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At Highland Park massacre Senate hearing, Republicans on Judiciary panel reject assault weapons ban

When gunfire started at the July 4 parade, Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering testified Wednesday, “Adults stared back, not comprehending. But the kids knew immediately this wasn’t a drill and they yelled to everyone to run and hide. They knew what was happening.”

Chicago Sun-Times

After the Highland Park attack, Senate hearing on ‘Protecting Our Communities from Mass Shootings’

Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering will be among those testifying at the Wednesday Senate Judiciary Committee hearing starting at 9 a.m. Chicago time.

Chicago Sun-Times

Senate confirms Nancy Maldonado: To be first Hispanic woman federal district court judge in Illinois

The extensive questionnaire Maldonado filed with the Senate Judiciary Committee reveals that the Northern District is adding an active yoga instructor to the bench.

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Why the time is right for NASCAR's first street course

NASCAR will celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2023 and never in its history has its premier series competed on a street course. So, why now?

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Officer recalls arresting Highland Park shooting suspect: ‘I was shocked he gave up this easy’

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — Two weeks after he spotted and participated in the arrest of the alleged Highland Park parade shooter on July 4, North Chicago police officer Gary Grayer is still playing the sequence back in his mind.

Tribune News Service

House Jan. 6 panel chair tests positive for COVID-19

The chairman of the House Jan. 6 committee has tested positive for COVID-19, but the panel will still hold its prime-time hearing on Thursday

The Independent UK

House appropriations bill sprint seeks to buck recent history - Roll Call

Divisions among House Democrats spell trouble for the Defense, Homeland Security and Commerce-Justice-Science bills in particular.

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Congress moves to protect marriage equality after Roe decision

The bill is part of the House’s response to the Dobbs ruling.

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After Manchin tanks talks, climate action moves to life support

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin III’s decision to oppose at least for now provisions in his party’s climate and social programs bill that would reduce fossil fuel emissions presents a dramatic but not necessarily fatal setback for the legislation and the prospect of averting what science contends will be a…

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After Manchin tanks talks, climate action moves to life support - Roll Call

Sen. Joe Manchin III's decision to oppose emission-cutting provisions, while a dramatic setback, may not kill the budget reconciliation bill.

Roll Call

Reps. Kinzinger, Luria: Vets to lead Jan. 6 hearing accusing Trump of ‘dereliction of duty’

The Thursday session highlighting how Trump did nothing to stop the Capitol attack will be led by Air Force vet Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., and Navy vet Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va.

Chicago Sun-Times

Panel: Hearing to show Trump 'dereliction of duty' on Jan 6

A prime-time hearing Thursday will offer the most compelling evidence yet of then-President Donald Trump’s “dereliction of duty” on the day of the Jan. 6 insurrection

The Independent UK

Biden OKs health care-focused budget pact struck in Senate

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday endorsed a plan hatched by two key Senate Democrats to pass a budget reconciliation package that would help lower the cost of prescription drugs and protect millions of households from health insurance premium spikes, even if it leaves out important clean energy priorities.

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Biden OKs health care-focused budget pact struck in Senate - Roll Call

President Joe Biden on Friday endorsed a plan to pass a bill intended to lower the cost of prescription drugs and pay for health insurance.

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Highland Park survivors, hundreds more march on US Capitol calling for assault weapons ban

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — Hundreds of people, including survivors of the Highland Park Fourth of July shooting, are marching at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to pressure legislators to enact a federal ban on assault weapons.

Roll Call

Compromise veterans bill passes House, heads back to Senate - Roll Call

Servicemembers who contracted any of 23 conditions after serving in combat zones would be eligible for health care and disability benefits.

Chicago Sun-Times

Week after Highland Park July 4th parade massacre, activists head to DC to push assault weapons ban

The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a July 20 hearing on the Highland Park slaughter; HP Mayor Nancy Rotering to testify.

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 panel sets prime-time hearing on Trump, awaits Bannon

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot is returning to prime time with a Thursday evening hearing that will examine the three-hour plus stretch when Donald Trump failed to act as a mob of supporters stormed the Capitol

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A victim of the Highland Park parade attack is remembered for his kindness

Friends, neighbors and dignitaries paid their respects Saturday to the family of Eduardo Uvaldo, one of the seven people who were killed in the attack on a July Fourth parade near Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Loved ones lost forever in Highland Park massacre, but the pain will never go away

Sneed: Questions linger about what would drive a young man to shoot up a parade on the most festive of holidays

WEKU

Services begin for the victims of the Highland Park attack

Mourners remembered a woman who worked tirelessly at her synagogue and a gentle man who loved art in the first formal services to be held for the seven people killed during a July Fourth parade.

Chicago Sun-Times

Union Station could receive $418 million facelift if federal grant approved

“This vision has been years and years in the making, and now we finally have a chance to make it a reality,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said at Union Station on Thursday.

Chicago Tribune

Highland Park shooting victim Katie Goldstein remembered fondly by her neighbors: ‘She was a lovely lady’

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — Katie Goldstein, whose neighbors describe her as “welcoming” and “lovely,” brought them baked goods during the holidays.

Chicago Tribune

‘It’s going to be hard’: A new normal begins to emerge in a deeply wounded Highland Park

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — The rhythms of normal life began to sound again in Highland Park Wednesday morning.

WEKU

The Highland Park shooting suspect considered a second attack in Wisconsin, police say

The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade fled to the Madison, Wis., area afterward and contemplated shooting up an event there, authorities said Wednesday.

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