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    Mayor Brandon Johnson — The mayor will attend the Chicago Avenue Streetscape Ribbon Cutting at the intersection of West Chicago Avenue and North Mayfield Avenue at 9 a.m.

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    Cook County top prosecutor pushes for changes in Illinois law after California fertility clinic bombing [Sun-Times]

    Mayor Brandon Johnson: ‘We’re Not Going to Be Intimidated’ By Justice Department Hiring Probe [WTTW]

    ‘There are no places for us to just be free’ [The TRiiBE]

    The Red Line extension is now a $5.75B gamble for the CTA — and taxpayers [Crain's]

    West Side Apartment Complex ‘Nothing But Drugs,’ Filth Since ‘Slumlord’ Took Over, Tenants Say [Block Club]

    Chicago housing nonprofit providing rental subsidies for very low-income renters facing a $10M budget shortfall [Tribune]

    Chicagoans with student debt stressed as Trump, GOP cut back relief [WBEZ]

    Mayor Brandon Johnson’s team defended failed property tax hike plan to investors [Tribune]

    Springfield headlines:

    Illinois Medicaid covers gender-affirming care. The massive House bill aims to end that. [Tribune]

    Trump Tower fish-kill lawsuit settled with state for $4.8 million [Sun-Times]

    Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says team member was at museum where 2 Israeli embassy staffers were fatally shot [WBEZ]

    Some Chicago high schools are rethinking lenient grading amid surging absenteeism [Chalkbeat]

    Homeowners pay price for insurance industry’s reluctance to address climate change, consumer groups say [Sun-Times]

    Summer electric price spike fuels policy tensions in Springfield [Capitol News]

    Illinois town moves to seize Pope Leo XIV's childhood home through eminent domain, convert to historic site [Fox] 

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    Gov. JB Pritzker — The governor has no public events. 

    President Toni Preckwinkle — The president has no public events.

    Mayor Brandon Johnson — The mayor will attend the Chicago Avenue Streetscape Ribbon Cutting at the intersection of West Chicago Avenue and North Mayfield Avenue at 9 a.m.

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    Around the Media

    Chicago headlines: 

    Cook County top prosecutor pushes for changes in Illinois law after California fertility clinic bombing [Sun-Times]

    Mayor Brandon Johnson: ‘We’re Not Going to Be Intimidated’ By Justice Department Hiring Probe [WTTW]

    ‘There are no places for us to just be free’ [The TRiiBE]

    The Red Line extension is now a $5.75B gamble for the CTA — and taxpayers [Crain's]

    West Side Apartment Complex ‘Nothing But Drugs,’ Filth Since ‘Slumlord’ Took Over, Tenants Say [Block Club]

    Chicago housing nonprofit providing rental subsidies for very low-income renters facing a $10M budget shortfall [Tribune]

    Chicagoans with student debt stressed as Trump, GOP cut back relief [WBEZ]

    Mayor Brandon Johnson’s team defended failed property tax hike plan to investors [Tribune]

    Springfield headlines:

    Illinois Medicaid covers gender-affirming care. The massive House bill aims to end that. [Tribune]

    Trump Tower fish-kill lawsuit settled with state for $4.8 million [Sun-Times]

    Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says team member was at museum where 2 Israeli embassy staffers were fatally shot [WBEZ]

    Some Chicago high schools are rethinking lenient grading amid surging absenteeism [Chalkbeat]

    Homeowners pay price for insurance industry’s reluctance to address climate change, consumer groups say [Sun-Times]

    Summer electric price spike fuels policy tensions in Springfield [Capitol News]

    Illinois town moves to seize Pope Leo XIV's childhood home through eminent domain, convert to historic site [Fox] 

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