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Madigan's hand-picked successor resigns after three days Sarah Mansur Capitol News Illinois Feb. 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail SPRINGFIELD — Edward Guerra Kodatt, appointed Sunday to replace former Speaker Michael Madigan, resigned abruptly Wednesday after Madigan and Chicago Ald. Marty Quinn issued a statement Tuesday night urging Kodatt to step down in light of unspecified “alleged questionable conduct.” Madigan announced Wednesday he would back Angelica Guerrero Cuellar, the candidate who received the second-highest number of votes on Sunday. Kodatt, 26, is listed as a former member ...

Reflect hope. young people like victor york carter. where is victor? stand up, victor. i was just talking to victor. i had some lunch with him. he's a fine young man i just met with. stand up, everybody. these are the guys who i ate chicken with. really impressive. have overcome more than their fair share of challenges. but are still focused on the future. sit down, i don't want you to start getting embarrassed. so i'll just give you one example. victor grew up in the 8th ward, gifted art student, loved math. he was 13 when katrina hit. he remembers waking up to what looked like something out ...

New orleans shows that new orleans youth have rates of current and lifetime posttraumatic stress disorder more than three times high national averages. and while the continuing effects of hurricane katrina are implicated, so, too, are the ongoing experience of violence. in post-katrina, new orleans' triumph, renewal and resilience live in constant tension with continuing economic and racial inequality, displacement, poverty and violence. we cannot tell one story without the other. take this moment in the president's address on thursday when he tells an inspiring story about a young man named v...