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Chicago Tribune: As clemency from President Trump remains a possibility, disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich goes for a jog
As President Donald Trump left open the possibility he might release Rod Blagojevich from his federal prison sentence, the disgraced former Illinois governor this weekend set off for a solitary run underneath the setting sun.
Wearing black New Balance sneakers and rocking his now-silver mane, Blagojevich bounded down the porch steps at the boomerang-shaped camp building where he’s held and ran past a group of fellow inmates.
Chicago Sun-Times: Illinois sports betting stalls while Indiana, Iowa poised to launch books in weeks
The race to become the first Midwest hub of legal sports betting is on.
And Illinois is a lock to lose.
While Iowa launches its first legal sports books this week and Indiana gambling dens stand ready to start taking wagers next month, money will keep burning holes in the pockets of eager Illinois bettors as football season kicks into gear.
Chicago Tribune: Does the Chicago area need another airport? Plans for a Peotone airport are back, this time with an e-commerce spin.
Plans for a south suburban airport are back on the political front burner, this time with talk about how it could be used by e-commerce giants like Amazon.
The idea of an airport in Peotone, located in the rural exurbs 44 miles south of Chicago, has been debated for decades. The proposal was revived in this year’s Illinois budget, with $162 million allocated toward road improvements that would connect I-57 to the proposed airport site, along with an environmental review and the completion of a master plan.
Chicago Sun-Times: Cook County plans new Provident Hospital — building on history of ‘iconic South Side institution’
Renowned for its medical breakthroughs and breaking barriers in the training of African American doctors and nurses, Provident Hospital is poised to write a new roughly $240 million chapter in its long history on the South Side, opening a new facility — possibly as early as 2022.
Facing Washington Park, a new hospital and outpatient medical center is to be built on land immediately west of the current hospital.
Northwest Herald: Resident files ethics, Open Meetings Act complaints against city of McHenry, Mayor Wayne Jett
Northwest Herald: Algonquin Township trustee rethinks township's refusal to pay road salt bills
Daily Herald: Driving without a transponder cost I-PASS users $11.1 million in fees last year
The free ride ended on Jan. 1, 2018, for I-PASS customers who repeatedly cruise without transponders after the Illinois tollway began fining transgressors.
It wasn’t meant to be a money grab but to recoup costs and herd those free spirits into using transponders, officials said.
Bloomington Pantagraph: Bloomington council eyes purchase of 3 garbage trucks
The Bloomington City Council will consider spending a little more than $1 million to replace three automated garbage trucks for the Public Works Department.
The vehicles were originally obtained in 2012 as part of the city’s conversion to automated garbage trucks.