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Ted Schurter/The State Journal-Register via AP file For the first time in Chicago’s history, voters would get a say in who runs the city’s school board under two competing proposals now before the state Legislature. One calls for a fully elected Board of Education, and the other for a “hybrid” model splitting the school board into some elected members with the majority still appointed by the mayor. In an interview with The Daily Line’s “CloutCast” podcast, the state senator sponsoring the fully elected school board plan addressed his opponents by pointing to referendums, survey...

Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times Two state lawmakers filed legislation Monday that would allow the General Assembly to remotely meet and vote on legislation in emergency situations. The two Democrat lawmakers from Chicago, Rep. Ann Williams and Sen. Robert Martwick, said in a joint statement they consider the bill to be a “starting point for discussion” and plan to talk to their colleagues to shore up support for the bill. Williams hopes the bill is passed as soon as possible “so we can be prepared for whatever 2021 brings us,” although she hasn’t seen a set date for discussion on the ...