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suburban-chicago
  • by david hall
Evanston’s reparations program violates equal protection in U.S. Constitution, lawsuit claims

The conservative group Judicial Watch filed a class action arguing that Evanston’s first-in-the-nation reparations plan violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment because it uses race as a requirement for eligibility.

city-hall
  • by david hall
$27 million streetscape project will transform Logan Square, officials say

Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th) joined Mayor Brandon Johnson to break ground Wednesday on the project that will finally deliver on the vision brought to Ramirez-Rosa by Logan Square Preservation shortly after he took office in 2015.

springfield
  • by david hall
As Pritzker, Dems hash out state budget, lawmakers tackle health care, abortion protections and digital IDs

Topping Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s legislative agenda for the spring session was a health insurance reform package targeting so-called “junk plans” and step therapy.

city-hall
  • by david hall
Mayor's RTA board nominee withdraws, denounces critics as 'opponents of African American empowerment'

The Rev. Ira Acree accused two Chicago City Council members who voted against his nomination of holding him to a higher standard than what's been applied to previous appointments to mass transit boards, many who had no mass transit expertise.