As not only tradition but federal law, soon it will be time for Illinois residents to spring their clocks forward to take advantage of more daylight hours.

Daylight saving time officially returns at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 10, an annual ritual that for many is bittersweet. That’s because along with gaining sunlight daily, Illinoisans will lose an hour of sleep.

Voters across Chicago and the rest of Cook County will have more places to cast a ballot in person starting this week ahead of the March 19 primary election.

Beginning Monday, early voting sites will open in each of the city’s 50 wards, while 53 sites will open at dozens of village halls, courthouses, community centers and other venues across the suburbs.

Homer Glen residents will be asked in the March 19 election whether the village should pursue efforts to potentially dissolve or discontinue township government, a move supporters say would be the first step to eliminate layers of government and duplicative services and save taxpayer money.

“This is a local advisory opinion on public policy,” village attorney Michael Pasquinelli said. “Whether this is accepted or rejected by the voters has no legal consequence.”

Colleges of all stripes are facing a much-discussed “demographic cliff,” with enrollment numbers already declining at many institutions. Multiple private colleges have seen downward outlook revisions from credit rating agencies due to declining enrollment and its attendant drop in tuition revenue combined with high debt levels.

A woman living in a shelter for migrants in Chicago said she asked a staff member for a late-night glass of milk last November to feed one of her babies. Instead, she said the staff member asked her uncomfortable questions and a male staffer told her to show her breasts. The woman said she complied because she felt forced to do it.

“That person made me let everyone see my private parts, and I cried at night because that made me remember a lot of violence that I experienced when I was on the road,” the woman wrote in Spanish in a grievance she filed during her stay at the Chicago Lake Shore Hotel on South Lake Shore Drive.