State Rep. Tom Demmer suggested that Illinois make Aug.4 (Obama's birthday) a commemorative day rather than a state holiday to avoid incurring an estimated $20 million annually in personnel costs and lost productivity.
By Amanda Szulc, Opinion ContributorChicagoans were promised that criminal-justice reform would make the system fairer without sacrificing safety. Instead, too many residents are discovering what happens when ideology...
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