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∙ ABC Chicago: Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Iris Martinez faces primary challenge from Mariyana Spryopoulos

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* Tribune | Illinois Supreme Court makes changes amid ‘staggering’ increase in pretrial appeals over detention: The changes, which take effect April 15, were recommended by a task force that prepared a report after consulting clerks, prosecutors, public defenders and other attorneys across the state. The law allows detention decisions to be appealed, but the process is governed by Supreme Court rules. The changes are meant to streamline the process while still providing for “meaningful review of decisions” regarding pretrial detention, the report says.

* Chalkbeat | Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget plan leaves out extra money for schools to help migrant students: Pritzker’s budget proposal in February did not include an additional $35 million to support migrant students that the Illinois State Board of Education had requested in the budget proposal it submitted in January.

* Tribune | Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs measure that sets up process for electing Chicago’s school board: With the governor’s signature, potential candidates can begin circulating petitions March 26 for the November general election. At least 1,000 signatures from registered voters, but not more than 3,000, are required. The petitions are to be filed to election authorities from June 17 to June 24.

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* WTTW | Prosecutors Planning to Call Ex-Ald. and Federal Informant Danny Solis as Witness in Michael Madigan Corruption Trial: Federal prosecutors disclosed in a motion Monday that they do indeed plan to call Solis as a witness, marking a shift in strategy after they opted against calling him last year to testify against his onetime colleague, the former longtime 14th Ward Ald. Ed Burke. “The government anticipates calling former Alderman Daniel Solis at trial,” assistant U.S. attorneys wrote in a 200-plus page motion.

* Sun-Times | Asian American family advocacy center opens in Chicago, a first for the state: The nonprofit “is a trusted community organization for providing resources with respect, care and support,” Liu said. The center will offer case management services, parenting support groups, health insurance enrollment, a food pantry, immunizations and monthly health screenings.

* Daily Herald | ‘Fair and sensible’: Arlington Heights proposes tax deal as Bears turn focus away from racetrack site: The deal would have the Bears paying $6.3 million in property taxes for the 2023 tax year, $3.6 million for 2024, and negotiated annual increases of 3% to 10% the following three years based upon market conditions, Village Manager Randy Recklaus said during a village board meeting Monday night.

* WCIA | Attorney General investigating alleged Open Meetings Act violation by Champaign school district: The letter, addressed to the board’s President, Dr. Gianina Baker, reads the district held a meeting on Feb. 12 where anyone in attendance was welcome to publicly address the Board. Recordings of the meeting show one member was allowed to speak for over the allotted three minutes and had her microphone turned back on, while other speakers were cut off when their time was up.

* Tribune | Historic $45 million Chicago police misconduct settlement moves forward: The settlement passed unanimously in the council’s Finance Committee Monday as aldermen offered sympathy to Jones and his mother, who watched the deliberation in the council chambers. The case involving the Chicago Police Department’s controversial “no-chase” policies shows “there are rules in place for a reason,” Ald. Andre Vasquez, 40th, said.

* WBEZ | Cook County tax appeal official Larry Rogers’ biggest primary challenge? Conflict of interest accusations: At one time in his 20 years as a Cook County Board of Review commissioner, Larry Rogers Jr. employed his half-brother Frederic Everly at the agency that can reduce property tax bills. After he left the payroll of the Board of Review, Everly became a lawyer specializing in tax appeals. Since then, Rogers’ aides have facilitated property tax breaks for some of Everly’s clients, according to documents obtained by WBEZ.

* Sun-Times | Lead in water a threat to two-thirds of young children in Chicago: In all, 129,000 children, 68% of those 5 or younger had lead in their home drinking water, the study found. Young children in Black and Latino communities were potentially exposed at even higher rates, according to the study, which looked at household testing data from 2016 to last fall. The researchers used machine learning and simulation to estimate the number of children affected.

* SJ-R | Central Illinois residents may soon see increased delays in receiving their mail: The United States Postal Service, or USPS, has proposed a new network consolidation plan to change 58 processing and distribution centers in smaller Illinois communities. These distribution processing centers will be converted into local mail processing centers. In the decision, Springfield, Illinois and other central Illinois packages and unprocessed mail will be redirected to the nearest processing distribution center in St. Louis, Missouri.

* ABC Chicago | Morton Arboretum plant expert discusses how Chicago weather patterns are affecting plant health: Unusually warm temperatures are causing plants to bloom, and then become damaged when temperatures drop back down to winter-like conditions. “We’re interested to see what is going to be damaged and what is just going to be completely unscathed by this type of weather instability, or seasonal instability. One thing we know is that the elms and maples probably won’t be producing that much seed this year,” she said.

* Block Club | Grant Park Booked By Big Events For 73 Days This Summer: This year’s decline in booked days is due to a drop in setup and teardown days for NASCAR. Last year, NASCAR took up 41 days in Grant Park. The race will take over parts of the park for 29 days this year.

* Sun-Times | Hubbard Inn sues woman who claimed in viral video that staff assaulted her: A River North restaurant is suing a woman who posted a viral video claiming she was manhandled by the establishment’s security and thrown down stairs. In a lawsuit filed Monday in Cook County, Hubbard Inn alleges the woman defamed the business in her video last week and triggered an onslaught of negative reviews, threats and cancellations at the business at 110 W. Hubbard St.