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Commentary: The overlooked reason reparations make sense in California and elsewhere

Californians are weighing in publicly on the idea of reparations to Black Americans, with the state’s Reparations Task Force set to report their recommendations by July 1. This initiative builds on smaller-scale efforts, such as in my hometown of Evanston, Illinois, which in 2021 became the first U.S. city to…

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Mandatory paid time off: 'a strain' for Illinois business

Doug Knight’s family has owned Springfield amusement park Knight’s Action Park since 1930, and the park has seen its share of economic ups and downs

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Judge allows secret ComEd recordings to be released, emergency COVID benefits end for SNAP recipients and more in your Chicago news roundup

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EPA plans to limit toxic forever chemicals in drinking water for the first time

CHICAGO — Water utilities will be required to routinely test for toxic forever chemicals, and spend billions upgrading treatment plants to filter them, under the first-ever national limits intended to protect Americans from widespread threats to human health and the environment.

Chicago Tribune

Illinois Supreme Court justices press lawyers from both sides about provision of SAFE-T Act that would abolish cash bail

The provision was to go into effect Jan. 1 under the wide-ranging criminal justice reform bill, but it was challenged by last-minute lawsuits by roughly 60 sheriffs and state’s attorneys.

Chicago Sun-Times

Family Feud contestant charged with murdering wife in Illinois

Nurse Becky Bliefnick, 41, found dead in her home on 23 February after failing to collect her three sons

The Independent UK

Journal of Free Speech Law: "The Story of Beauharnais v. Illinois," by Prof. Samantha Barbas (Buffalo)

Just published as the first article in volume 2, issue 2 of the Journal of Free Speech Law, and available here; here's the Introduction: What harms are caused by hate speech? How can we assess those harms? Does hate speech lead to violence? Do racial, ethnic, and religious groups have…

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Kawasaki Hits The Road Again With 2023 Good Times Demo Tour

Kawasaki announces dates for its 2023 Good Times Demo Tour, visiting cities in Florida and Illinois during the spring months.

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Five days paid leave guaranteed for Illinois workers under law signed by Pritzker

Starting next year, workers will begin to earn paid leave on their first day at a rate of one hour of leave for every 40 hours worked, up to 40 hours of paid leave for the year.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois enacts mandatory paid leave 'for any reason'

Illinois will become one of three states to require employers to offer paid time off for any reason

The Independent UK

Program for suicidal kids struggles amid a youth mental health crisis, ComEd bribery trial spotlights Madigan and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Chicago Sun-Times

Tax rule change will strengthen Illinois cannabis entrepreneurs

Now is the time to make these important, common-sense changes that will set up the industry and its members for success well into the future.

Chicago Sun-Times

Five things to know as the Safe-T Act goes before the Illinois Supreme Court

On Tuesday, the Illinois Supreme Court will hear oral arguments that will determine the future of cash bail in the state.

Chicago Sun-Times

Second Amendment Roundup: An Opening Judicial Salvo in Defense of Illinois' New Rifle Ban

[From the editor: I'm delighted to report that Stephen Halbrook will have a new column here on the blog, Second Amendment Roundup, which will offer a technical focus on recent Second Amendment cases. Halbrook is both a prominent gun rights lawyer and a leading legal scholar: He argued Printz v.…

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Daily Mirror

Firefighter hears his own address on radio dispatch - finds entire family dead

Walter Stewart, a firefighter from Chicago in Illinois, saw his entire family dying after a blaze destroyed their house. He is donating the organs of his wife and three little kids

Chicago Sun-Times

The cost of eliminating cash bail is too high

Ending money bail in Illinois would have disastrous consequences for public safety and the functioning of the justice system.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago outdoors: Look-alike deer, nuisance animals, Illinois’ last elk, no ice and Put-in-Bay

A herd of look-alike deer in Crete, what do to about a nuisance bobcat, Illinois’ last wild elk and no-ice impacts on Put-in-Bay island on Lake Erie are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois lifeline program for suicidal kids struggles amid a youth mental health crisis, staffing shortages

Despite quick assessments, the state is failing to ensure that thousands of children get any follow-up help, let alone the type of intensive behavioral health support many need.

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Illinois has to get smarter as it builds its behavioral health infrastructure

The people in charge need to be better than this, so this new attempt to bring new workers into the system and keep them there cannot fail.

Chicago Sun-Times

ICC chief Carrie Zalewski pulling plug on job, says it’s not sparked by looming ComEd trial involving father-in-law

She says she doesn’t expect to be a witness in the trial of four people accused of trying to bribe former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan to benefit ComEd. Ex-Ald. Mike Zalewski, her father-in-law, has a role in the trial but isn’t charged.

Chicago Tribune

Mayoral candidate Paul Vallas' Facebook account liked posts that called Chicago ‘hell hole’ and attacked Democrats; he again denies involvement

CHICAGO — Paul Vallas’ Facebook account liked a series of comments that attacked Democrats, referred to Chicago as a “hell hole” and “S---cago” and labeled Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker “the king of full term abortion,” a Chicago Tribune review of his social media found.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden proposed budget, subject to negotiation with GOP, includes $350 million for CTA Red Line expansion

Illinois Democrats Sen. Dick Durbin and Rep. Mike Quigley - have been pushing for the funds to extend the CTA’s Red Line on the South Side.

Chicago Sun-Times

Far left, far right — including Illinois members— united in House vote to pull troops in Syria

Strange bedfellows: Progressives on the left, Freedom Caucus members on the right backing — for different reasons — a measure to withdraw troops from Syria.

Daily Mirror

Three students hospitalised after mysterious 'stink bomb' released in school classroom

Three students were taken to hospital as a precautionary measure after a stink bomb was released in a classroom at Fairfield Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Sun-Times

Judge halts public release of Madigan recordings, slain officer mourned and more in your Chicago news roundup

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