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* Daily Southtown | Legislative races shape up with filings, John Egofske to quit 82nd House post on Friday: Egofske said in September he would not seek election next year in order to focus on his duties as mayor, a position he has held since 2017. He had appointed as representative in February to replace Jim Durkin. After Egofske said he would not run, Suzanne Akhras filed to run in the Democratic primary and former Homer Glen Trustee Nicole La Ha filed in the Republican primary.

* Daily Southtown | Few primaries in Will County races with all countywide incumbents seeking reelection: Republican county board member Raquel Mitchell, who has represented the Bolingbrook and Romeoville area of the county since 2020, is running for recorder of deeds, and James Robert Buiter, Crete Township clerk, has filed to run for auditor. No Republicans filed to run for circuit court clerk or state’s attorney.

* Oak Park Journal | Political fund controlled by Oak Park Democrat fined $99,500: On August 31, Casson emptied the All for Justice bank account by transferring $149,515.94 to the Chicago Independent Alliance, which shares a mailing address with All for Justice and the Andreou and Casson law firm. Casson is both the chairman and treasurer of All for Justice, which raised and spent approximately $7.3 million to help elect two Democrats to hotly contested seats on the Illinois Supreme Court to preserve and expand the Democrats majority on the benches. Harmon’s personal campaign committee contributed $500,000 to All for Justice. … Chicago Independent Alliance paid nearly $14,000 to an Oak Park firm, Professional Circulation Inc, which was incorporated in 2017, and is not currently in good standing. The address for Professional Circulation, Inc. listed on the State Board of Elections website is 315 S. Grove, which is also the residence of Luke and Amie Casson, according to the Cook County Recorder of Deeds website. Chicago Independent Alliance has been dormant since July 2019, when it paid $950 to the Illinois State Board of Elections in civil penalties for not timely reporting contributions of $1,000 or more.

* SJ-R | Springfield woman receives prison time for threatening Pritzker, DCFS employees: A Springfield woman has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison on federal cyberstalking charges for threats she made towards employees of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, juvenile court, and Gov. JB Pritzker. Lerin E. Hughes, 25, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. Central District of Illinois Judge Colleen R. Lawless on charges that she sent threats to kill a DCFS employee and a case worker investigating allegations of child abuse and neglect via Facebook, text messages, and e-mails.

* Daily Herald | Arlington Heights village manager gets second straight 7% raise: Longtime Arlington Heights Village Manager Randy Recklaus, the village’s day-to-day point person for negotiations with the Chicago Bears and area school districts over a new stadium at Arlington Park, is getting a 7% raise for a second consecutive year. Recklaus’ salary bump, to $281,701, was approved Monday night on the consent agenda by the nine-member elected board. The raise is retroactive to Nov. 10, following his annual performance evaluation in closed session with Mayor Tom Hayes and village trustees.

* Crain’s | Three top leaders depart World Business Chicago: World Business Chicago will soon lose three high-profile leaders, including CEO Michael Fassnacht and Vice Chair Mellody Hobson. After nearly four years at the helm of World Business Chicago, Fassnacht will step down in February. “For me, it’s time to do a very productive, focused transition over the next few months and then look at what the next chapter brings,” Fassnacht told Crain’s. He added that he has no plans to leave the city, but wouldn’t elaborate on his next steps. “I’m fully committed to Chicago. I’m on five non-for-profit boards that I look forward to investing my time in. . . .I loved every single day and now it’s time to start the next new chapter next year.”

* Farm Week | Duncan elected IFB’s 16th president: Ogle County livestock and grain farmer Brian Duncan has been elected the 16th president of Illinois Farm Bureau. Duncan’s ascension to president came Monday, after a majority of the 327 delegates gathered for IFB’s 2023 Annual Meeting in Chicago selected him for the position. Delegates also elected Evan Hultine, a sixth-generation grain farmer from Bureau County, as vice president.

* Sun-Times | Elk Grove Village police knew man they fatally shot had history of health issues, family says: Antonio Romanucci, attorney for the family of Jack Murray, said at a news conference in River North that his firm was conducting a civil investigation into the Friday shooting, focusing on “officers’ treatment of a known emotionally distressed person and their use of deescalation tactics.” According to Romanucci, Murray, 24, was a Type 1 diabetic whose behavior could become “erratic” depending on his insulin levels. He called 911 for help whenever he felt like his health, mental or physical, was “not right.”

* WSIL | Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Expanding Across Illinois, Offers Free Books to Children: The goal of this program is for all children in the state of Illinois, ages 0-5, to receive free books mailed directly to their home. This program is designed to send free, high-quality, age appropriate, books to support early childhood learning, thus instilling lifelong reading practices.

* Block Club | West Side Christmas Toy Giveaway Needs More Donations To Help 250 Families: Spokeswoman Lana Simon said each child is guaranteed to receive one toy of their choosing, but children can receive more if donations exceed their planned amount. Families can also take home a bag of food for Christmas dinner, which comes with a turkey, onions, vegetables, potatoes, fruits, stuffing, candy and dessert, said Maureen Hallagan, chief operating officer of Marillac St. Vincent.

* AP | A school promised not to send kids to the ER for misbehavior – but hospital trips only increased: Three times a week, on average, a police car pulls up to a school in Wicomico County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. A student is brought out, handcuffed and placed inside for transport to a hospital emergency room for a psychiatric evaluation. Over the past eight years, the process has been used at least 750 times on students. Some are as young as 5 years old.

posted by Isabel Miller
Tuesday, Dec 5, 23 @ 2:35 pm

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==Three times a week, on average, a police car pulls up to a school in Wicomico County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. A student is brought out, handcuffed and placed inside for transport to a hospital emergency room for a psychiatric evaluation. Over the past eight years, the process has been used at least 750 times on students. Some are as young as 5 years old.==

The administration at the district should all be fired.

Comment by Demoralized Tuesday, Dec 5, 23 @ 2:58 pm
- A student is brought out, handcuffed and placed inside for transport to a hospital emergency room for a psychiatric evaluation. -

This is child abuse disguised as medical treatment…totally disgusting and likely criminal.

Comment by Dotnonymous x Tuesday, Dec 5, 23 @ 3:16 pm
Michael Fassnacht, Mellody Hobson, and Mark Tebbe depart World Business Chicago.

If only these highly talented individuals could provide a guiding hand and corporate advice that would benefit the city of Chicago.

MBJ is in need of a team of advisors who could lead the city in a positive direction. As a novice mayor, Brandon Johnson should welcome the advice and counsel of these highly talented individuals who have achieved success in their careers.

Comment by Rudy’s teeth Tuesday, Dec 5, 23 @ 3:27 pm
I’m with Demoralized. Unless there is something very, very abnormal about the local community for that school (pathogens, contagions, environmental causes affecting childhood development) it is impossible for me to imagine a situation where it is normal for that many psychiatric calls to be made to a school on a consistent basis.

Comment by Homebody Tuesday, Dec 5, 23 @ 3:29 pm
=The administration at the district should all be fired.=

I am in agreement. The board of ed needs to go as well.

Comment by JS Mill Tuesday, Dec 5, 23 @ 3:40 pm