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POLITICO Get the Illinois Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Good Monday morning, Illinois. Get out the swimsuits — we’ve cracked freezing! TOP TALKER Jahmal Cole, right, talks to young people in the My Block, My Hood, My City nonprofit that he founded. | Photo courtesy Jahmal Cole FIRST IN PLAYB...

Monday, Feb 22, 2021 * Yes, I know that he hasn’t even signed the bill as this is published, but my inbox is filling up. Posted in the order they were received starting with the IPHA… Tom Hughes, Executive Director of the Illinois Public Health Association (IPHA), released the following statement on Monday: “As leaders of local health departments, we serve on the frontlines of defending the public’s safety. It is our responsibility to not only protect communities from threats to their health, but to also address threats to the safety of people’s lives and wellbeing, which includ...

Illinois lawmakers spent much of their weekend session debating criminal justice reform bills. The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus is using the lame-duck session to address a range of social equity issues, from healthcare to education to criminal justice. On Saturday, for a combined seven hours, the House Judiciary Committee and Senate Executive Committee heard testimony on proposals to eliminate cash bail, decriminalize possession of small amounts of controlled substances, redefine the felony murder classification, change collective bargaining rules for law enforcement, and repeal qualifi...

Galapagos student wins charter school excellence scholarship Unmute Autumn Burks wins the Illinois Network of Charter Schools Excellence Award. ROCKFORD (WREX) — Rockford student, Autumn Burks, just accomplished what no other student in Rockford ever has. She won the Illinois Network of Charter Schools Excellence Award. The award means Burks gets a $500 academic scholarship. Burks goes to Galapagos Rockford Charter School. The school said this is the first time a student from Rockford has won the scholarship. "I was also on my way to going to Costa Rica and s...