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

    President Toni Preckwinkle — The president will attend a groundbreaking for the new Household Hazardous Waste Facility at South Suburban College in South Holland at 1 p.m.

    Mayor Brandon Johnson — The mayor will attend a groundbreaking for The Ave housing development at 3601 W. Chicago Ave. at 11 a.m. and Chi Food Truck Fest at 1 p.m. 

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

    City Council committee removes 'paper ceiling' requiring college degree for city jobs [Sun-Times]

    South Shore Tenants Call For More Help From Landlord, City As Building Shutdowns Loom [Block Club]

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

    Chicago Early Childhood Care Workers to Receive Pay Bump with $7M Investment From City [WTTW]

    The Second City performers earn pay boost in new contract deal that averts strike [WBEZ]

    Block Club Chicago Sues ICE Over Immigration Arrest Records [Block Club]

    City panel OKs subsidy for 400-unit office-to-apartment conversion [Crain's]

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    Speaker removes Democratic Rep. Fred Crespo from committee chairmanship for ‘not communicating’ [Capitol News]

    Illinois immigrants closely following Supreme Court arguments on birthright citizenship [Sun-Times]

    Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss Announces Bid to Replace US Rep. Jan Schakowsky [WTTW]

    Illinois Supreme Court considers pretrial release of Sonya Massey murder suspect [Sun-Times]

    It can be difficult to find therapists who take health insurance in Illinois. Lawmakers are considering a bill to change that. [Tribune]

    'Right To Play' act reaches historic settlement for Illinois high school student-athletes [ABC 7]

    Consumer advocates say regulators should slash Ameren Illinois' proposed $134M rate hike [St. Louis Public Radio]

    Some lawmakers want to save a program giving health benefits to Illinois residents without legal status [Sun-Times]

     

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

    President Toni Preckwinkle — The president will attend a groundbreaking for the new Household Hazardous Waste Facility at South Suburban College in South Holland at 1 p.m.

    Mayor Brandon Johnson — The mayor will attend a groundbreaking for The Ave housing development at 3601 W. Chicago Ave. at 11 a.m. and Chi Food Truck Fest at 1 p.m. 

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    • Media Around the Media

    Around the Media

    Chicago headlines: 

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

    City Council committee removes 'paper ceiling' requiring college degree for city jobs [Sun-Times]

    South Shore Tenants Call For More Help From Landlord, City As Building Shutdowns Loom [Block Club]

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

    Chicago Early Childhood Care Workers to Receive Pay Bump with $7M Investment From City [WTTW]

    The Second City performers earn pay boost in new contract deal that averts strike [WBEZ]

    Block Club Chicago Sues ICE Over Immigration Arrest Records [Block Club]

    City panel OKs subsidy for 400-unit office-to-apartment conversion [Crain's]

    Springfield headlines:

    Speaker removes Democratic Rep. Fred Crespo from committee chairmanship for ‘not communicating’ [Capitol News]

    Illinois immigrants closely following Supreme Court arguments on birthright citizenship [Sun-Times]

    Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss Announces Bid to Replace US Rep. Jan Schakowsky [WTTW]

    Illinois Supreme Court considers pretrial release of Sonya Massey murder suspect [Sun-Times]

    It can be difficult to find therapists who take health insurance in Illinois. Lawmakers are considering a bill to change that. [Tribune]

    'Right To Play' act reaches historic settlement for Illinois high school student-athletes [ABC 7]

    Consumer advocates say regulators should slash Ameren Illinois' proposed $134M rate hike [St. Louis Public Radio]

    Some lawmakers want to save a program giving health benefits to Illinois residents without legal status [Sun-Times]

     

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