A bipartisan group of Illinois lawmakers is objecting to continued emergency rules from the Illinois Department of Public Health regarding COVID-19.

Earlier this month, Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued another consecutive disaster proclamation for Illinois. With it, modified executive orders do away with masks and COVID-19 testing for healthcare workers among other changes while vaccine mandates continue for some state employees that work in congregate settings.

The CTA is planning no changes to base fares or pass prices in 2023, as ridership remains below pre-pandemic levels and the agency continues to rely on federal pandemic relief money.

Former Teamsters boss John T. Coli Sr. is asking a federal judge to give him home confinement and probation instead of prison time next week when he is set to be sentenced for illegally collecting $325,000 from Cinespace Chicago Film Studios.

In a 30-page memo filed late Wednesday, defense attorney Joseph Duffy pointed to Coli’s declining health, including a heart attack earlier this year, as well as Coli’s cooperation with prosecutors against former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton.

Illinoisans are calling conflicting plays on a potential Chicago Bears move to Arlington Heights, split among those who favor spiking Soldier Field for a new suburban stadium, others who want the team to hold the line on the lakefront — and a large chunk who are punting on the issue.

But an outsized portion of them agree on one point: They don’t want to see any of their tax dollars thrown at the potential suburban mega-development.