The next move in a Capitol fight over how the state doles out money to school districts is up to Gov. Bruce Rauner after the Senate sent him a measure Monday following a two-month hold on the bill.

Rauner, who spent weeks vowing to quickly veto the legislation, did not do so Monday. His office indicated the governor will “now review the bill and take swift action.”

The tax man is getting ready to pay an unwelcome visit to Cook County residents.

Last month, when a Chicago judge put a planned penny-per-ounce tax on sugary drinks on hold, it seemed like a long shot that opponents could defeat the tax in court. After all, government’s power to tax is incredibly broad.

On Friday, Judge Daniel Kubasiak dismissed the lawsuit challenging the soft drink tax and approved the imposition of a revenue source that Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle anticipates will generate many millions of dollars a year. It’s scheduled to start Wednesday.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration projects a $114.2 million budget shortfall for 2018, but a mayor who’s already raised a slew of taxes and fees was mum Monday on whether he’ll ask taxpayers to cover the difference.

While City Hall was trumpeting the lowest shortfall since 2007, Emanuel aides acknowledged their bottom-line figure left out a bunch of costs the mayor has committed to for next year. Chief among them is $70 million to hire new police officers, and there’s also tens of millions more dollars in potential additional costs for police reform efforts and back pay for city workers if new contracts that expired at the end of June are approved.

Local election authorities will lose more than $4.4 million in grant funds this year that pay for, among other things, purging ineligible names from voter registration rolls.

But officials say they are used to the roller coaster nature of election funding.

The Woodstock School District 200 board has set tentative dates for public forums regarding the potential closure of Dean Elementary School along with other facility changes.

District officials are in the process of determining the best way to save money and space without compromising student wellness and education. A committee assembled last year to figure out the best options recommended, among other things, the closure of Dean Elementary.

Three years after approval of a controversial Arlington Heights tax increment financing district, a number of redevelopment projects have been proposed or will be underway soon in the area, officials said.

Among the plans for the neighborhood encompassing the Hickory-Kensington TIF district east of downtown: a 79-unit apartment building, as many as 19 new single-family homes and a new day-care center for up to 150 children.