Center Square: Illinois General Assembly advances several measures during Thursday's session
Both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly advanced legislation Thursday before adjourning for the weekend. The Illinois House advanced three measures to the Senate, including House Bill 3892, which would provide incentives for the development of affordable housing projects that incorporate urban and suburban gardening programs.
Chicago Tribune: Interim Chicago police Superintendent Eric Carter to retire next month as Mayor Lightfoot leaves office
Eric Carter, the interim superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, will retire on May 15. Carter, 57, joined the Police Department in 1992. He was named interim superintendent last month after David Brown, the previous superintendent, resigned following Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s unsuccessful reelection bid.
Chicago Tribune: Latest Bears stadium legislation would add $3 to ticket prices at Arlington Heights site to help pay off Soldier Field debt
Tickets to games and other events at the Chicago Bears’ proposed Arlington Heights development would come with a $3-per-person tax under legislation filed in the Illinois House on Thursday that seeks to jump-start stalled talks over state assistance for the team’s anticipated decampment to the northwest suburbs.
Sun-Times: Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s electronic monitoring rules are ambiguous, appeals court finds
An Illinois appellate court has slammed Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s electronic monitoring program for its “ambiguity” on whether apartment-dwelling detainees are allowed in other parts of their building for daily tasks such as getting the mail and washing clothes.
States Push For Hyundai and Kia to Recall Vehicles in Response to ‘Theft Crisis'
A coalition of attorneys general from across the country and Illinois are pushing for automakers Hyundai and Kia to issue a safety recall after a hidden security flaw inside millions of their vehicles was exposed online last year, leading to an explosion of thefts, accidents and deaths.
Police prepare for possible North Riverside Mall unrest after downtown Chicago chaos
North Riverside police officers went business-to-business on Thursday, checking in ahead of the potential unrest planned this weekend around the North Riverside Park Mall.
State Police investigating former Tilton police chief
Officials confirmed they are investigating David Cornett, but added they could release no further information in order to protect the investigation’s integrity.