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The Supreme Court on Thursday turned away pleas from anti-abortion activists to make it easier for them to protest outside clinics, declining to wade back into the abortion debate just days after striking down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics.
City Council committees will meet to talk about Chicago Police School Resource Officers in public schools.
A Chicago doctor is leading the push to get temperature scanners in public places, and one of his first clients is the City of Chicago.
The legislation also requires the state's public schools to teach at least one semester of civics any time between sixth and eighth grades. The lessons must focus on government institutions, discussion of current and societal issues and simulations of the democratic process.
Gov. Eric Holcomb said the state recently has seen slight increases in the number of positive virus tests, and hospitalization rates.
"Let's stop the violence before even starts by making sure we're investing in our young people and we're loving them and supporting them, at the earliest possible stages of their life, so they understand that there's a future for themselves."
Senator Durbin first introduced the Dream Act 19 years ago.
If the protests had driven an explosion in cases, experts say, the jumps would have started to become apparent within two weeks — and perhaps as early as five days. But that didn't happen in many cities with the largest protests, including New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Washington, D.C.
Two election judges live in the same house, but only one has gotten a paycheck – and his check has a questionable deduction.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brough almost all Cook County court cases to a dead stop for months, although many are set to resume again next week.
Starting July 1, the minimum wage in Chicago will rise to at least $13.50 per hour, while most of the rest of Illinois will see the minimum wage go up to $10.
"I'm probably 500 people away from where this can't work," said Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart.
"You utterly failed to lead in this crisis."
The Chicago Pride Parade that traditionally happens the last Sunday in June was canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the mayor's office, prohibiting anonymous complaints against officers has discouraged people from reporting misconduct, out of fear of retaliation.
