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The watchdog of the Illinois legislature is resigning over an inability to open investigations, and an independent commission is asking for input on redrawing Chicago's ward map. Find the latest at WBEZ.org

Care workers in Chicago join a nationwide push for federal home healthcare funding, and researchers are looking for ways to help the immunocompromised by studying the effectiveness of a COVID-19 “booster shot.”

Police Superintendent David Brown took part in a meeting about gun violence with President Joe Biden on Monday, and Chicago Public Schools is getting an influx of federal COVID relief money. Find the latest at WBEZ.org

Chicagoans reveled in a newly formed pop-up pedestrian mall on State Street, and Covid-19 vaccines are going to some local farmers markets. Find the latest at WBEZ.org

Black Chicagoans apply to become police officers but few make it onto the force, and Miami University in Ohio acknowledges two sexual assault allegations involving a former Chicago Blackhawks coach. Find the latest at WBEZ.org

More public meetings ahead of recommendations for the city's controversial monuments, and Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown still hasn't backed up claims he made about the July 4th weekend violence. Find the latest at WBEZ.org

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is again urging Congress to pass federal gun control legislation, and for the first time in nine months the city is experiencing days without any COVID deaths. Find the latest at WBEZ.org

A green energy plan for Illinois is stalled in the Legislature, and why CPD hasn't done anything about a cop who Mayor Lightfoot called a “walking time bomb." Find the latest at WBEZ.org

Chicago police prepare plans to tamp down violence this weekend, and veteran Chicago Alderman Carrie Austin and her chief of staff are indicted on bribery charges. Find the latest at WBEZ.org

Chicago joins Washington DC, New York City and many other cities in having a $15 an hour minimum wage, and City Hall is moving forward with a plan to build a park in honor of Jean Baptiste DuSable. Find the latest at WBEZ.org

Moody's Investors Service bumps up Illinois' credit rating, and a new study examines the homeownership goals of Section 8 renters in Cook County. Find the latest at WBEZ.org

A Northwest Indiana city is trying to prevent future drownings in Lake Michigan, and Governor JB Pritzker is steering clear of any state role in a possible Chicago Bears move from Soldier Field. Find the latest at WBEZ.org

Cook County employees are still on strike this morning over wages, and dozens of kids who live in public housing are starting work as environmental conservationists. Find the latest at WBEZ.org

Chicago City Council has unfinished business to do this afternoon, and a new report looks at encounters with police that end in trips to the hospital. Find the latest at WBEZ.org