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Illinois mistakenly overspent its latest round of funding and will run out of money for hundreds of programs that serve about 15,000 kids in Chicago. The programs' advocates encourage state lawmakers to intervene.
Johnson's Communications Director Ronnie Reese is under fire for a 2010 tweet that said, “I brake for gay pride, reluctantly." Meanwhile, Ald. Debra Silverstein called a recent Facebook post by Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez "an antisemitic dog whistle."
At least 29 people were wounded, including one person who died, in shootings in Chicago from about 9 p.m. Saturday through Sunday afternoon, according to police.
Pierre Tyler testified that Andris Wofford shot herself as he tried to grab a gun from her during an argument over child support. Tyler admitted making a “series of stupid, bad decisions” in a halfhearted attempt to cover up the fact that he'd been at the scene.