Pritzker signs law stripping libraries that ban books from state funding – Center Square
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed into law a measure that withholds state funding from any of the state’s 1,600 public or school libraries that remove books from shelves. Libraries that adhere to the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights, which states that books should not be removed because of partisan or personal disapproval, will continue to get state funding.

Chicago-based food delivery platform Grubhub will lay off about 400 corporate employees, the company said Monday. The layoffs will affect about 15% of the company’s staff. Before the cuts, Grubhub had 2,800 employees, including about 850 based in Chicago.

Patricia Martin was ordered last month to pay $1.2 million after she failed to turn over records or answer questions about her handling of Oscar Lawton Wilkerson Jr.’s money.

Chicago started moving some of the foreign nationals from the southern border to other communities throughout the city. However, some say not enough is being done to help those who’ve been here for generations.

Two McHenry County Board subcommittees — its finance committee and the Valley Hi Nursing Home committee — met this week and unanimously recommended a bid totaling a little more than $3.1 million.

South suburban Dixmoor’s troubled water system is getting a federal lifesaver with crews finally breaking ground on a new water main system. Still, officials said the federal help is a small fraction of what’s needed.

A Peoria-based economic development nonprofit received $400,000 in federal grants to make domestic supply chains more resilient post-pandemic. The Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC) focuses on the competitiveness of small and midsize manufacturers throughout the state. IMEC President David Boulay said 99% of the 12,500 manufacturers in Illinois fall into that category.