Some 57,837 Illinois residents can legally use cannabis under Illinois’ medical marijuana program, but for adults without a chronic condition like glaucoma, pain, or PTSD, it’s still against state law.

A package that would legalize cannabis for all adults is forthcoming; state Sen. Heather Steans says she and Rep. Kelly Cassidy (both are Democrats from Chicago) expect to introduce draft language by the end of April – enough time, Steans said, for legislators to digest and vet it, with a vote expected before the legislative session adjourns at the end of May.

Central Illinois’ infrastructure needs amount to far more than roads, a Senate panel heard Monday during a Peoria hearing about local needs in a potential capital construction bill.

And those asking for the investment heard a good deal in return from lawmakers about the importance of identifying ways to pay for the spending — and of employing minority contractors, subcontractors and suppliers.

Illinois House member doesn’t give up on measure to dissolve townships.

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

State Rep. David McSweeney, a Republican from Barrington Hills, has taken that advice and, so far at least, it’s working out well.

Aldermen watered down Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed City Council ethics plan Monday, scrapping clauses that would have tightened up what kinds of outside jobs they could hold and set deadlines on when zoning proposals had to come up for hearings.

Emanuel introduced the package of reforms in January after federal authorities charged Ald. Edward Burke with attempted extortion for allegedly holding up a permit for a Burger King in his ward.

Lori Lightfoot flexed her new mayoral muscles Monday, getting her soon-to-be predecessor Rahm Emanuel and aldermen to hold off voting on $2 billion in controversial property tax subsidies for a pair of massive developments until she gets a closer look at the deals.

It remains to be seen whether Lightfoot forces substantive changes to the tax increment financing proposals for Lincoln Yards near Lincoln Park and The 78 in the South Loop. Emanuel’s floor leader and the chairman of the Finance Committee, Ald. Patrick O’Connor, said he hoped to hold a vote on the proposals Wednesday morning before the full City Council meeting.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel tossed a curveball at the City Council’s Finance Committee on Monday. Members were supposed to vote on a key aspect of the Lincoln Yards mega-development — the creation of a tax increment financing district to pay for the road, bridge and mass transit infrastructure needed to handle the project’s influx of people and traffic.

Also on the agenda: a $700 million TIF for “The 78” project, a proposed mixed-use development between the South Loop and Chinatown.

Jose Maldonado was suspended without pay from his job as Chief of the Chicago Heights Park District Police Department in March 2016 after he was arrested in Pilsen on charges of DUI, aggravated fleeing and carrying a concealed firearm while under the influence.

But last month — nearly three years after his arrest by the Illinois State Police — the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office opted to drop the charges against the 34-year-old Maldonado, who had already been fired from the police department.

A City Council committee agreed Monday to make Lyft the exclusive operator of Chicago’s Divvy bike-sharing system over the strenuous objections of arch-rival Uber.

Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot has expressed reservations about the agreement and the process by which retiring Mayor Rahm Emanuel negotiated a deal that “seemingly came out of nowhere without proper vetting and transparency.”

For the second year in a row, Commonwealth Edison is seeking to keep relatively level the rates it charges to deliver electricity to homes and businesses.

ComEd filed today for a modest revenue decrease of $6 million. That would trim about 38 cents per month from the average household electric bill, beginning next year, the utility said in a news release.

The Elgin Area School District U-46 school board is inching closer to voting on a new teachers contract after nine months of protracted negotiations.

The district administration and the Elgin Teachers Association announced they have made “significant progress” reaching a tentative agreement on compensatory items — salary, health insurance, retirement and rates of pay — and issues related to early learners, parent-teacher conferences, safety, professional development, technology, supervision and support systems for behavioral needs. A comprehensive tentative agreement is expected this week, according to a joint statement from union President Barbara Bettis and Suzanne Johnson, U-46 deputy superintendent of instruction.

Aldermen on Monday night gave their blessing to the Rockford Public Library Board to continue working with Davenport, Iowa-based Bush Construction to develop a $22 million, six-story development on property north of a planned new library.

City Council on a 10-1 vote chose to approve a resolution supporting Bush’s proposed 146,000-square-foot, mixed-use redevelopment project. Preliminary plans call for a riverfront restaurant, retail space, business incubator, underground parking and 80 apartments.

Next year’s budget for the city of Pekin must balance the need to fix roads and deteriorated with curbs with ongoing pension fund obligations.

That was the message during a public hearing Monday night before the Pekin City Council met. City Manager Mark Rothert gave a presentation on funding options for capital improvement projects and other currently unfunded obligations.