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Illinois’ controversial private school scholarship program is ending

Lawmakers tried unsuccessfully to keep alive a program that sent 9,700 students to private schools this year with taxpayer support.

Chicago Sun-Times

Unfinished assignment: Lawmakers leave Springfield without final plan for Chicago elected school board

Divisions over the city’s elected school board remain — including disagreement over how many members should be appointed versus elected next year. The issue will likely be kicked to January when legislators return for the lame duck session.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ten-day paid leave plan passes City Council: Chicago employers must give workers more time off than other Illinois firms

The Council voted 36-12 in favor of the ordinance that requires Chicago businesses to give their workers 10 days off per year beginning Jan. 1, including five sick days and five vacation days.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Lawmakers approve lifting Illinois moratorium on new nuclear reactors

Proponents say smaller nuclear reactors will help get the state to its goal of being carbon-free by 2045 by providing an alternative to coal and natural gas. Gov. J.B. Pritzker is expected to sign the measure.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois lawmakers OK new nuclear technology but fail to extend private-school scholarships

The Illinois House has approved development of new nuclear reactors in the state

The Independent UK

Commission weighs whether to discipline Illinois judge who reversed rape conviction

A western Illinois judge could face removal from office after a judicial oversight body considered allegations this week that he circumvented the law when he decided to reverse a rape conviction in a move that sparked outrage in the victim’s hometown of Quincy, Illinois, and beyond

The Independent UK

Big Ten and biggest national college football game expert picks and predictions for Week 11

It's that time of week again. We pick all of the Big Ten games and six of the best national ones.

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Incomplete grade? Chicago elected school board plan stalls amid House, Senate divisions

While the Illinois House on Wednesday approved a measure that would allow for the election of 10 board members and the appointment of 10 others by Mayor Brandon Johnson in 2024, Illinois Senate President Don Harmon said the plan includes “woefully inadequate ethical provisions” and said he would…

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden To Honor Stellantis’ Illinois Plant Reopening In Meeting With UAW President

President Biden to meet UAW President Fain to celebrate Stellantis' reopening of Illinois assembly plant.

Zenger

Signing Day steals, success stories, all the stars that left and the best still uncommitted

All the storylines from the recruiting cycle around the Class of 2024.

Chicago Sun-Times

The issues of Wolf Lake do not include its fisheries

The fisheres on both the Illinois and Indiana sides of Wolf Lake are positives in a water facing other urban challenges.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

The Independent UK

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

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

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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.

The Independent UK

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

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Reason

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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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