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Chicago Tribune: Bank wouldn't deposit wrongfully convicted man's check from the state for 23 years in prison
An attorney representing a man who spent 23 years locked up for a murder he didn’t commit says her client was turned away twice by Chase Bank when he tried to deposit a check from the state of Illinois to compensate him for his time imprisoned.
Chase, meanwhile, said it made a mistake in turning him away once but denied doing it twice, calling the second incident this week a misunderstanding.
Chicago Sun-Times: CTA plans to make all stations accessible to people with disabilities by 2038
All CTA rail stations would be made accessible to people with disabilities by 2038 under a plan detailed in a report issued Thursday.
Of the CTA’s 106 stations, 42 will still be inaccessible by wheelchair after renovations at the Quincy station in the Loop bring it into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The CTA’s All Station Accessibility Program will add ramps, elevators, new “wayfinding” technology for the blind and deaf, and other accommodations to non-compliant stations. This exceeds the agency’s obligations under the ADA.
Northwest Herald: McHenry County state's attorney sues Nunda Township
McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally has sued Nunda Township for allegedly violating the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.
In a July 13 lawsuit filed in McHenry County Circuit Court, Assistant State’s Attorney Jana Blake Dickson alleged Nunda Township “knowingly acted in bad faith.”
Rockford Register-Star: Not all sold on proposed Belvidere sales tax hike
The city’s home rule authority, invoked for the first time last week when City Council approved a 2-cent-a-gallon tax on gasoline, may be put to use again by alderman considering a sales-tax increase.
City Council members at Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting will discuss a possible 0.5-point increase to the current 7.75 percent tax. For consumers, the increase would mean paying an extra 5 cents on every $10 spent. If approved, the new 8.25 percent rate could take effect as early as January. The new rate would equal the rate paid by consumers in Rockford.
Champaign News-Gazette: 'Design error' adds $1.2M to cost of solar array on UI building's roof
A “design error” by an outside architectural firm delayed the installation of a solar roof on the University of Illinois’ newest engineering building and will cost the state — or the company — more than $1.2 million, officials say.
The Electrical and Computer Engineering Building, which opened in 2014, was supposed to have a rooftop solar array soon after it was completed, but it is just now being installed this summer.
Belleville News-Democrat: East St. Louis Township Board asks prosecutor to enforce ordinance barring supervisor’s spending
East St. Louis Township trustees have voted to turn over their books and an ordinance barring Supervisor Alvin Parks from spending any township funds to St. Clair County State’s Attorney Brendan Kelly.
Trustees Edith Moore, Rico Moore and Scott Randolph voted earlier this month to approve the measure. Trustee Troy Mosley was absent from the meeting. Parks voted in opposition.