Gov. J.B. Pritzker is asking communities outside of Chicago to help house and provide services to the continuing flow of non-citizen arrivals totalling at least 15,000.

The Chicago Teachers Union will have “some pretty strong demands” in the new teachers contract, union president Stacy Davis Gates said Thursday, even though the mayor of Chicago is now one of their own: former teacher-turned paid CTU organizer Brandon Johnson.

The school has proposed a $800 million rebuild of the nearly 100-year-old stadium and commercial ventures such as concerts with up to 28,500 attendees.

Taxpayers in northern Lake County communities that switched to Lake Michigan water in recent years could be spared about $1,070 in future payments.

Illinois lawmakers know that police and fire departments have struggled to recruit and retain workers for several years. Advocates stress that many people worry about the two-tier pension system in Illinois and not having enough benefits when they retire.