An Illinois State Police trooper based in Collinsville was arrested and charged with manufacturing and distributing drugs, the state police said Saturday.
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Capitol News Illinois: COVID-19 deaths dip to lowest daily number since March
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 in Illinois declined significantly over the holiday weekend and into Monday, touching their lows since the state began reporting the figures daily in April.
There were 1,395 COVID-19 patients hospitalized as of 11:59 p.m. Sunday as the number remained below 1,400 for three days after spiking to 1,651 on Thursday.
Chicago Tribune: Police chiefs and NAACP agree on a way to improve policing, but some activists say it falls far short
As recent protests against police brutality have highlighted deep divisions over the future of law enforcement in Illinois, a prominent civil rights group and top police officials have come together to promote a joint solution to help address the controversy.
To build trust between people of color and law enforcement, the Illinois NAACP State Conference and the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police have been promoting a document they call the Ten Shared Principles. The agreement calls for valuing every life, treating everyone with respect, rejecting discrimination, and supporting community policing, diversity and de-escalation training.
WBEZ: Mayor Lightfoot: Travelers from COVID-19 hot spots are 'obligated' to self-quarantine
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said travelers coming to Chicago from states where COVID-19 is surging have an “obligation” to quarantine for 14 days.
But she stopped short of detailing how the city will issue fines to people who don’t comply.
Chicago Tribune: After threats from Mayor Lightfoot over social distancing, Chicago fines five businesses and shuts down party boat
The city of Chicago fined five businesses for violating social distancing rules aimed at curbing the coronavirus over the weekend and also shut down the operator of a Lake Michigan party boat.
The measures followed threats Mayor Lori Lightfoot made Friday during a conference call with hundreds of local business owners to shut down bars that violated restrictions.
Chicago Sun-Times: After weekend of bloodshed, city’s top cop urges revamping of electronic monitoring system
After a Fourth of July weekend that saw more than a dozen homicides, including the death of a 7-year-old girl, the city’s top cop railed against a criminal justice system that, he said, has let too many people of out jail without adequate monitoring.
“That is not sustainable, and many of these people come right back to the very communities where they’ve committed their crimes to commit more crimes,” Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said, talking to reporters at the police department’s Education and Training Academy Monday.
WTTW: Lightfoot expands debt relief to help Chicagoans struggling to pay their water bills
Calling access to water a “basic human right,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday expanded a program designed to help those struggling to pay their water bills or pay off debt from past-due bills.
“In the second city, we believe in second chances,” Lightfoot said. “Water is a basic human right.”
St. Louis Public Radio: Cities in Illinois Can Now Collect More Taxes On Marijuana Purchases
Municipalities in Illinois that have cannabis dispensaries will start seeing more money from recreational marijuana purchases.
Cities, counties and villages that passed an individual 3% cannabis tax could start collecting it as of July 1. In the Metro East, that means more revenue for St. Clair County, Collinsville and Sauget, areas that passed a tax levy and where the region’s two current dispensaries operate.
Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago ban on flavored tobacco products stalls in City Council committee
A proposal by one of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s closest City Council allies to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products in Chicago stalled in a City Council committee after running into an avalanche of opposition.
Owners of gas stations, convenience stores and tobacco stores — and the trade groups that represent them — showed up in force at the virtual meeting to accuse the City Council’s Committee on Health and Human Relations of “kicking them when they’re down.”
Southern Illinoisan: Illinois State Police trooper arrested on charges he manufactured drugs
Forty-year-old Nolan Morgan, of Greenville, Illinois, was arrested Friday and charged with possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver. He was also charged with the manufacture of a controlled substance, psilocybin mushrooms.
The Center Square: Chicago to quarantine Arizonans, but Chicagoans wouldn’t pass city's own test
The city of Chicago is the latest to tell traveling Arizonans they must quarantine for two weeks upon arrival, but the city itself would not qualify for its own restrictions.
Last week, mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a quarantine order for people from Arizona, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah. People visiting those states also would have to quarantine for two weeks upon return. The mayor’s office said travelers merely passing through one of the affected states do not have to quarantine. People stuck at Sky Harbor airport for a short layover, for instance.