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The measure aims to put Illinois on a path to 100% carbon-free energy by 2050, with coal, oil and natural gas-fired power plants scheduled to close over the coming decades. It also seeks to boosts the development of wind and solar energy across the state, put more electric vehicles on the road, and make it easier for Black and Latino workers and businesses to enter the renewable energy industry.

The group that provides immigration legal services, educational programming, and arts and cultural events that celebrate Chicago’s Latino and immigrant communities will host its 9th annual event Sept. 14-24 virtually. Artists, activists, Chicago Tribune journalist Laura Rodriguez Presa, and Ambassador Reyna Torres Mendivil, Consul General of Mexico in Chicago, are among the speakers.

Veronica Wolski, a supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign for president, stands on a pedestrian bridge on Chicago’s Northwest Side while getting her political message out to drivers below on the Kennedy Expressway on Oct. 7, 2016. Wolski, the QAnon adherent whose recent hospitalization made her a cause celebre for the controversial medication ivermectin, died in the intensive care unit of AMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center early Monday. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Veronica Wolski, a supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign for president, speaks on a pedestrian bridge while getting her political message out to drivers below on the Kennedy Expressway on Oct. 7, 2016. Wolski, the QAnon adherent whose recent hospitalization made her a cause célèbre for the controversial medication ivermectin, died in the intensive care unit of AMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center early Monday. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

This undated file photo provided by The Ford County Sheriff’s Office in Paxton, Ill., shows Michael Hari, a militia leader convicted of master­minding the bombing of a Minnesota mosque, Hari is now known by her transgender identity, Emily Claire Hari. Hari, the leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group who authorities say masterminded the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque is to be sentenced Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Emily Claire Hari, who was previously known as Michael Hari and recently said she is transgender, faces a mandatory minimum of 30 years in prison for the attack on Dar al-Farooq Islamic Center. (Ford County Sheriff’s Office via AP File)