President Joe Biden signed a landmark, bipartisan, $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law Monday. It provides funding to improve highways and bridges, transportation and high-speed internet.

The Eisenhower is one Illinois expressway that is likely to get a much needed upgrade under the massive infrastructure bill signed into law Monday. Illinois’ slice will be $17 billion.

On Monday, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 19 attorneys general, urged the U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee to strengthen public health and environmental protections against “forever chemicals,” a class of highly toxic chemical compounds known as poly- and per-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Sports betting in Illinois roared back to life in September after a pedestrian summer and pushed the nationwide handle past $5 billion for the month.

It is the first time in history the country has reached that number.

The fight over the city budget is over and the deadline to redraw Chicago’s ward map is two weeks away.

Why it matters: The city council is in charge of creating 50 city wards that reflect the 2020 census. It happens every 10 years.

A Chicago congressman is pushing the Biden administration to approve funding for a project that long has been at or near the top of local transportation wish lists: extending the Chicago Transit Authority’s Red Line from 95th Street south to the city limits.

In a letter released as President Joe Biden signed the $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure bill into law, Rep. Bobby Rush, a South Side Democrat, asked for money to proceed with the Red Line project and end “a transit desert.”

Chicago aldermen have given preliminary approval for nearly $3 million to settle outstanding lawsuits, mostly for alleged police misconduct.

The City Council Finance Committee has approved a settlement of $2 million for the family of Julia Lynn Callaway.