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* Crain’s | MOVEit cyberattack on Illinois hits 390,000 people: The state is setting up a call center and providing credit-monitoring from Experian to 390,000 individuals whose information was impacted. So far, the state says, there is no indication any compromised information has been used fraudulently. It is notifying victims by mail. … Illinois was among corporate and government victims of an attack in which hackers exploited a vulnerability in widely used MOVEit file-transfer software.

* SJ-R | New fiscal year begins Saturday. What does that mean for Springfield?: This year’s budget saw state lawmakers work past a self-imposed budgetary deadline and finally moving forward with a product late last month. With $50.6 billion expected in revenues, the state has an approximate $183 million surplus to work with thus opening the door for potential added expenditures.

* ProPublica | Bill to stop student ticketing suffers setback, delaying action to protect families from costly fines: Now, legislators and activists are regrouping with a goal of rewriting the bill and passing it in the next legislative session. They say they are committed to changing state law because not all school districts complied when the Illinois State Board of Education superintendent implored them to stop working with police to issue municipal citations for noncriminal matters — tickets that can lead to fines of up to $750.

* CBS | Former IL Rep. Jim Durkin on his support of assault weapon ban: Former Illinois State Rep. Jim Durkin voted to ban assault weapons in Illinois. Durkin explains to CBS 2’s Brad Edwards why nearly 1 year ago, after the Highland Park mass shooting, he took a stand. “I’m a Republican, I believe in the Second Amendment, but I don’t believe assault weapons have any place within the Second Amendment and the way that our founders created that,” Durkin said.

* Charles Selle | Former state Sen. Link should not collect state pension as a convicted felon: State law requires that lawmakers be stripped of their pension benefits by the General Assembly Retirement System board if they are convicted of crimes committed during their legislative service. But Link has gotten a pass and allowed to keep his more than $7,750-a-month legislative retirement, which includes an annual 3% boost.

* WBEZ | Johnson Administration lays out big picture migrant plan at first of monthly refugee meetings: Top deputies of Johnson’s administration testified before the Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights, which is trying to turn a new leaf under the new chair, Ald. Andre Vasquez, 40th Ward. As the migrant crisis unfolded last summer, the committee didn’t meet for more than a year — despite having a more than $120,000 budget. The committee is now aiming to meet monthly.

* Tribune | Aurora approves plans for new $360 million Hollywood Casino: The development will include a casino with about 900 slot machines and 50 live table games - including a baccarat room and a poker room - a Barstool Sportsbook, a 220-room hotel, a full-service spa, several bars and restaurants, about a 10,000-square-foot event center, and an open, outside entertainment area.

* Tribune | Chicago Board of Ed renews CPD contract for school resource officers, but that doesn’t account for all the police in CPS schools: Active law enforcement officers have been hired as part-time CPS school security officers since at least 2018, according to the district’s contract with Service Employees International Union Local 73. The contract, which expires Friday, stipulates that new part-time security hires must “have the legal authority to effectuate an arrest.”

* Sun-Times | Retired judge accused of bilking Tuskegee Airman asks to be disbarred, citing evidence in the case: Patricia Martin, the former presiding judge of the Juvenile Court’s child protection division, filed a motion with the Supreme Court requesting “that the Court enter an order striking her name from the Roll of Attorneys.”

* WCPO | How some cities are buying medical debt: “Cook County has successfully acquired and erased nearly $80 million in medical debt,” said Toni Preckwinkle, President, Cook County, IL Board of Commissioners. “We spent only a fraction of that, about 800,000 less than a million dollars, to do it. This will benefit over 72 thousand Cook County families, with many more to come.” Cook County, Illinois, will spend $12 million to eliminate as much as a billion dollars in medical debt for its residents.

* Block Club | 900 Private Security Officers Expected Downtown As City Preps For NASCAR Weekend: Similar to past years, Chicago police will increase patrols Downtown and days off will be cancelled, interim Police Supt. Fred Waller said at a press conference Wednesday. Police will also provide additional resources on the CTA, but Waller did not specify what that will entail.

* Sun-Times | Bubba Wallace throws a block party in Hyde Park to introduce NASCAR to a new audience: NASCAR’s sole Black driver plays the role of ambassador ahead of the Chicago Street Race by bringing a taste of the track to die-hard NASCAR fans and the NASCAR-curious.

* Sun-Times | CPS unveils new process for schools to drop racist namesakes: Chicago Public Schools officials have been working on an updated naming policy for more than two years after a Chicago Sun-Times investigation found 30 schools were named for slaveholders.

* AP | Thousands of unauthorized vapes are pouring into the US despite the FDA crackdown on fruity flavors: The numbers demonstrate the Food and Drug Administration’s inability to control the tumultuous vaping market more than three years after declaring a crackdown on kid-friendly flavors. Most of the disposable e-cigarettes, which are thrown away after they’re used up, come in sweet and fruity flavors like pink lemonade, gummy bear and watermelon that have made them the favorite tobacco product among teenagers.

* AP | Travelers suffered through another day of cancellations. It could get worse as holiday approaches: Hundreds of thousands of summer travelers suffered through another day of delayed and canceled flights Wednesday, a troubling glimpse into what could happen over the long July 4 holiday weekend as airlines struggle to keep up with surging numbers of passengers. By early evening on the East Coast, nearly 5,800 U.S. flights had been delayed and 1,000 more were canceled, according to FlightAware.