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Then-House Speaker Michael Madigan, left, stands with Senate President Don Harmon while Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivers his first State of the State speech before a joint session of the Illinois House and Senate at the State Capitol in Springfield on Jan. 29, 2020. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)

“Taken in context, a reasonable reader would not understand the internal email by England to have been made for the purpose of causing harm to (McGurren’s) reputation or lowering her standing in the community, but rather to acknowledge the existence of the EEOC claim, convey to the radio station’s employees that the matter is being investigated, and indicate that the radio station does not agree with (McGurren’s) interpretation,” the judge wrote.

Under Sawyer’s proposal, a driver would be entitled to a minimum per-minute and per-mile amount, or a minimum trip amount of $5, whichever is greater. The starting minimum per minute would be 30 cents, and the minimum per mile would include a $2 base and a $1.20-per-mile rate. Each year, the per-minute and per-mile rates would be adjusted for inflation.

Nyzireya was in critical condition at Comer Children’s Hospital with severe brain injuries from the shooting that happened as she sat in the passenger’s seat of a car driven by a family member in the 2300 block of West 72nd Street, when three men began firing from the street at a different car, according to a police report.

Kindergartners in teacher Vera Pema’s class gather around a window filled with handmade sunflowers at Columbus Elementary School on March 3, 2022, in Chicago. The sunflower, Ukraine’s national flower, is becoming a symbol of solidarity with the country. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)

After the unidentified robber tackled a store security guard, Diggs hit the female employee with the gun and dragged her by her hair to a backroom, while he and the others gained accessed to the store’s safe and stole jewelry, including watches by Frederique Constant, Patek Phillipe, and Tudor, authorities said. They said the defendants later sold, attempted to sell, or disposed of some of the stolen items in the Chicago area and Atlanta, Ga.

In a video recording obtained by the Tribune, Michael Madigan is seen in a 2018 deposition unrelated to the ComEd bribery scandal, and provides a lengthy and insightful look at the famously terse and reclusive politician in action. Portions of the recording have been redacted by the Tribune to protect private information.

Jason Gonzales, a Democratic challenger for Speaker Michael Madigan’s House seat in 2016, confronts and questions a man, who refused to give his name, holding a sign reading “Vote no on convicted felon Jason Gonzales” outside a polling place in Chicago on March 7, 2016. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)

The officers were on a break at The Original Maxwell Street, a hot dog and hamburger stand in the 600 block of South Independence Boulevard, Brown said. A man standing in line in front of one of the officers reached into his pocket to pull out money, but a handgun fell out onto the ground, the superintendent said.

Rodney Alexander, District 209 school board president, said in a statement late Thursday that officials “are disappointed that our educators are again contemplating this potential disruption to teaching and learning, particularly given additional movement made by the district in its most recent offer, which was presented to the union on Tuesday, March 1.”