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Chicago Tribune: House Speaker Michael Madigan drawn closer to federal corruption probe, but many Democrats take wait-and-see approach — ‘We’ve been on this ride before’
For decades, the diminutive Michael J. Madigan has stood tall as a political constant in Illinois, displaying equal parts of power, arrogance, defiance and vindictiveness, while holding a singular ability to dictate much of the state’s policy agenda under governors both Democratic and Republican.
The extent of Madigan’s power over Democratic politics was evident from the muted responses of a number of members of his own House majority after federal prosecutors implicated the nation’s longest-serving statehouse leader as the beneficiary of a near-decadelong bribery and influence scheme conducted through Commonwealth Edison.
Chicago Sun-Times: Activists, officials slam Chicago police for alleged brutality in Columbus statue standoff
After an evening of mayhem between Chicago police and protesters who tried to tear down the Grant Park statue of Christopher Columbus, a video surfaced on social media showing an officer punching an 18-year-old activist in the mouth, knocking out some of her teeth.
The violent confrontation that injured Miracle Boyd, an organizer with the group Good Kids Mad City, was one of many dustups that several progressive officials pointed to on Saturday as the latest cases for defunding the city police department.
Northwest Herald: McHenry District 156 plans alternating days of in-person, remote learning for 2020-21 school year
McHenry High School District 156 will use a hybrid model of face-to-face (in-person instruction) and asynchronous digital (remote learning) days when students go back to school for the 2020-21 school year.
District 156 Superintendent Dr. Ryan McTague released the district’s plan Friday. Students will be split into two groups based on their last names and go to school for in-person instruction on an “every other day” schedule. Families with students with different last names in the same household may request to the principal to have the children assigned to the same group.