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Under new proposal, all Chicago Board of Education members would be elected by next year

An amendment filed by Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, would allow the board to be fully elected as soon as next year by splitting up memberships to two and four-year terms.

Chicago Sun-Times

White House, state, city team up for pilot program to help migrants apply for work permits

Pilot clinic launching Thursday will serve about 150 migrants per day, allow applicants to apply for hundreds of dollars in fee waivers.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois lawmakers scrutinize private school scholarships without test-result data

The Invest in Kids private school scholarship program in Illinois expires Dec. 31 and supporters want the General Assembly to reauthorize it when it meets for its final three days this week

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Don’t give Cook County nursing homes a property tax break

The tax break would come at the expense of other property owners, who already are “overburdened,” according to a 2020 report from county Treasurer Maria Pappas.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois innovators help improve lives of those in need abroad

Illinoisans have pioneered low-cost, basic interventions with huge returns in fostering a better quality of life in some of the poorest parts of the world, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Highland Park mass shooting suspect’s father takes plea deal after July 4th massacre

Crimo must surrender any weapons he currently owns and his firearms licence

The Independent UK

Therapists have a role to play in keeping guns away from people who may harm themselves, others

Too many physicians, clinical psychologists and qualified examiners don’t know about the Illinois law that requires them to notify authorities when someone is a “clear and present danger,” a former lawmaker says.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Keep after-school programs alive across Illinois

Lawmakers must do whatever they can to keep after-school programs afloat. Thousands of young people could lose access to programs because of a costly overspending error by the Illinois State Board of Education.

Chicago Sun-Times

Federal appeals court upholds Illinois semiautomatic weapons ban

sA federal appeals court on Friday upheld Illinois’ prohibition on high-power semiautomatic weapons, refusing to put a hold on the law adopted in response to the mass killing of seven people at a 2022 parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park

The Independent UK

Pritzker overcomes ‘gargantuan hurdles’ to get Stellantis to reopen, expand Belvidere auto assembly plant

Give credit where it’s due: Pritzker helped the United Auto Workers Union and the White House put together a deal with Stellantis, Rich Miller writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Federal appeals court upholds Illinois gun ban, finds no 2nd Amendment protection for assault weapons

The court found that Illinois’ controversial gun law survived the first part of a two-step test laid out in a crucial June 2022 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois Family Files Lawsuit After Police Execute Wrong-Door Raid and Allegedly Detain Them for 6 Hours

"I asked them to show me a warrant; they didn't show me nothing," a grandmother said.

Reason

Why is hunting upland birds and small game in Illinois crashing?

It’s more than the loss of habitat that has led to drastic reduction in hunting of upland birds and small game in Illinois.

Chicago Sun-Times

Police are stopping Black drivers for minor violations at record highs. Lawmakers should do something about it.

Low-level offenses could be enforced by other means, such as ticketing by mail, a group of attorneys writes. Other states and cities have addressed the problem without sacrificing public safety.

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‘Facts and common sense’: Chicago’s corruption jurors reflect on past trials as Ed Burke’s case nears

Thirty-six people have served as jurors this year in three high-profile corruption trials at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. Here’s what they have to say.

Chicago Sun-Times

More pregnant Illinoisans are dying — and it’s mostly preventable

Black women continue to be disproportionately affected, and more pregnant people who die are losing their lives months after giving birth.

The Independent UK

Cover crops help the climate and environment but most farmers say no. Many fear losing money

Cover crops top the list of tasks U.S. farmers are told will build healthy soil, help the environment and fight climate change

Chicago Sun-Times

Legislators should show some backbone and save Invest in Kids tax credit scholarships

This program is not broken. Invest in Kids is providing high-quality school choice for families, former Illinois House Republican leader Jim Durkin writes.

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Chicago-based Conagra Brands to pay $7.1M after cooking spray can ‘exploded’

A jury in Illinois has ordered Chicago-based Conagra Brands to pay $7.1 million to a Pennsylvania woman who suffered burns when a can of cooking spray ignited in a commercial kitchen.

The Independent UK

Cooking spray burn victim awarded $7.1 million in damages after can ‘exploded into a fireball’

A jury in Illinois has ordered Chicago-based Conagra Brands to pay $7.1 million to a Pennsylvania woman who was badly injured in 2017 when a can of cooking spray ignited in a commercial kitchen at her workplace and set her aflame

The Independent UK

Cooking spray burn victim awarded $7.1 million in damages after can 'exploded into a fireball'

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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

President Joe Biden will visit Illinois Nov. 9 to tout White House agenda

Biden was last in Chicago June 28, to deliver a speech on “Bidenomics” at the Old Post Office and for political fundraising.

Chicago Sun-Times

State emergency agency can’t blow off resignations, sky-high billings

Leaders should stop playing coy about key resignations at the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. Just last week, the director’s executive assistant quit when the Sun-Times pressed her about billings that reached $48K a month.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pritzker’s science project: Aggressive bid for federal semiconductor center part of larger plan to make state hi-tech hub

With Chicago in the running for the $11 billion National Semiconductor Technology Center, a multi-university network of researchers and scientists are optimistic Illinois’ advances in engineering and manufacturing — especially quantum — will help them seal the deal. So is Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

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