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This app let me play board games with friends even when I was stuck at home — and it's completely free

Board Game Arena is a website that allows users to play digital versions of many popular board games.

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Dumfries and Galloway to host British Gold Panning Association Championships

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

Daily Record

City Council urged to postpone declaration of independence

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.

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Fruit and vegetable shortages could be ‘tip of the iceberg’, farming union warns

A reliance on imports is said to have left the UK vulnerable to ‘shock weather events’

The Independent UK

National Farmers’ Union warns fruit and vegetable shortages could be ‘tip of the iceberg’

Tesco, Aldi, Asda and Morrisons have introduced customer limits on certain fresh produce

Wales Online

NFU warns current fruit and vegetable shortages could be ‘tip of the iceberg’

A reliance on imports is said to have left the UK vulnerable to ‘shock weather events’.

Evening Standard

Schools masking absenteeism by misreporting truant CPS students as transfers, dropouts, IG says

The Chicago Public Schools inspector general says there appears to be widespread problems with the way students who stop coming to school are being tracked.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Putting an end to dead-end drug arrests is the right move

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pritzker insider Nikki Budzinski cashing in as a consultant since leaving state government

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

City Council urged to declare its independence from Lightfoot by choosing its own committee chairs

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ethics ordinance approved after being watered down to help mayoral allies

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot hints strongly at veto if Chicago City Council raises threshold for speed camera tickets

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

Fact-check: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott misfires with half-cocked shots at Chicago’s ‘tougher’ gun laws

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…

Chicago Sun-Times

Fact-check: Rep. Miller wrong in claim White House is urging kids to use “chemical castration drugs” or undergo surgeries

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.

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Don’t give COPA power to alter reports, watchdog group argues, despite furor over suspension recommendation for slain cop

Under the proposal, COPA’s chief administrator could, in some instances, alter reports requested under the Freedom of Information Act. The Better Government Association argues the reports are public records and cannot be redacted or revised after the fact.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lawmakers’ pet projects should have to pass public scrutiny

The state’s $45 billion in capital projects through the Rebuild Illinois initiative in 2019 included $4 billion in pork-barrel projects that were slipped in without any public input, the BGA reported.

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