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In all, 11,700 incidents of physical restraint, 2,352 incidents of timeout and 1,355 incidents of isolated timeout were reported to ISBE from July 1 through Wednesday. The reports require schools to indicate whether students or staff were in imminent danger. In more than 13,000 incidents, the schools indicated that a worker was at risk.

“I’ve been sponsoring this bill for a number of years, but when I tried to pass this previously there just wasn’t an appetite. Now, post-George Floyd, this is the time,” Ford said. “Some would say this is an African American holiday, but it’s an American holiday.”

Meantime, some Democratic lawmakers were pushing for significant changes to the state’s gun licensing procedures — a renewed effort that comes as the nation reels from yet another mass shooting, this time in San Jose, California. The legislation, which has drawn pushback from critics who say it infringes upon their Second Amendment rights, stalled two years ago.

Third grader Aria works with youth development professional Emma Cruz during remote learning Thursday at an Urban League Boys & Girls Club in Chicago’s Pilsen area. The center provides remote learning help, meals, snacks and after-school activities for kids. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)

Catenacci’s co-plaintiff, the Daily Caller News Foundation, is a separate legal entity from The Daily Caller, which was cofounded in 2010 by Tucker Carlson, a current Fox News host who recently compared Lightfoot to a Nazi for implementing the one-time interview policy. But among local and other mainstream media, the response has led to defenses that the mayor was prioritizing journalists who have traditionally been excluded, with others pushing back that the restrictions were discriminatory.

Moore said he still thinks he can hold together a council coalition to pass the Lake Shore Drive renaming, even with Lightfoot now officially bringing forth her own plan that she’s been touting publicly and in private for some time. “She presented that to (aldermen) before, and we still had the votes to pass the Lake Shore Drive plan,” he said. “Now she’s bringing it forward officially to try to get public support, I guess.

CVS, which is offering COVID-19 vaccines at 368 stores in Illinois, announced Thursday that starting June 1, people who get vaccinated by the chain can enter its #OneStepCloser sweepstakes. Thousands of prizes will be awarded through weekly drawings for six weeks.

Gus “Jett” Hawkins, 4, asked his mother Ida Nelson to braid his hair in March and went to school excited to show off his new hairstyle. Nelson got a call the next day from Providence St. Mel informing her that the braids were against the school dress code. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)

But the cardinal, when notified that McCormack had been taken into custody by Chicago police in August 2005 for allegedly abusing a boy, did not remove him from ministry until a second arrest in January 2006. Later, outside auditors uncovered more than 30 missteps by the archdiocese in its handling of the McCormack case.

The suspects are Trevon D. Morris, 21, of the 400 block of Stella Avenue, Elgin, and Kahleel L. Steele, 22, of the first block of Austin Avenue, Carpentersville. A third man, Manny L. Pittenturf, 23, of the 300 block of Tee Lane, Carpentersville, was also charged in connection with the crash.