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Illinois law generates $1.5B to save public transit from fiscal calamity

Public transit in the Chicago metropolitan area will get a $1.5 billion infusion to save it from financial disaster under a law that will take effect next summer

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From backpacker to Mariner marvel: Husband's rise to GF

Central Coast Mariners coach Em Husband started her time in Australia backpacking and doing farm work, now she is coaching her ALW side in the grand final.

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N.Y. Decision on Showing Required for #TheyLied Defamation Claims Based on Allegations of Sexual Assault

In Friday's decision in Vitagliano v. Weiner, by N.Y. appellate judges Gerald Whalen, John Curran, Donald Greenwood, and Lynn Keane,… The post N.Y. Decision on Showing Required for #TheyLied Defamation Claims Based on Allegations of Sexual Assault appeared first on Reason.com.

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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

Congressional Dems slam private school tax plan as state lawmakers return to Springfield for veto session battle

Private school tax credits, the lifting of a nuclear power plant moratorium and an elected school board map are among the most pressing issues facing lawmakers Tuesday.

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

The Independent UK

Private school leaders fight to save Invest in Kids Act scholarships

The program, which provides tuition assistance to about 9,500 Illinois children, will sunset Dec. 31 unless lawmakers extend it.

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Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it

Critics of cash bail as a condition of pretrial release say it is especially unfair to Black people and other people of color

The Independent UK

Mercy Road review – there’s no other thriller quite like it

Luke Bracey plays a dad on a mission to save his daughter in this strangely surreal film set mostly in a truck. It’s part-Speed, part-Phone Booth, all nightmare

The Guardian - AU

Trump? Who’s he? Republicans avoid talk of indicted GOP frontrunner at State Fair —except for Bailey: ‘I support him 100%’

Illinois Republicans didn’t mention former President Donald Trump in their speeches. “Why is it always about Donald Trump?” state House Republican Leader Tony McCombie asked reporters. “Let’s talk about Illinois.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois Democrats celebrate court decision ending cash bail: ‘Monumental change is possible’

On the other side, Senate Republican Leader John Curran said the ruling warrants a special session to address key concerns before cash bail is eliminated in September.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ireland obsessed with 'wonder chair' which boosts sexual satisfaction that Vogue Williams swears by

Pelvic floor health is having its moment thanks to the likes of Vogue Williams, Joanne McNally and Jennifer Zamparelli lifting the lid on 'vagina tightening'.

Irish Mirror

Delayed justice: 3 states remove all time limits on child sex abuse lawsuits

Advocates for survivors of child sexual abuse say momentum is growing for completely removing the statute of limitations for such crimes

The Independent UK

Democrats’ all-gender bathroom, gun lawsuit bills prompt heated debate — with GOP warnings of court challenges, violence

State Sen. Neil Anderson, R-Andalusia, told lawmakers that he would “beat the living p---” out of any man who walked into a restroom with his daughter. State Senate Majority Leader Kim Lightford said GOP critics “don’t understand that life is evolving.”

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Perhaps it’s time to admit it: drinking at work is an ugly hangover from the past

Booze still runs deep in Britain’s workplace culture. At last bosses are being urged to think hard about its role, says the writer Stefan Stern

Chicago Sun-Times

ComEd verdicts jolt Illinois political world — sparking strong reactions from Republicans (and a few Democrats)

“This guilty on all charges verdict has proven what Republicans have already known. We need real ethics reform,” Illinois House Republican Leader Tony McCombie said at a news conference in Springfield after the verdict.

Irish Mirror

Irish trainer "shocked" as heavily gambled horse not allowed to run

Aces Full, who was backed from 14/1 into 9/4, was due to run in a novice handicap chase at Exeter

Chicago Tribune

Illinois Republicans do an about-face on mail-in voting: ‘We have to play to win under the existing rules’

CHICAGO — As another election approaches, the Illinois Republican Party and its allies are facing a conundrum — urging followers to cast ballots by mail while trying not to alienate followers of former President Donald Trump, who continues to insist that mail-in votes are “automatically corrupt.”

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Pritzker proposes budget with nearly $1 billion boost for students — from preschool to college

Education, human services, pensions and health care would receive a large majority of the governor’s $49.6 billion budget. “I’ve laid out a budget agenda that does everything possible to invest in the education of our children,” he told lawmakers.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pritzker’s budget to provide preschool for 5,000 children ‘to cover all of those early childhood deserts’

The Illinois governor will deliver his fifth budget and State of the State address Wednesday in the Illinois State Capitol. During a video briefing with reporters on Tuesday, Pritzker said the early education program would see a boost due to the state’s “improved fiscal standing” and “prudent…

Chicago Sun-Times

Welcome warning? Illinois Senate president’s message to newly sworn senators: Fly right or get lost

Illinois Senate President Don Harmon quoted both his late mother, who worried “that Springfield will change your notion of what the right thing is,” and former Chicago Police Supt. James Rochford, who once warned officers “If you lack integrity, get out — get out now.”

Chicago Tribune

Illinois Gov. Pritzker ran a cautious reelection campaign. Will he play it safe in 2nd term?

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker begins his second term Jan. 9 emboldened by a decisive reelection victory, a slew of wins in November by Democratic candidates he helped fund and a series of legislative successes that formed the foundation of his bid for another four years in Springfield.

Chicago Tribune

Illinois governor aims to get assault weapon ban proposal ‘done in the first half of the year’

CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who made banning the sale of assault weapons a key component of his successful reelection campaign this fall, for the first time voiced support for the recently unveiled proposal by Illinois House Democrats that includes outlawing the sale of certain assault-style guns, barring most people…

Chicago Sun-Times

Crossing their SAFE-T’s? State lawmakers pass criminal justice law fixes — no overhaul, but ‘good move forward’ to prosecutors

Among the most overt changes in the legislation approved by both the House and Senate is that those charged with crimes before Jan. 1 would be able to remain in the old cash bail system — or request to be moved to the new system.

Chicago Sun-Times

Abortion’s influence on Illinois politics

Most every pre-election poll claimed that voters ranked abortion low on their priority lists. Yet, the abortion issue seemed to drive voters to the polls this year. What happened?

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