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Illinois lawmakers approve crime package, $46.5 billion budget in marathon final day of session

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois lawmakers early Saturday approved a $46.5 billion budget that includes $1.8 billion in largely temporary election-year tax relief and a $1 billion deposit into the state’s rainy day fund.

Chicago Tribune · Apr 9, 2022

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson gives us reason to hope

Her confirmation was expected but still a joy to behold.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 8, 2022

Crowd, cheers, history as Senate confirms Supreme Court pick

Moments before the Senate began Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation vote to become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, the chamber filled with the swell of history

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022

Restaurant, 'hard-hit' business aid shelved in Senate, for now - Roll Call

The House plans to vote this week on a $55 billion aid package for restaurants and other hard-hit businesses, but Senate action will wait.

Roll Call · Apr 5, 2022

‘Nobody came back alive’ — Tema Bauer, one of Illinois’ oldest Holocaust survivors, has died at 105

She lost all 38 family members and her right arm to the Nazis but found a new life in Chicago with fellow survivor Morris Bauer, who “told her that she need not worry about the future because he would always take care of her.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 1, 2022

Senate Judiciary Committee to vote on whether to advance Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination April 4

The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on whether to advance Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination on April 4. Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) announced the date on March 23.

Ballotpedia · Apr 1, 2022

Senate close to COVID-19 aid deal; global funds in question - Roll Call

Senators negotiating a COVID-19 supplemental funding package have an “agreement in principle” to provide roughly $10 billion.

Roll Call · Mar 31, 2022

Congress Hears Sirens Wail as Ukraine Legislators Visit

As members of the Ukrainian parliament were pleading for aid on Capitol Hill, an air raid siren blared from one of their cell phones — a wrenching alert from the war-torn country back home. One of the visitors reached into her bag, pulled out the phone and let the siren…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 31, 2022

Families of crime victims head to Illinois capital to plead for more support and alternatives to traditional law-and-order methods

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Maria Pike found her calling after her son Ricky was shot and killed in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood in August 2012.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 30, 2022

2022 USA TODAY/American Volleyball Coaches Association boys volleyball Super 25

The top boys high school volleyball teams as of March 30, 2022.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 30, 2022