* Here you go…

* CBS Chicago | Rallies in favor of gun control bill planned in Springfield, but will it be put to a vote?: Busloads of people were getting ready Tuesday night to head to the Illinois State Capitol this week. They want to urge lawmakers to take action on a bill that would ban semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines. But those fighting against that bill are already promising legal action.

* Crain’s | Here’s who gets more than $300 million in local congressional earmarks: The biggest chunk of funding was secured by the state’s two senators, Democrats Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, who released a joint list of accomplishments. “This appropriations package makes significant investments in the future of Illinois,” Durbin said in a statement. “Our state and nation are stronger when we invest in our communities and families—and that’s what this bipartisan funding agreement does.”

* WTAX | Raoul v fake reviews: If we’re talking about fake product reviews, the Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says, “Zero Stars – Would Not Recommend.” Raoul says the Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general around the country are taking some online sellers to court. One would be Roomster, a web site which charges a fee for access to rentals and other housing-related listings. Raoul says people rely on such reviews to make online buying decisions.

* Crain’s | Reilly to run unopposed, again, after challenger withdraws: Reilly’s lone opponent in the race, Chris Cleary, withdrew from the ballot amid a petition challenge in late December, according to the Chicago Board of Ethics. Cleary did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

* WCIA | Lawmakers to consider electric vehicle manufacturing incentives, vote on assault weapons ban in lame duck session: “This is an opportunity to tweak something that you’ve already passed, or to take up something that you just didn’t get around to,” Kent Redfield, UIS professor emeritus, said.

* Sun-Times | Cook County poised for record number of opioid deaths; researchers warn hundreds more go uncounted: The medical examiner’s office has already confirmed 1,599 opioid overdose deaths for 2022, and it expects 400 to 500 of its pending cases will also be listed as death by opioid toxicity.

* JG-TC | Illinois sends smaller, more Democratic congressional delegation to Washington: Illinois will be represented in Washington by 17 members of the House. The state has lost at least one congressional seat every ten years since the 1940s, when it had a 27-member delegation, due to slow population growth.

* Center Square | Uncertainty remains after Illinois Supreme Court halts cashless bail: Outside of the elimination of cash bail, other portions of the SAFE-T Act, including new requirements for body cameras and other police reforms, were allowed to stand.

* WCIA | Life expectancy rate in Illinois ranks in middle among other states : Illinois’s life expectancy rate is 76.8 years in 2020, down from 79 years in 2019 and 78.8 in 2018. The state falls in a similar range to a few other states, including Texas, Florida, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Alaska, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland.

* WAND | Multiple tornadoes cause damage across central Illinois: Strong winds damaged the old Pla-Mor Lanes bowling alley in Decatur and multiple power lines were down near 22nd St and East Garfield.

* Block Club Chicago | Longtime Residents In Gentrifying Areas Battle Huge Property Tax Increases: ‘We Don’t Want To Leave’: Homeowners in Pilsen, Avondale and Rogers Park were hit the hardest — with one man’s bill up 145 percent. “There is a lot of desperation right now.”

* Tribune | On morning of trial, man pleads guilty to possessing two dozen illegal guns sold out of his popular Chicago food truck: Ferguson’s plea agreement included allegations that he brokered the sale of 23 firearms from his food truck, Chicago’s Finest Deli on Wheels, in November 2015, a transaction captured on video by an undercover agent for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

* Tribune | Man charged with hate crime in connection with swastikas painted on Pathway Community Church in Elmhurst: A judge on Sunday set Stumpfoll’s bail at $100,000. It was not immediately clear if he has an attorney who could speak on his behalf.

* WBBM | Illinois wine makers hope lawmakers will reduce licensing fee: A bill before the Illinois General Assembly is being closely watched by wine makers. It would reduce a licensing fee increase.

* Tribune | Lightfoot asks for tens of millions more in state money for migrants, citing arrivals from Texas; state says funding will cease in January: Lightfoot made the request in a letter to state legislators from Chicago, obtained by the Tribune. She noted that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration sent a letter to the city saying the state is “out of funds and will no longer be able to support city migrant services efforts as of February 1, 2023.”

* Sun-Times | There’s always a need for gun safety with the number of firearms rising: When so many lives are at stake and gun violence has surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of the deaths of American children, there is no such thing as too much information surrounding gun safety.

* Sun-Times | Chicago progressives in Washington to celebrate one of their own in Congress, Freshman Delia Ramirez: In a day of tumult on the House floor, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in three votes, fails to win the speakership. Downstate Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., was among those refusing to support McCarthy.