The Cook County College Teachers Union is planning a strike for the end of October unless the college’s students get housing and day care services (the teachers also want more money).

They are basically demanding a taxpayer-funded charity, “City Colleges for the Common Good.”

Former House Speaker Michael Madigan isn’t on the November ballot. In fact, he’s been out of office for nearly two years.

But when new charges were announced Friday accusing Madigan of conspiring to help AT&T Illinois pass legislation in 2017 in exchange for a do-nothing job for an associate, the political spin machines rumbled into action.

The state of Illinois is changing its COVID-19 requirements at healthcare facilities, Governor JB Pritzker announced Monday.

Unvaccinated healthcare and long-term care workers no longer have to test weekly.