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Isabel’s afternoon roundup
Monday, Aug 10, 2026 - Posted by Isabel Miller * The Triibe…
* IPM Newsroom | Few parents in Illinois opting kids out of required vaccines, data shows: Lo and the co-authors published their map of rising exemptions in January in the Journal of the American Medical Association. […] Most Illinois counties have a non-medical exemption rate under one percent. Six counties in northern and southern Illinois have a two percent exemption rate. The exemption rate is higher in most other states in the Midwest. In one Wisconsin county, between 10-20% of parents are opting their kids out of vaccines.
* The Tribune | As Chicago’s mayoral race takes shape, social media influencers step in — including for Brandon Johnson: The disclosure late last month marks the arrival of a new form of campaign advertising in a Chicago election. The decision by Johnson — who has not yet officially launched a 2027 mayoral bid — is a sign the mayor believes short-video influencers on platforms like Instagram and TikTok hold rising, largely untapped sway over voters as he weighs a reelection run. It’s a strategy that raises thorny questions about compensation and disclosure but one, Johnson campaign director Christian Perry said, that will only grow more common. * CBS Chicago | Activists file police reports alleging crimes by federal agents in Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz: At a news conference, Vásquez said the mass filing of police reports on Monday will be the first of many. “Today’s mass filing is not an exclusive exercise,” she said. “We have chosen our right to file police reports together to make our collective demand for accountability both public and impossible to ignore.” Among those in attendance was Marimar Martinez, who was shot by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent last fall in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood. Border Patrol agent Charles Exum shot Martinez five times in October 2025 after agents wrongly claimed she tried to ram into them. * Sun-Times | Tracking every known federal prosecution in Chicago tied to Trump’s deportation blitz: Two defendants have pleaded guilty. Twenty-five have been cleared. Grand jurors refused to indict at least three of the 25, and another member of that group was found not guilty at trial. One of the 25 saw their charges dropped through a deferred-prosecution agreement. Under the terms of such a deal, prosecutors agree to drop charges if a defendant abides by certain terms over a set period of time. Five Midway Blitz defendants struck such a deal, and four are still pending. * Block Club | Obama Presidential Center Releasing More Tickets This Week: Tickets range in price from $15 to $30. They allow entry into the museum, but other parts of the Obama Presidential Center are ticketless and free to explore — including the Forum event space, Home Court athletic facility and Chicago Public Library branch. * Sun-Times | Chicago man gets ‘time served’ in gun turn-in case that angered former U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan: Duncan says he fears Smith’s saga will discourage people from participating in the Chicago Police Department’s gun turn-in program. “I can’t tell you how many people have come up to me and said, ‘I saw the story,’ and they’re like, ‘We’re never turning in a gun,’” Duncan says. “All we want is guns off the street. That’s what we’re trying to do. So it’s all the wrong messaging.” * Sun-Times | Tim Anderson announces retirement from baseball with White Sox, who will honor him Sept. 17: “Definitely a lot of dark moments,” Anderson said. “Got to a point where I couldn’t enjoy it. You see I’m sweating. I still love the game; it just brought too much pain for me. So going back to play is not for me right now in life.” The good moments include two All-Star Game appearances (2021, 2022), one Silver Slugger Award (2020) and one American League batting title. They also include one of the most memorable home runs in Sox history, Anderson’s walk-off homer against the Yankees in the 2021 “Field of Dreams” game. * Block Club | Vienna Beef Restaurant, Factory Store At Bucktown Headquarters Still Happening — In 2027: Known as Vienna Beef Plaza, the development’s restaurant and factory store had initially been slated for a spring 2024 opening, Tom McGlade, a Vienna Beef vice president, previously said. That timeline has since been repeatedly pushed back, partly due to Vienna Beef’s focus on expanding its pickle business in recent years, McGlade told Block Club. * Crain’s | Cook County moves to end decades-old tax buying practice: It’s not clear whether the new fees will discourage buyers from participating in upcoming sales or whether the fees on tax buyers will be sufficient to pay claims of lost equity by property owners who have lost their homes in the previous two years. If not, the county is on the hook to pay claims. “I fully expect the buyers will continue to participate,” Tarver says. “They had a hand in negotiating what those fees will look like. It won’t be as lucrative, but it’s not like they’ll lose money.” * Aurora Beacon-News | As Army Corps study stalls, future still uncertain for Fox River dams: ‘It’s just going to run its course’: Dams have become the subject of removal for numerous reasons, among them benefits to public safety, improved water quality and a better habitat for wildlife. But, at least in the Fox’s case, that suggestion has also been met with opposition, on the grounds that removal would negatively affect recreational use of the river and impact property owners and the cities along the waterway, among other reasons. * Daily Herald | Want to ditch the drop-off line? Maybe there’s a Bike Bus in your kid’s future: About 20 Bike Bus groups are active in Chicago and the suburbs, including in Downers Grove, Glen Ellyn and Woodridge. The results are “we have healthier, safer schools because you have people that are more physically active. There’s also less congestion around the schools. There’s less people driving and healthier air,” Resman noted. Bike buses also build a community, advocates say. * WTVO | Rockford City Council scheduled to elect acting mayor Monday night: The selection was postponed after the city attorney requested additional time to determine the legal procedures required to appoint an interim mayor. The council is set to choose the acting mayor from among its current alderpersons. * Capitol News Illinois | Feds: Southern Illinois coal mine managers concealed ‘deadly conditions’: Though no workers died, prosecutors say the mine managers put more than 100 miners’ lives at risk. The indictments allege that federal regulations and the mine’s own emergency plan required an evacuation after the fire could not be extinguished within 10 minutes. Instead, prosecutors say, managers kept miners working underground for portions of three shifts while trying to fight the uncontrolled fire. * Capitol City Now | Lincoln Library to host a 4-day event learning about the 1908 Race Riots: “1908, we found that there were a series of lynchings all over the United States, and that spurred the formation of the NAACP in 1909,” said Trees. “So many unfortunate, ugly things that people did to one another. So, we felt that we’ve been working for the last 12 months on putting this together with a lot of partners, just to bring forth these things, that we can keep the 1908 race riots before the public, so that the young children know about it. It’s important that my grandchildren learn and those behind us so that we can keep this up.” * Press release | Route 66 Named Honorary Grand Marshal of the 2026 Illinois State Fair Twilight Parade: The highway’s influence extends far beyond transportation. Route 66 has inspired bestselling books, classic songs, television series, and blockbuster films that introduced millions to the romance of the open road. From John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, which immortalized the highway as the “Mother Road,” to Bobby Troup’s iconic song “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66,” and Disney-Pixar’s Cars, generations have experienced the spirit of Route 66 through American popular culture. Its nostalgic roadside diners, vintage neon signs, quirky attractions, and small-town charm continue to draw travelers from around the world to Illinois and the communities that helped define the Route 66 experience. Many of those moments are captured in the Route 66 Experience, a self-guided educational exhibit located at Gate 2 on the Illinois State Fairgrounds. * Sun-Times | National pediatrics group says all kids 6 months and older should receive flu shot: The guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics comes before any federal agencies release their own guidelines for the upcoming flu season. Last year, the CDC removed its long-time universal recommendation for the annual flu shot from its childhood vaccine guidance. * WSJ | If You Get in a Car Crash, the Risk Is Growing Your Insurance Won’t Pay: The industry says an uptick in fraud, driven in part by fake claims enhanced with AI tools, is triggering more denials. It also points the finger at attorneys. “People are going to litigation as a first step, instead of a last resort,” said Sean Kevelighan, chief executive of industry group the Insurance Information Institute.” Plaintiff lawyers say they are being made the scapegoat for a problem of the insurers’ own making. * The Ringer | The End of Google Search—and the Internet—as We Know It: Like Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch, who admitted on the tech news web show TBPN in May that his elite publishing house was already preparing for the worst when it came to the future of inbound traffic referrals from Google. “Last year, I told our teams: Assume there’s no search,” Lynch told the hosts. “You have to have your businesses planned as if search is zero.” He wasn’t alone in his proactive pessimism. Mike Reed, the CEO of USA Today, shared recently on the Rebooting Show podcast that at his company, “our plan is to assume search is gone and build our business in other ways.” Drastic times call for drastic projections, and as Reed phrased it in his interview, more than once: “The traditional Google Search model is broken.” * WaPo | Water systems are ripe for cyberattacks, experts warn after suspected Iranian hacks: In March 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a memo to require that states work with local officials to spot weaknesses in water systems that hackers could exploit, and then develop plans to remediate them. Municipalities could apply for federal grants to help defray costs. But attorneys general in three Republican-led states — Arkansas, Iowa and Missouri — sued, arguing that the memo exceeded the EPA’s authority, failed to provide for public comment and was a financial burden on small towns. The federal appeals court for that region, seen as among the most conservative, halted the rule change. The EPA withdrew it. Late last month, a water utility in the western part of Arkansas, one of the states that sued, was hit with a cyberattack, part of a spate of intrusions into municipal water systems that U.S. spy agencies believe is the work of Iranian regime hackers. The campaign comes as a U.S.-launched war with Iran moves into its sixth month, with Tehran showing no sign of backing down.
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Rep. Cassidy cites Speaker Welch’s ‘mishandling’ of the Benton case: ‘That’s not an investigation’
Monday, Aug 10, 2026 - Posted by Rich Miller * Background is here if you need it. Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) appeared on Brian Mackey’s Illinois Public Media show…
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When RETAIL Succeeds, Illinois Succeeds
Monday, Aug 10, 2026 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] Paper Moon in downtown Mascoutah offers thoughtfully curated gifts, locally made products, handcrafted candles, and an array of creative classes for all ages. What began as owner Kimberly Kilgore’s passion project has grown into a vibrant boutique that offers unique gifts and a community connection. Findings of a recent economic study are clear: the retail sector is a cornerstone of the state’s economy and crucial to our everyday lives. Retail in Illinois directly contributes more than $112 billion in economic investment annually – more than 10 percent of the state’s total Gross Domestic Product. Policies that support small businesses help communities thrive as retailers like Kimberly from Mascoutah are better equipped to meet local needs. We Are Retail and IRMA are showcasing the retailers who make Illinois work. Please visit https://WeAreRetail.IRMA.org/.
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State’s EBF ramp just got a billion dollars larger as state falls further behind
Monday, Aug 10, 2026 - Posted by Rich Miller * CNI…
* Illinois Federation of Teachers…
At the very least, the state should’ve tied annual EBF increases to inflation.
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It’s now signed into law
Monday, Aug 10, 2026 - Posted by Isabel Miller * The Chicago Tribune…
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* Press release | New Illinois Law Requires Easier Access to Local Government Financial Records: “The people of Illinois deserve transparency when it comes to how units of government manage their tax dollars,” said Plummer. “Public financial records should not be difficult to find or buried in websites. This law is a simple, commonsense step to make important financial information easier for taxpayers to locate and review.” House Bill 2137 requires local governments, counties, and municipalities that already maintain a public website to post information directing residents to where audit reports and financial statements can be accessed through the Illinois Comptroller’s Office. * WRMJ | Hammond Bill Strengthening Assisted Living & Shared Housing Act Signed Into Law: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker recently signed legislation sponsored bylocal State Rep. Norine Hammond (R-Macomb), which modernizes and strengthens the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act to improve resident safety, elevate professional standards, and enhance regulatory clarity across Illinois. House Bill 3392 ensures that residents in assisted living and shared housing establishments will continue to receive high-quality care, with regulations that adapt to meet the changing needs of those who receive care in these settings. * Alton Telegraph | New Illinois law changes how prosecutors get DNA match results:A new Illinois law that will take effect Jan. 1 requires the Illinois State Police to automatically share certain DNA results with a county’s prosecutor. But the change comes with some confusion because the law applies only to DNA results that match a suspect. Illinois House Bill 5580, which Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law almost a week ago, requires DNA test results from the Illinois State Police crime lab to be sent automatically to the law enforcement agency handling the case, with a copy sent to the county state’s attorney prosecuting the case. * Press release | Johnson’s new law requires life-saving training: House Bill 3275 will require all paid school head coaches and chief sponsors of the sports activities to obtain training in CPR, first aid and the use of an AED. School districts will be required to conduct an annual cardiac response drill to practice the steps established in its cardiac emergency response plan. The drills are able to be conducted without student participation.
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Why does this keep happening? (Updated)
Monday, Aug 10, 2026 - Posted by Rich Miller * CBS 2…
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* AP…
…Adding… IDFPR…
This oversight needs to be consolidated.
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Turning Promise Into Progress For Illinois Students
Monday, Aug 10, 2026 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] Thank you, Governor Pritzker and members of the General Assembly for taking an important step forward for Illinois students with a $26 million investment in free, healthy school meals, a $17 million increase and the largest expansion in over a decade. Your leadership is turning policy into meaningful action, helping schools provide nutritious meals that support students’ health, learning, and success every day. At a time when families and educators are facing growing challenges, this investment demonstrates a strong commitment to the well-being of Illinois children. This significant progress begins to fulfill the promise established in 2023 to expand access to healthy school meals and shows what is possible when leaders prioritize the health and success of students. While this investment marks an important milestone, more work remains to fully fund school meals and ensure every child has reliable access to the nutrition they need to learn, grow, and thrive. We look forward to building on this momentum together to make that vision is a reality for every Illinois student. Learn more at: https://www.healthyschoolmealsil.com/
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Labor: ‘False’
Monday, Aug 10, 2026 - Posted by Rich Miller * My weekly syndicated newspaper column…
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Isabel’s morning briefing
Monday, Aug 10, 2026 - Posted by Isabel Miller * ICYMI: PJM’s big new data center plan: Make the states figure it out. Canary Media…
- PJM forecasts that data centers and other “large loads” will add 30 gigawatts to 34 gigawatts of new demand by the early 2030s and as much as 70 GW by 2038. Building enough new energy resources to meet that demand would push enormous costs onto utility customers. - “We’ve been saying throughout this whole process that there is a role here for PJM, and there is a role here for the states,” Clara Summers, campaign manager for the Citizens Utility Board, an Illinois-based consumer-advocacy group, said during a July 30 webinar on the latest developments in PJM. But “no state that I know of yet is completely prepared.” * Related stories… * At 2:15 pm, Gov. JB Pritzker will participate in the Illinois Agricultural Legislative Roundtable Candidate Forum. Click here to watch. * Tribune | Pritzker signs bill that aims to protect 340B drug discount program: The new law prohibits drugmakers from restricting the number or types of pharmacies that hospitals and other providers can contract with to dispense medications to their patients through a federal program called the 340B Drug Pricing Program. It also bars drugmakers from placing certain other restrictions and requirements on providers and pharmacies participating in the program. * Crain’s | Pritzker presses Welch for quick action on sexual-harassment reforms: “It seems like other states have figured this out but not the House of Representatives in the state of Illinois,” Pritzker said at an unrelated press conference today. “I know there’s been talk about a working group. I’ve seen working groups go on for a year and a half. There is no time here. There are already models for dealing with this in other states.” * Capitol News Illinois | School funding stretched thin as costs rise, corporate revenue source shrinks: Despite a $350 million increase in base funding for public schools this year, Illinois is falling further behind in its quest to bring all school districts up to adequate funding levels. That’s according to new data from the Illinois State Board of Education, which announced Friday the details of how it will distribute $9.3 billion in Evidence-Based Funding dollars for public schools. For the third consecutive year, the number of districts being funded at or above 90% of their “adequacy target” will fall while the overall “adequacy gap” — the amount of additional money it would take to bring all districts up to full adequacy — will increase. * WGLT | Amtrak reports banner year, though growth in Illinois is more mixed: Much of the growth in nationwide ridership happened on the northeast corridor where Amtrak is putting a new generation of Acela higher speed engines into service. Ridership on Illinois routes was not as robust — nearly 4.58 million people for FY 2025, according to an Amtrak fact sheet. That’s a significant increase from FY 2024 but still lags each of the five years before the pandemic. * Tribune | As Trump proposes deregulating Head Start, Illinois providers worry what the changes could mean for families: Head Start leaders in Illinois say it’s too soon to tell how the proposed rule will fully affect the low-income families in the state, but many say they are alarmed. Classes could have more students and fewer educators under the proposal, and programs would be required to be taught in English instead of supporting dual-language learners, as current rules require. They are changes that could hit some of Chicago’s most vulnerable families, according to Nadia Gronkowski, director of federal policy and advocacy at Start Early, an Illinois-based organization that advocates for Head Start accessibility. * WBEZ | Darren Bailey’s running mate maintains abortion is ’sin against God’: “Nobody wants to make Illinois a mecca for abortions from everyone around the country to come here and sin against God,” Del Mar said, drawing applause from the audience. But the Cook County GOP chairman said, in a July interview with WBEZ as part of a media tour promoting his slate’s economic policies, that abortion is not on their legislative agenda this time around. * WGN | Illinois House GOP Leader not swayed by Speaker Welch’s apology tour: On Wednesday, Welch told WGN-TV he was forming a new House Culture and Accountability working group that would begin meeting next week. It will be led by State Rep. Dagmara Avelar. No Republicans are members. “It’s just political posturing. We could right now, strengthen the the powers of the LIG. We could have independent investigations. And, certainly I don’t understand why we have to have a working group to do what’s right and what should have been done,” McCombie said. * CWB Chicago | Electronic monitoring system is ‘broken’ and needs legislative fix, State’s Attorney says: “The whole system right now is broken and it needs a legislative fix,” Burke said in a wide-ranging interview with Landon Campbell posted to YouTube on Sunday. “So, I’m going to be asking you and everybody you know and everybody who’s listening to this to please reach out to your legislators and tell them that you do not believe that violent criminals should be on electronic monitoring. They should not and we can work out an agreement with the legislators of okay, where do we draw the line?” * Shaw Local | Joliet GOP candidate for secretary of state hopes to capitalize on Giannoulias’ run for Chicago mayor: “Is this what the voters are voting him in on – to be secretary of state for three months? Harris asked. ”He cannot commit to the four-year term as secretary of state if he is running for mayor.” Whether voters pay much notice, however, is another issue. Harris’ campaign did not get a big boost in the days following Giannoulias’ announcement that he would run for mayor. She has not seen an upsurge in campaign contributions. “I have gotten some more moral support,” Harris said, noting there are people who think as she does regarding Giannoulias’ campaign in two races. * NPR Illinois | Illinois Environmental Council gives over half of Illinois legislators a perfect score on environmentally conscious votes this year: The 2026 Environmental Scorecard gave 100% scores to 95 state legislators, all of whom are incumbent Democrats. This included 58% of state representatives and 46% of state senators. The IEC’s Chief Communications Officer Tucker Barry says that while Democrats were the only ones to receive perfect scores, some Republicans still had scores in the high 80s. * Tribune | Mayor Brandon Johnson’s top aide intervenes in city dispute with antiviolence group: Acclivus executives spent months staunchly protesting the audit’s findings with officials at the health department, which manages the city’s antiviolence grants. The conflict played out under the watchful eye of Johnson’s senior adviser, Jason Lee — an unusual involvement for a high-ranking mayoral staffer, given that the $8 million grant is administered by a separate department. * Crain’s | Once stars of Chicago tech, Outcome Health founders lose appeal of fraud convictions: Outcome Health created a network of television screens in doctors’ offices and sold advertising to companies such as AbbVie. It became one of Chicago’s most high-profile startups in 2017 when it raised nearly $500 million from investors that included Alphabet, the parent company of Google, Goldman Sachs and Pritzker Group Venture Capital, a firm co-founded by Gov. JB Pritzker. The deal paid $225 million to Shah and Agarwal. The company soon went into a tailspin when The Wall Street Journal reported that it had been selling advertising inventory on screens it didn’t have without informing customers. * Tribune | Bally’s Chicago pauses construction on hotel, other amenities over video gambling dispute with city: The reset notice, issued Saturday to the Chicago Community Builders Collective, a general contracting partnership overseeing the project, essentially puts everything from a towering hotel and events center to a number of planned restaurants on hold. The decision also puts 1,500 union workers on hiatus, as much of the construction grounds to a halt, Bally’s said. The casino itself remains on target for an early 2027 opening, but the larger entertainment complex is in temporary limbo, pending resolution of the VGT dispute. * Sun-Times | Chicago parents expect to outspend U.S. average on back-to-school supplies, survey shows: Chicago K-12 parents, surveyed by Deloitte, expect to spend a whopping $794 per child on back-to-school items this year, up 7% year over year. It’s also 35% higher than the national average spend $557 per child. The survey reported children’s preferences influenced their parents to spend more and splurge on items. But Matt Adams, principal at Deloitte, said 39% were “hyper-value seekers,” meaning they’ll save by shopping strategically, like buying in bulk or choosing private labels. * Tribune | Lawsuit filed against planned Grayslake data center: ‘We have a really strong case’: It’s not the only lawsuit in the region against data center developments: Chloe Russell, the attorney representing the Lake County residents, previously said she’s been working with similar groups in Joliet and Yorkville. Last month, a settlement was reached in the Yorkville lawsuit. Grayslake Mayor Elizabeth Davies said Friday the village had not been served with the lawsuit. * Daily Herald | Riding into the new school year: Suburban students to face new e-bike regulations: In light of recent deaths and injuries involving kids on e-bikes, e-scooters and e-motos, public safety advocates are seeing the return to school this month as a chance to educate students about these vehicles and the rules governing them. Hoffman Estates Police Chief Kasia Cawley cited a troubling lack of awareness of those rules when the department hosted a National Night Out event last week. Many children were riding vehicles they’re not allowed to use at a police-sponsored event, she said. * Sun-Times | Can would-be buyer afford to take over more Chicago-area hospitals?: These records raise questions about how Insight Health Systems can afford to reopen and operate two more hospitals — West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park and Weiss Memorial Hospital in Uptown. The owner of both facilities suddenly closed West Suburban in March and Weiss in August 2025, forcing patients to travel farther for care to hospitals already stretched thin. Insight, West Suburban and Weiss are all safety-net hospitals, which are often the fabric of low-income and immigrant communities. They typically don’t make much money and struggle to make ends meet. * Daily Herald | Attorney recalls ‘proudest moments’ representing Arlington Heights for nearly half century: The village of Arlington Heights has been in existence as a municipality for nearly 140 years, and for more than a third of that time, Ernest R. Blomquist III has been the village prosecutor. Blomquist, an icon in the Northwest suburban legal community, recently was feted for his legal acumen, work to keep Arlington Heights safe, and mentorship to young lawyers and community members over 48 years representing the village on cases ranging from DUIs to homicides. * Shaw Local | Joliet to toss 375 costumes, props and more from Bicentennial Park theater: The city is getting rid of 375 costumes, props and other theater items deemed too damaged to be used anymore at the Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park & Theatre. But there is plenty more of the same available for productions and events, said Ann Sylvester, director of cultural affairs and special events for Joliet. * 25News Now | Pekin Police ask city to waive competitive bidding for license plate reading cameras: On Monday night’s agenda, the council is being asked to forgo competitive bidding and renew the city’s annual contract with Flock for 54 cameras. The cost is $173,900, funded by a multi-year State of Illinois grant to prevent carjackings and vehicle thefts. * BND | 35 new principals, superintendents joining St. Clair County schools this year: Schools across St. Clair County have new leaders for the 2026-27 school year. The Belleville News-Democrat sent questionnaires to all new superintendents, principals, assistant principals and associate principals at public and private schools. We asked about their previous experience, their concerns and hopes for the coming year and how to contact them. As of Friday evening, we heard back from 35 new administrators. Some have been at the same school for years, while others are new to the area. * WAND | Arcola celebrates America’s 250th at inaugural Ben Franklin Fest: “We’ve got a lot of running jokes; there’s a lot of whimsy here in Arcola. And some say that maybe Ben Franklin helped to name the town; some say that maybe he lifted some tariffs and that’s what brought broomcorn in,” said Green Mill Village Marketing and Development Cassie Yoder. * WaPo | Who’s winning in California v. Trump lawsuits so far?: California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) told reporters Tuesday that courts have blocked Trump officials’ actions — at least temporarily — in 83 percent of his office’s cases against the administration (excluding cases in which judges have yet to act). Many cases are still working their way through the courts, making the final outcomes uncertain. * Education Week | Some Schools Stop Free Meals for All as SNAP Enrollment Falls: More than 49,000 public schools participated in the CEP in the 2024-25 school year—roughly half of all public schools—providing free meals to more than 25 million students, according to a recent report by the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank. That report estimates that a family with two children in public school that loses access to free school meals would spend about $1,890 more per year on school meals. […] “We’re going to see these impacts of these SNAP cuts for the next few years to come, as school districts have to go to recertify for CEP and relook at their numbers, and as more children drop off SNAP rosters,” Hysom said. “Schools’ ability to continue offering free school meals through community eligibility is going to decrease.” * ABC | Taylor Farms pulls jalapeño products sold at grocery stores: It’s the latest recall as part of the salmonella outbreak that has made 345 people sick in 27 states. Restaurant chains Chipotle and QDOBA pulled jalapeños last week. The USDA said this weekend grocery stores are also removing meat products that include jalapeños. The list of 20 recalled foods provided to ABC News includes dips, salsas and guacamole sold at grocery stores like Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and Kroger.
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Good morning!
Monday, Aug 10, 2026 - Posted by Rich Miller * This should wake you up… You scream and you holler ’bout my Chevy Impala What we have here is an Illinois open thread.
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Protected: SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today’s edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password)
Monday, Aug 10, 2026 - Posted by Rich Miller
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Selected press releases (Live updates)
Monday, Aug 10, 2026 - Posted by Isabel Miller
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