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* ProPublica | Illinois to Relocate at Least Half of Residents in Facility Plagued by Abuse and Cover-Ups: In an exclusive interview before an expected Wednesday announcement, IDHS Secretary Grace Hou outlined a “repurposing and restructuring” of Choate, located in rural Anna, about 120 miles southeast of St. Louis. That process will start with the relocation of 123 residents with developmental disabilities who entered the facility voluntarily — roughly half the current population.

* Tribune | Illinois Supreme Court takes up accelerated appeal of ruling that struck down state ban on high-powered guns: The high court will hear oral arguments on the matter during its May term, according to an unsigned order issued Tuesday.

* ProPublica | The Federal Government Is Investigating an Illinois School Where Students With Disabilities Were Frequently Arrested: In recent years, Garrison administrators called the police to report student misbehavior every other school day on average, the Tribune and ProPublica found. Staff members routinely asked to press charges against the children — some as young as 9 — and officers arrested them.

* SJ-R | Illinois lawmakers work to meet Friday deadline to pass bills out of committee: As of Tuesday, more than 6,500 bills had been introduced in the 2023 session. While many of those bills could miss that deadline, there are multiple ways to work around regular deadlines to pass the substantive language of a bill at a future date.

* WBEZ | An Illinois lifeline program for suicidal kids has become a bridge to nowhere for many: In Illinois, the percentage of children who arrived in hospital emergency departments with suicidal thoughts climbed nearly 60% over a nearly six-year period ending in 2021, according to a study involving Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

* WBEZ | Kids in crisis face long waitlists as they struggle to get appointments for therapy: Treatment options for the low-income children served by SASS are limited by insurance hoops, systemic blockers and sheer scarcity of therapists.

* WTTW | Illinois Is No Stranger to Train Derailments Involving Hazardous Materials. Could an East Palestine Disaster Happen Here?: Illinois sits at an important shipping crossroads, and the Chicago area is a main transportation spoke with about $3 trillion in goods moving through northeastern Illinois each year, according to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.

* WAND | Downstate lawmaker demands reform within Illinois group homes: Rep. Charlie Meier (R-Okawville) stood alongside law enforcement and the mother of a former CILA resident Tuesday to stress that abuse in the facilities must stop. Meier wants the Illinois Department of Human Services to establish a new system for unannounced site inspections to uncover abuse and neglect. The state currently requires site inspections once every three years.

* CBS Chicago | Critics say Illinois biometric data protection laws are bad for business: Illinois residents are the only ones that have the right to sue over the improper collection and mishandling of that biometric data. Some business leaders across the state say that is scaring companies away. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.

* Jehan Gordon-Booth | Paid leave law benefits Illinois workers: In our state, millions of Iower-paid Illinoisans were granted zero days of guaranteed paid leave from their employers. When life interrupted work, these workers were presented with a choice: delay taking the necessary time to care for personal and familial needs or take the time off without pay, potentially jeopardizing their employment and family stability. This harsh and unjust predicament needed to change.

* Capitol News Illinois | State revenue projections increase again in fiscal year’s final stretch: The Commission on Government Forecasting Accountability increased its revenue estimate for the current fiscal year by $575 million – yet another positive development in a monthslong streak of revenue growth.

* The Southern | The push continues for a four-lane highway from Southern Illinois to St. Louis: Murphysboro Mayor Will Stephens chairs the Four-County Highway Coalition, a group of community leaders and organizations pushing for what has become known as the Southwest Illinois Connector – a regional, rural expressway connecting Murphysboro to the metropolitan St. Louis area, providing direct connectivity to Interstate 255.

* WTTW | Plans for Chicago Summer Festivals Unclear Amid Grant Park Closures: In all, at least part of the 300-acre Grant Park – known as Chicago’s front yard – will be closed to Chicagoans for 83 days this summer, including every day except June 2, June 3, June 4 and July 16, according to a schedule released Tuesday by the Chicago Park District that was first reported by Block Club Chicago.

* Journal Star | Why was Will Ferrell in Pekin? Comedian makes stops around the Peoria area: Later in the night, Ferrell posed for selfies at The Basket Case in Peoria, according to a post on the pub’s Facebook page. A post from a Basket Case customer says Ferrell sang karaoke, and a photo attached shows Ferrell holding a microphone while the lyrics to “I Got You Babe” are projected behind him.

* Pantagraph | Labor leader John Penn helps raise over $160K for nonprofits: Laborers Local 362 donated two checks, each worth $85,000, to Promise Council and the Stay 4 Project on Tuesday. The funds were raised as part of a Jan. 26 retirement party for Penn, a longtime member of the union. He most recently served as vice president, Midwest regional manager of Laborers International Union of North America, where he represented thousands of laborers within a 10-state region.

* AP | Elon Musk apologizes after mocking disabled Twitter employee: If you’re not told you are fired, are you really fired? At Twitter, probably. And then, sometimes, you get your job back — if you want it. Haraldur Thorleifsson, who until recently was employed at Twitter, logged in to his computer last Sunday to do some work — only to find himself locked out, along with 200 others.