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Centralia voters sound off, former Bulls star sues banker 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

Glasnost with Gorbachev: Photos of the former Soviet leader - Roll Call

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, died Tuesday at the age of 91. Check out our archival photos of his time on the Hill.

Roll Call

Illinois-based ExteNet Systems moves headquarters and 150 jobs to Texas

An Illinois-based telecommunications company is moving its headquarters and 150 jobs to Frisco.

Tribune News Service

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Bill Shaikin: Rob Manfred is a labor lawyer. Now minor leaguers could unite against MLB.

Rob Manfred did not make his name in baseball as a former player, as a general manager or team president or team owner, or as a marketing or broadcasting executive.

Los Angeles Times

Pulse of the Heartland: Centralia voters say Chicago treats southern Illinois like ‘an afterthought — it’s two different worlds’

The Sun-Times visited the downstate city to see what’s on voters’ minds. Perhaps not surprisingly, COVID-19, jobs and abortion are uppermost. But like much of southern Illinois — and other downstate areas — it’s all wrapped up in a deeply ingrained feeling of being forgotten.

Chicago Sun-Times

Decades on Capitol Hill: From civility to open hostility

How has Congress changed in the last four decades

The Independent UK

Someone won the $1.34 billion Mega Millions prize. But they haven't claimed it

It's been nearly a month since the winning numbers for one of the largest jackpots in Mega Millions history were pulled. But no one has come forward to claim the $1.34 billion prize yet.

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A rare, first-of-its kind Chicago license plate is up for auction

Before Illinois took over the issuing of license plates, Chicago made plates from thin, stamped aluminum. Of those, the first-ever made is expected to sell for upwards of $4,000.

WEKU

Congressman’s wife died after taking herbal remedy white mulberry leaf marketed for weight loss, diabetes

“Many people assume if that product is sold in the United States of America, somebody has inspected it, and it must be safe,” U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said when he introduced legislation to strengthen oversight of dietary supplements. “Unfortunately, that’s not always true.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden officials in Illinois this week: Labor Sec. Walsh, Ag Sec. Vilsack, UN Amb. Thomas-Greenfield

Biden administration officials are criss-crossing the nation in August to highlight President Joe Biden’s accomplishments in advance of the November elections.

Chicago Sun-Times

Opioid maker Endo paid top executives $55.5 million in bonuses before bankruptcy

Days before the money-losing opioid drug firm Endo International filed for bankruptcy last week, the company paid chief executive Blaise Coleman an $11.85 million bonus.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

12 things to know about Biden’s new student debt cancellation plan

Biden’s plan will wipe out $20,000 in federal student debt for Pell Grant recipients and eliminate $10,000 in federal student loan debt for other borrowers.

Chicago Sun-Times

What the return of Jeremy Fears Jr. means for Joliet West and the area’s basketball scene

The impact of Fears’ move back to Joliet West and the domino effect it has on high school basketball this upcoming season will be felt.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey resumes calling Chicago a ‘hellhole’ at state fair’s GOP day

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Darren Bailey, who had tempered his criticism of Chicago since winning the Republican nomination for governor, returned to calling the state’s largest city a crime-ridden “hellhole” Thursday in playing to a downstate crowd during the GOP’s annual day at the Illinois State Fair.

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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker calls on the ‘coalition of the sane’ to defeat ‘the lunatic fringe’ as Democrats rally at state fair

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Democrats looked to both the past and the future as rallying points on their day at the Illinois State Fair on Wednesday, castigating former Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s one-term stewardship of the state and warning that the party’s candidate for governor in November, Darren Bailey, would…

Chicago Sun-Times

Democrats at Illinois State Fair hit GOP ‘lunatic fringe,’ downplay internal party strife

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, standing alongside new Democratic Party of Illinois Chair Lisa Hernandez and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, downplayed the intraparty tension, especially around Sen. Dick Durbin, who wanted Rep. Robin Kelly to remain in the top party post.

The Texas Tribune

Four years after the Santa Fe school shooting, “There is still a lot of pain”

Some residents still struggling with grief, trauma as government mental health funding recedes.

Los Angeles Times

A young crypto billionaire's political agenda goes well beyond pandemic preparedness

In May, an eccentric 30-year-old cryptocurrency billionaire named Sam Bankman-Fried made a startling proclamation. In a podcast interview, Bankman-Fried said he would spend as much as $1 billion of his estimated $12.8-billion fortune on American politics by the 2024 election, joining the ranks of megadonors such as George Soros and…

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Chicago Tribune

As Sue Bird calls it a career, Sky players and fans honor her legacy at Wintrust Arena: ‘She is one of the best to ever do it’

CHICAGO — Lake County, Ill., native Kari Juszczyk remembers the first time she turned on ESPN to see Sue Bird playing basketball.

Tribune News Service

Patrick Reusse: Turner’s lasting legacy came from mentoring youth in Minneapolis

Ben Johnson still has the trophy earned in the early 1990s. It came from the Clyde Turner Basketball Education Development camp that was an annual summer event in south Minneapolis.

Roll Call

Democrats stand ground against GOP immigration amendments - Roll Call

Senate Democrats stuck together in floor votes over the weekend to stop immigration-related amendments to their budget reconciliation bill.

Chicago Tribune

Rescheduled drag show goes off without a hitch at Illinois bakery that was vandalized

LAKE IN THE HILLS, Ill. — As Corrina Sac set up tables and chairs in UpRising Bakery and Cafe on Sunday morning, she said she was excited to finally be holding the family-friendly drag show that was canceled twice after harassment, vandalism and a zoning issue.

Chicago Sun-Times

A year after Officer Ella French was killed during a traffic stop, Lightfoot and Pritzker join police officials to honor her memory

“Right here and right now, we take this day back,” Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said during the ceremony at police headquarters. “We honor Officer French, who lived, and lift up the lives she touched.”

Chicago Sun-Times

In Waukegan, Planned Parenthood of Illinois abortion clinic now draws patients and help from Wisconsin

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, abortion providers from Wisconsin are making two-hour treks each way to help provide access to patients from their home state.

WEKU

How colleges are preparing for a new public health threat: monkeypox

The risk of contracting monkeypox is still low in the U.S., but colleges are already seeing cases.

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