Welcome to May, quotes readers! It was another newsy week, so let’s get right to it.
Two high-profile shootings rocked the county Saturday. One Chicago police officer was killed and another severely injured in a shooting involving an armed robbery suspect at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital. Later that evening in the nation’s capitol, a man armed with a gun stormed the hotel lobby outside where the White House correspondents’ dinner was taking place — an event attended by President Donald Trump and top administration officials.
The man accused in the latter was charged with the attempted assassination of the president and was ordered to remain detained. Likewise, the suspect in the Swedish Hospital shooting has been charged with murder and attempted murder, among other charges, and will be held pending trial.
In other crime and public safety news, a federal appeals court in Chicago upheld former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption conviction, the man accused of fatally shooting a Loyola University Chicago student pleaded not guilty to all charges, and federal prosecutors indicted more than 20 people in an alleged gambling and extortion ring operating out of northwest Indiana.
King Charles III traveled across the pond for a four-day state visit, meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office before speaking to a joint session of Congress and visiting New York. Meanwhile, the U.S. House voted Thursday to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The president signed the bill shortly thereafter, ending the longest shutdown in the agency’s history.
In a Wednesday ruling, the Supreme Court weakened a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, striking down a majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana and empowering officials to redraw state congressional maps. The same day, Illinois Senate President Don Harmon announced that a proposed constitutional amendment to enshrine protections for majority-minority districts was being put on pause for legal review.
Other news coming out of Springfield this week? Gov. JB Pritzker is still advocating for a megaprojects bill that would help the Chicago Bears move to Arlington Heights. The Illinois governor was also asked about his political aspirations by Time magazine.
Following last week’s NFL draft, the Bears continued to expand their roster, signing undrafted free agents, including two wide receivers, a kicker and long snapper, and additions to the offensive and defensive lines. Plus, White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami keeps hitting homers — this week becoming the league-leader with 12 home runs.
And a century of Route 66 was celebrated Thursday with the Big House Ballgame at the Old Joliet Prison. Thousands gathered at the former maximum security facility to see the Joliet Slammers take on the Gateway Grizzlies.
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