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ComEd filed for a $234.3 million rate reconciliation Friday, seeking to recover cost overruns the utility incurred in 2025 from customers on their monthly bills next year. But on the brighter side, total electricity delivery charges are set to go down in 2027 compared to this year.
The utility says the added costs were related to connecting data centers and other new businesses, as well as electrification efforts such as building out EV charging infrastructure in 2025. If approved, the cost reconciliation would add $2.97 per month to the distribution charges on the average residential customer bill beginning in January 2027.
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Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day, including: why Illinois’ abortion rights amendment is still not a reality, how ghosts of stadiums past are haunting the Chicago Bears’ quest for a new deal and our guide to Mother’s Day restaurant specials.
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Pro-Trump group tests officials’ patience with public testimony, triggers legal tangles
Decked out in red, the small group of mostly Black supporters of Republican President Donald Trump has been testifying before majority-Democratic city and county officials for months, railing against taxes and crime, and tying both to local sanctuary policies. Their near-constant activism has earned applause from as high up as the White House, they say. To detractors, they are disruptive gadflies at best, and at worst, attention-seekers or grifters whose speech could incite violence.
Illinois abortion rights amendment still not a reality as Gov. JB Pritzker and Democrats focus elsewhere
Embarking on a second term about six months after the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority struck down the federal right to abortion, Gov. JB Pritzker declared in his January 2023 inaugural address that the new realities facing those seeking the procedure “demand that we establish a constitutional protection for reproductive rights in Illinois.”
In the four legislative sessions since, however, Pritzker and the Democratic-controlled Illinois General Assembly have taken no visible steps toward realizing that goal.
Restrictions on private guardianship of vulnerable adults advance in Springfield
After months of debate, legislation inspired by a Tribune investigation into some Chicago-area hospitals’ questionable use of the state’s guardianship system has advanced from the Illinois House as supporters seek to strengthen court oversight and other protections for the rights of vulnerable adults.
- Chicago hospitals funnel patients into long-lasting guardianships, angering friends and family
- When hospitals choose private guardians, patients pay the price
Lawsuit in killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo to be refiled after judge ordered claims severed
Shortly after the five-year anniversary of the killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo by a Chicago police officer, the case was poised to move to a high-profile weekslong trial when a Cook County judge dealt a blow to the Toledo family’s case.
Southwest suburban school district faces controversy over multiyear attempt to add Arabic language curriculum
Father of two Waleed Atawneh has urged his southwest suburban high school district to add Arabic to its world language program, contending it would boost job prospects for students, serve a national interest and provide an opportunity for many children — including his own — to identify with the subject matter they’re studying.
But the argument has not gone smoothly. Despite a sizable population of Arab American students and groundswell of support from many parents, Orland Park-based High School District 230 is facing controversy over a proposal to create an Arabic language program.
A Portage teen faces a felony after playing ‘senior assassin’: What to know about the game that worries police
Adrian Williams knew something was wrong when the police vehicles pulled up near his parked car outside a Planet Fitness in northwest Indiana.
Officers shouted “hands up” and pointed guns at him, a “nerve-wracking” experience, the 18-year-old Portage High School senior said. He managed to get out of his car and kneel down with his hands in the air, his mind racing.
As police surrounded him, blue and red lights flashing, Williams could come up with only one possible reason for an arrest. So, even before the handcuffs went on, he started screaming, “It’s a water gun!” and “I’m playing senior assassin!”
Ghosts of stadiums past haunt Chicago Bears quest for a new stadium deal
As lawmakers consider helping the Bears build a new stadium, the ghosts of past stadium deals still haunt the present.
Soldier Field, Rate Field and even Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis loom over the landscape, marking steel and concrete warnings and justifications for a new stadium deal. Critics and boosters alike say we should learn from those lessons when considering whether a new deal will be a boon or a boondoggle.
‘Big Ten Dominance’: A look at the NCAA championships the conference has won this school year
As Michigan wrapped up its 69-63 win over Connecticut on April 6 in Indianapolis, CBS Sports announcer Ian Eagle made the final call of the men’s basketball season.
“And it’s over,” Eagle said. “Hail to the champions. Hail to Michigan.”
He could have added, “Hail to the Big Ten,” too.
Mother’s Day 2026 guide: Chicago restaurant specials for celebrating Mom
Your mom may say all she needs this Mother’s Day is to know you’re thinking about her and that you’re doing well, but she’d probably appreciate being taken out to brunch, too. Luckily, there are plenty of options to enjoy with the mother figure in your life, from elaborate buffets to playful afternoon teas to family-friendly celebrations where the little ones have their own menus. There are also to-go packages if you want to relax with a nice meal at home.Check out our list of 59 places to share a family meal this Mother’s Day and be sure to make a reservation soon.
New Met Gala fashion exhibit seeks to ‘reclaim’ body types that art history has ignored
One of the first sights we see in “Costume Art,” the new fashion exhibit to be launched at today’s Met Gala, is a glittering column gown by Dolce & Gabbana, its shimmering gold sequins surrounding an image of Aphrodite. The Greek goddess stands on a pedestal, holding a golden apple bestowed on her for her beauty — a classic ideal of beauty as old as, well, ancient Greece.
But the idea of “Costume Art,” which examines the dressed body through centuries of art history, is not to celebrate the classical form. It is rather, says Andrew Bolton, longtime curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, to use that form as a launch pad.
