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* NYT | Sex Abuse in Catholic Church: Over 1,900 Minors Abused in Illinois, State Says: The report adds 149 names to lists of child sex abusers whom the dioceses themselves had publicly identified before or during the investigation. That brings the total number of identified abusers to 451, the report says. The additional names were supplied by victims who came forward and shared their accounts with investigators, who then followed up on their accounts. Investigators also reviewed more than 100,000 pages of files held by the dioceses, and interviewed church leaders and their representatives. The 149 new names are religious brothers, who are accountable primarily to independent religious orders rather than to local dioceses and bishops.

* Sun-Times | Yellow-vested Peacekeepers, funded by the state, will patrol Chicago streets Memorial Day weekend: More than 500 people have been hired as Peacekeepers, trained to de-escalate conflicts in 102 “hotspots” in 14 Chicago communities. They’re on duty from Tuesday through Saturday.

* WJOL | Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias Awards $221,000 to Joliet Public Library: Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced that his office is awarding nearly $18 million to 639 public libraries statewide – including more than $221,000 to the Joliet Public Library. These grants, awarded once every fiscal year, will help provide library services to nearly 12 million patrons statewide and approximately 150,000 Joliet residents.

* Sun-Times | Convicted ComEd CEO’s attorney warns ‘we may be trying this case again,’ but judge won’t allow contact with jurors: It’s another signal that, despite the resounding guilty verdicts early this month against Pramaggiore, Hooker, former ComEd lobbyist Michael McClain and onetime City Club President Jay Doherty, the case isn’t over.

* Center Square | Illinois seeks to bar out-of-state police access to data of those seeking abortions in state: The measure also would prohibit the use of such camera data by out-of-state law enforcement for tracking down undocumented migrants in Illinois. It now goes back to the House for concurrence.

* Center Square | Proposal to consolidate lawmaker pensions with other funds to be discussed this summer: Reick said the goal of the proposals is to bring the state to conformity with the nation’s Employee Retirement Income Security Act. “What we are trying to do with this bill is basically bring Tier 2 into conformity with safe harbor provisions of ERISA,” Reick said. “Which we have been out of compliance with since 2012.”

* Sun-Times | Brandon Johnson’s first City Council meeting certain to be tamer than Lightfoot’s: Ald. Ray Lopez (15th), whom Lightfoot accused that first day of “carrying the water for Burke,” also expects zero fireworks. He noted that Lightfoot and Johnson are “two different personality types.” “She came in with much more animosity towards certain individuals than Brandon has. He’s actually been pretty pro-active in reaching out to make human connections with members. So, I would be surprised if he got off on that foot,” Lopez said.

* Crain’s | Top Lightfoot aide rips move to dump him from the McPier board — but he says he might quit if Johnson asks: In his first comments on the matter, the former deputy mayor, who served as Lightfoot’s top aide for relations with the business community, said a pending bill to rescind Lightfoot’s last-second move appointing him to the board of the Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority may be illegal and is “terrible for democratic values.” The authority, generally known as McPier, operates the McCormick Place convention center and plays a major role in the city’s economy. It also owns Navy Pier but does not run the facility.

* Center Square | Some criticize proposed grants for groceries to eliminate ‘food deserts’ in Illinois: State Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, said a grocery store is the lifeblood of a small community. “When you lose a grocery store, you lose the identity of your community, and you lose the ability to retain population and keep families in your community,” Spain said.

* Bloomberg | Walgreens settles consumer claims it knew Theranos was a fraud: US District Judge David Campbell in Phoenix this month ordered the case to go to trial after concluding there are factual issues that only a jury can resolve over whether Walgreens entered into an ill-fated partnership with Theranos to offer tests at its drugstores even while it had good reason to suspect the startup’s technology didn’t really work.

* Bloomberg | How mega-retailers like Walgreens became health care’s biggest disruptors: In 2021, Walgreens invested $5.2 billion to take a majority stake in primary care provider VillageMD, accelerating plans to open 1,000 co-branded “Village Medical at Walgreens” practices by 2027. CVS says primary care complements its value-based care efforts. It acquired Oak Street Health in a $10.6 billion transaction earlier this year and plans to expand to 300 Oak Street sites by 2026. The company has also built a national network of roughly 1,200 MinuteClinic walk-in medical clinics.

* Crain’s | After $1.5 billion PE deal, Rosemont medical-data firm buys AI startup: Intelligent Medical Objects, a Rosemont medical data firm that took a $1.5 billion private-equity deal last year, is buying a Texas-based artificial intelligence startup, a move it says will help it expand to more health care segments.

* WGLT | Lincoln brought Guy Fraker to Illinois; preserving the landscape came later: A lawyer by profession, Fraker’s two avocations are studying Abraham Lincoln and land conservation — so it is serendipitous that he chose to settle in the Twin Cities. His commitment to both topics is what prompted McLean County Museum of History to select Fraker as a 2023 History Maker.

* WCIA | Grammy-winning Alanis Morissette to headline Illinois State Fair in August: “We are excited to welcome Alanis Morissette to the Illinois State Fair for the first time,” said state fair manager Rebecca Clark. “Her album ‘Jagged Little Pill’ was a defining music achievement for my generation and over 25 years later, you still hear ‘You Oughta Know’ or ‘Ironic’ on the radio.”

* AP | UPS strike looms in a world grown reliant on everything delivered everywhere all the time: Annual profits at UPS in the past two years are close to three times what they were before the pandemic. The Atlanta company returned about $8.6 billion to shareholders in the form of dividends and stock buybacks in 2022, and forecasts another $8.4 billion for shareholders this year. The Teamsters say frontline UPS workers deserve some of that windfall.

* Crain’s | The fine print of the Big Ten’s blockbuster TV deal is turning into quagmire for new chief: report: When new Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti took the reins of the conference last month, finalizing the $7 billion-plus broadcasting deal his predecessor [New Bears president/CEO] Kevin Warren struck last year seemed a formality.

* KFVS | More than 16K turkey harvested during Illinois’ spring season; Jefferson Co. in top 5 for harvest totals: They say the record harvest total for the spring season was set in 2006 when 16,569 turkeys were taken.

* NBC Chicago | ‘What Do You Know About Benton, Illinois?’ Southern Illinois Town at Center of New Show With ‘Real Housewives’: According to a press release from Bravo, Sonja Morgan and Luann de Lesseps, of the New York Real Housewives franchise, will “trade big-city chic for small-town charm” as the duo fronts “Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake,” a new show premiering on NBC’s streaming service Peacock beginning in July.