Also, Governor Rauner signs a bill expanding abortion coverage.
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Judge blocks Trump administration threats to defund sanctuary cities, and other Chicago news
Also, Kwame Raoul, Gery Chico, others express interest in replacing Lisa Madigan as attorney general.
Did an accused sex-orgy killer lose his academic due process?
Northwestern professor Wyndham Lathem has been charged with first-degree murder, but the university may not have followed protocol when they fired him.
Rauner fires new communications team, says the ‘intensity of the battle’ against enemies ‘is going up,’ and other Chicago news
Also, two bars near Soldier Field are supporting Colin Kaepernick by refusing to show NFL games.
Chance the Rapper interested in returning to college, and other Chicago news
Also, law enforcement looks for new leads in the 25-year-old kidnapping and murder of Tammy Zywicki.
An inside look at the Chicago Police Department’s mysterious strategic subject list, and other news
Also, Wyndham Lathem is “trying to remain hopeful” in Cook County Jail.
Prosecutors: Ex-Northwestern professor killed boyfriend in a murder, sex, suicide fantasy plot, and other Chicago news
Also, Rahm says Trump administration is “playing politics” to promote its law enforcement policies.
Chicago must apply for a DOJ grant that includes new sanctuary city restrictions, and other news
Also, a former Miss America has announced a run against incumbent attorney general Lisa Madigan.
Illinois senate overrides Rauner’s amendatory veto of the school funding bill, and other news
Also, hundreds of Chicagoans gathered Sunday to denounce racism and bigotry after the violence at a white supremacist march in Charlottesville.
Michael Madigan is now the longest-serving state house speaker in American history, and other Chicago news
Also, prompted by the highly unpopular pop tax, Cook County commissioner Richard Boykin is mulling a 2018 run against board president Toni Preckwinkle.
Chicago Public Schools lays off nearly 1,000 employees, including hundreds of teachers, and other news
Also, Walter Payton College Prep was named the nation’s top public high school in a new set of rankings.
Chicago is suing the Department of Justice over federal funding for sanctuary cities, and other news
Also, Northwestern microbiologist Wyndham Lathem will make his first court appearance in California Monday morning.
IPRA reopens investigation into 2014 fatal police shooting of a 19-year-old, and other Chicago news
Also, J.B. Pritzker’s health-care plan involves letting anyone buy into Medicaid.