveillance authority change could harm ability to stop attacks, FBI director warns - Roll Call

FBI Director Christopher Wray told a Senate committee that he opposes adding a warrant requirement to Section 702 during its reauthorization.

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