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Visiting with the new IDNR director in Springfield

A sit-down interview with Natalie Phelps Finnie, the new director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, in Springfield.

Chicago Sun-Times

Iowa says Illinois student group purchased basketball tickets under false pretenses

The Illinois student spirit group “Orange Krush” had its order for 200 tickets to the men’s game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday canceled after Iowa discovered the person who made the purchase falsely claimed the tickets were for a Boys and Girls Club in Champaign.

Chicago Sun-Times

Iowa voids Illini students' tickets when it discovers prank

The Iowa athletic department voided the tickets an Illinois spirit group purchased under an assumed identity for the men's basketball game in Iowa City on Saturday

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Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked for claiming Illinois school got $5.1bn funding for critical race theory

Republicans have used the term loosely when discussing courses that teach racism and equity

The Independent UK

Illinois Students, Iowa Clash Over Ticket Dispute

150 students were set to make the trip before Iowa’s decision.

Sports Illustrated

Kenwood star K’Vion Thunderbird signs with Arizona State

K’Vion Thunderbird, a three-star linebacker, took his time in order to get his choice right

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois Attorney General sues 3M, other makers of ‘forever chemicals’

Chemicals commonly known as PFAS are tied to cancer and other health conditions.

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An R. Kelly victim says Chicago prosecutor made a mistake in dropping sex abuse case

Jerhonda Pace, who was part of a successful federal case against Kelly in New York as well as the case in Illinois, says Kelly is still fighting to appeal his federal conviction.

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How Kyle Rittenhouse went from killing protesters in Kenosha to becoming a right-wing influencer

Kyle Rittenhouse shot three people at a 2020 racial justice protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin. A new lawsuit from one of his victims’ families claims he’s now profiting off his infamy, Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

Illinois Town Will Pay $12 Million to Family After SWAT Officer Shot 12-Year-Old in Kneecap

According to a lawsuit, Amir Worship was sitting on the edge of his bed with his hands raised when an officer shot him, shattering his kneecap.

Reason

Safety, justice, education highlight state Rep. Kam Buckner’s campaign for mayor

Buckner, chairman of the Black Caucus in the Illinois House of Representatives, said his campaign is focused on instilling trust in city government, improving Chicago Public Schools and reducing violent crime.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois has a chance to make inroads with carmakers

If Gov. J.B. Pritzker does cut a deal and convinces the Belvidere Assembly Plant to stay and even expand, he’ll have overcome some gargantuan hurdles.

Chicago Sun-Times

A school administrator in Illinois has been accused of stealing $1.5 million worth of chicken wings

The alleged scheme ran almost two years.

Fortune

Illinois state troopers injured while pursuing stolen car on Dan Ryan

Illinois State Police troopers were patrolling near 47th Street when they saw a black BMW that fit the description of a car that was stolen an hour earlier, according to state police.

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker has vowed to bring preschool to every Illinois child. That’s easier said than done

CHICAGO — In his second inaugural address in January, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker promised to “make preschool available to every family throughout the state” — a feat that will require solutions to staffing shortfalls, school capacity limitations and an increase to the state’s nearly $600 million early childhood education block…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Benjamin Hochman: What matters isn’t Chip Caray’s relations to Harry, but his relationship with St. Louis

ST. LOUIS — His is the televised voice of summer, the chosen voice to serve as a soundtrack for St. Louis. Chip Caray’s narrations will carry across Cardinal Nation, wafting and weaving through the city like a knuckleball, from living room to back patio; from the neighbor’s home to the…

Tribune News Service

A baby spent 36 days in an in-network NICU. Why did the hospital next door send a bill?

Brenna Kearney was seven months pregnant in December 2019 when she experienced what she thought were bad flu symptoms.

Chicago Tribune

Illinois appellate court allows temporary hold on state gun ban to stay in place for plaintiffs in lawsuit

SPRINGFIELD — An Illinois appellate court on Tuesday upheld a downstate judge’s decision to temporarily block Illinois’ recently enacted ban on high-powered weapons and high-capacity magazines from being enforced on more than 850 people and a handful of licensed gun dealers named as plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the ban.

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Elgin-area educator Tony Sanders to become Illinois superintendent of education

Tony Sanders has led Elgin Area School District U-46, the state’s second-largest district, since 2014. He will take over as head of the state board of education in late-February.

Chicago Sun-Times

Emergency’s over, but danger’s not: Pritzker ends pandemic disaster status, but warns, ‘COVID-19 has not disappeared’

Beyond the bureaucratic red tape, the disaster proclamation allowed Gov. J.B. Pritzker to put in place multiple executive orders. Should the pandemic worsen, he would have to make another disaster proclamation in order to issue those sorts of orders again.

The Independent UK

Appeals court upholds restraining order on Illinois gun ban

An Illinois appellate court has upheld a temporary restraining order on enforcement of the state’s three-week-old law banning semiautomatic weapons

Chicago Sun-Times

The story behind the Altgeld Gardens Memorial Wall, R. Kelly charges dropped and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Legislators should ask why so many sheriffs refuse to enforce assault weapons law

Everyday Illinoisans and law enforcement won’t sit by while the majority party turns our criminal justice system into a model that penalizes lawful gun owners, diminishes law enforcement’s effectiveness and eases penalties for those who commit violent crimes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago mom fought Lurie Children’s Hospital for 3 years to get overbilling for newborn reversed

Illinois law bars insurers from charging out-of-network rates for neonatal care at in-network hospitals. But that didn’t keep it from happening to Brenna Kearney and her husband Casey Trumble. Only a reporter’s questions got things fixed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago organizations brace for greater need amid changes to SNAP benefits

February will be the last month Illinois recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will receive an additional allotment that had been part of coronavirus pandemic relief efforts.

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