Good afternoon! It’s Monday, and I’m delighted that you could find something in Chicago — even a rodeo. Right here’s what else you could know right this moment.
1. Texas requested an Illinois courtroom to assist it spherical up absent Democratic lawmakers
Texas Legal professional Common Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Friday in Illinois asking for an order that will return dozens of Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois to attempt to cease Texas Republicans from enacting new congressional maps that will give the GOP 5 extra seats.
Downstate Sen. Jil Tracy, R-Quincy, joined Paxton in submitting the lawsuit towards 33 Texas Democrats within the Circuit Court docket of Adams County, about 270 miles southwest of Chicago alongside the Mississippi River.
Paxton filed one other lawsuit Friday on to the Texas Supreme Court docket that seeks to have 13 of the greater than 50 absent Democratic lawmakers instantly faraway from workplace, or no less than given a 48-hour warning that they have to return or have their workplaces declared vacated.
A minimum of a dozen Texas Democrats are staying on the Q Heart resort and conference advanced in St. Charles, the place two unfounded bomb threats had been reported final week. My Solar-Instances colleague Kade Heather has rounded up the most recent within the ongoing showdown. [Chicago Sun-Times]
2. Chicago’s Ok-beauty outlets really feel pinched as 15% tariffs hit South Korean merchandise
South Korea was going through 25% tariffs in April, when President Donald Trump introduced a slew of “reciprocal” tariffs except international locations negotiated a commerce deal. On the finish of July, he introduced the U.S. was capable of attain a brand new commerce cope with South Korea that included 15% tariffs.
Chicago is residence to a handful of small companies specializing in Ok-beauty. On-line influencers reward its lower cost tags (aggressive with drugstore pricing) and modern formulation for objects like toners, masks and sunscreens. Devoted customers know most small companies import from South Korea, in contrast to main retailers like Amazon that always supply Korean merchandise with American formulation.
Over N Over, which has areas in Bucktown and Streeterville, plans to open a 3rd location in South Loop this fall. It was speculated to open sooner, however Trump’s tariff bulletins this yr created an excessive amount of uncertainty.
“The largest factor is we are attempting to not change the costs straight away, and we’ve tried to even decrease some costs. … We don’t need the 15% [tariff] mirrored on the buyer,” advertising and marketing supervisor Kat Taborda informed my Solar-Instances colleague Mariah Rush. “We’re consuming it into our revenue.” [Chicago Sun-Times]
3. With Weiss Memorial Hospital closed, the proprietor blamed earlier house owners for monetary woes
State investigators discovered a monthslong sample of the Uptown safety-net hospital being out and in of compliance with federal rules as a consequence of a number of points on the hospital, together with with its emergency room, air-con system and nursing employees ranges.
An indication on the shuttered emergency division door at Weiss notified sufferers the closest ER is at Thorek Memorial Hospital a few mile away, report my colleagues Kaitlin Washburn and Kristen Schorsch.
On Friday, neighborhood members, native lawmakers, hospital employees and sufferers mourned Weiss’ closure. They rallied on the sidewalk in entrance of the hospital and held indicators that learn “That Ain’t Proper!” and “Uptown wants Weiss.”
When requested if he was contemplating promoting Weiss, proprietor Dr. Manoj Prasad stated, “I’m a hospital operator. I’ve little interest in shopping for or promoting properties. My factor is, these locations want hospitals. In any other case I’d have backed off. I didn’t must be right here, you recognize.” [WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times]
4. Michael Madigan’s bid to stay free throughout attraction rejected by the decide who handed him a hefty sentence
“The destiny of [onetime Illinois House Speaker Michael] Madigan’s whole movement” really rides on “routine, and meritless” objections to his wire fraud convictions, U.S. District Choose John Blakey wrote, including the previous speaker “clings to false hope.”
Prosecutors have stated Madigan’s arguments “all lack benefit” and he ought to report back to the Federal Bureau of Prisons on Oct. 13 as ordered. Beneath the legislation, Madigan wanted to persuade the decide that his attraction raises a considerable query of legislation or reality that might end in reversal or a brand new trial, a sentence of no jail time or a jail sentence he’d serve in much less time wanted to cope with his attraction.
Madigan’s attraction may take months — and even years — to play out, notes my Solar-Instances colleague Jon Seidel.
A jury convicted Madigan in February of a bribery conspiracy, wire fraud and different crimes after a four-month trial that featured greater than 60 witnesses. The decide then handed down Madigan’s prolonged 7 ½-year sentence in June, discovering that Madigan lied when he testified at trial. [Chicago Sun-Times]
5. Native actor labored with ‘MJ authenticators’ to nail the King of Pop in ‘MJ the Musical’
For Brandon Lee Harris, who performs the teenage Michael Jackson, that is greater than a homecoming for the present. Harris was born and raised on the West Facet, and he’s enthusiastic about bringing the musical residence to his household and mates.
“There’s a number of strain that I placed on myself to painting such a person,” he informed my colleague Mike Davis. “It’s a present a few Black musician, Black music, Black artistry and a Black household. So each time I stroll out on stage, I’m simply making an attempt to be sure that I’m portraying Michael in one of the best mild, one of the best ways I probably can, realizing that I’d by no means be him.”
Relating to embodying Jackson, a key part is nailing the dance strikes. The choreography was a partnership between director and choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and the brothers Wealthy + Tone Talauega. This inventive duo labored extensively with Michael Jackson, and within the musical, they not solely integrated Jackson’s signature strikes however Harris stated in addition they created new actions in Jackson’s model. [WBEZ]
Right here’s what else is occurring
- Regardless of a drop in violent crime within the nation’s capital, President Trump has deployed Nationwide Guard troopers in Washington, D.C., and federalized its police drive. [NPR]
- Gov. JB Pritzker informed “Meet the Press” yesterday that he received’t rule out a 2028 presidential run. [Chicago Sun-Times]
- Federal rules might drive retired Ald. Walter Burnett to attend one yr earlier than assuming management of the Chicago Housing Authority. [Chicago Sun-Times]
- The Israeli navy took credit score for the demise of Al-Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif, because the outlet denies he commanded Hamas rocket launches in Gaza. [Times of Israel]
Oh, and another factor …
Marilyn Griffin traveled only one block from her Bronzeville residence Saturday morning, as she does most years, at hand out faculty provides for teenagers and be a part of 1000’s gathered alongside Martin Luther King Drive for an August ritual within the Black neighborhood: the annual Bud Billiken Parade.
“It speaks to the longevity of the African American household and the assist programs that the communities present for these households,” Griffin informed my colleague Anna Savchenko. “As a resident of Bronzeville, it simply actually warms my coronary heart to be right here to observe this yr after yr.”
The parade is taken into account the most important of its sort within the U.S. and marks the beginning of the varsity yr. As native highschool bands, drill and dance groups and even Likelihood the Rapper marched down King Drive within the steamy warmth, bystanders arrange garden chairs, meals stands and grills alongside the parade route.
Carolyn Jones, the principal of Perkins Bass Elementary in Englewood, known as the parade a “reset.” She stated her college students study how the parade was created in 1929 by Robert Sengstacke Abbott, the founding father of the Chicago Defender, as a option to have fun Black kids and their achievements.
“We’ve had a good time off in the summertime,” Jones stated. “Everyone is relaxed and chill. And now we’re going again to deal with the enterprise of college.” [WBEZ]
Inform me one thing good …
Individuals love to offer commencement recommendation to highschool and faculty seniors, however they’re not the one ones who set off on new adventures. I ought to have gone into second grade with the reminder that it’s not okay to chop off one other child’s rattail (you needed to be there) in school, even when he deserved it.
That’s received me questioning — what would you inform Chicago youngsters of any age to remember for achievement within the new faculty yr? A kindergartner may use simply as a lot assist as a newly minted center schooler, whether or not it’s about friendships, cafeteria guidelines, group initiatives or show-and-tell. What story about your childhood involves thoughts? You don’t need to be an grownup both — present college students can share their knowledge with their up-and-coming friends.
Be at liberty to electronic mail me, and your response could also be included within the publication this week. I’m trying ahead to listening to from all people!
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